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Optimizing the patient care pathway: A four step transformation towards a...
The need to improve long term quality care for patients is a main driver behind consolidations occurring in healthcare. It’s happening in multiple forms ranging from grouping some regional hospital...
View ArticleDemythologizing Cisco Part IV: Nobody Ever Got Fired for Buying Cisco
OK, I’ll admit it right out of the gate. I don’t know of an instance in which a person got canned because they purchased products made by Cisco Systems. But is this the end of the story? It used to...
View ArticleAll Roads Lead to Hybrid: The Mandate For Two-Speed IT
This commentary was originally published in Italian at Nel FuturoIf it feels like running IT for an enterprise has become a schizophrenic undertaking, there's good reason.Today's corporations find...
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A “Vendor’s eye view” of the ACUTA Annual Conference and why you should go...
Fun fact, ACUTA was formed in 1971 by universities who believed that likeminded College telecommunication staff should be able to share ideas, experiences and deal with the challenges of running ICT...
View ArticleHITEC sneak peek: travel is getting even cooler!
I’ve always thought travel was cool, for both fun and work. But traveltech has made it even nicer, surprising me every single time, simplifying my life with new services! At the upcoming HITEC event in...
View ArticleCool demos at this year’s HITEC that you can actually use! (part. II)
Previously, I talked about the cool things happening on the guest side of the hotel and travel experience. There's also lots of exciting things happening in operations, as well as the front and back of...
View ArticleHotel Tech at HITEC: Definitive benefits of a consumption-based model for IT...
Cool demos you can actually use at this year’s HITEC (part III)As a hospitality operations or IT lead, have you ever secretly wished for the ability to turn on your network use like you do a faucet in...
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7 recommendations to increase patient satisfaction during hospitalization
New expectations from consumerism have forced healthcare providers to rethink their patient engagement strategies. This article introduces seven recommendations to improve significant patient...
View Article“Don’t hate me because I am simple” - The Case for Shortest Path Bridging
What do a model/actress and an IEEE internetworking protocol standard have in common? Both have been undeservedly maligned.Don't hate me because I am...Many of you are old enough to remember that...
View ArticleYour enterprise network – on demand
Today, companies and firms, whatever their size or business model, need to stay connected. However, the cost of their network equipment is often not in line with their real use. Obtaining a network...
View ArticleHow to cook a good unified communication solution?
OpenTouch Conversation tutorials made easyI consider myself a rather good cook. I like to cook, and to eat, and love almost everything related to food. Nowadays I look at recipes to get the whole idea...
View ArticleDECT – A Viable Alternative to Walkie-Talkies
Walkie-Talkies are a great communication tool for a variety of businesses. One sees walkie-talkies in Hotels, Hospitals, Factories, Restaurants, etc., to serve a simple and single purpose – communicate...
View ArticleCyber security: Then comes the source code ...
... And it claims its share.While the continuing evolution of communications has had an overall positive impact on everyday life (except for Pokemon GO of course), it also has created a silent...
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Make IT Simple
We have reached a complex and transformative stage in digital business. After more than a quarter century of random innovation and the entrenchment of legacy models, protocols and technologies, digital...
View ArticleNetwork planning can be easier than you think
Abilene Christian University (ACU), is a medium-size, private, selective, residential university with an enrollment of 4,900 students and supported by 850 faculty and staff to create a dynamic and...
View ArticleIs your K-12 lagging because your tech priorities are wrong?
Two years ago the FCC modernized the E-Rate funding program for K-12 schools to focus on building better in-building experiences through Wi-Fi. While many schools are planning on taking advantage of...
View ArticleA “secure cloud” is not an oxymoron
I am afraid.Those three words sum up how I’ve felt about using the cloud for my personal and work related data.I’ve yet to take the leap of storing my iPhone photos in the cloud because, well, what if...
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Smarts to Keep up with the IoT in ITS
At the end of the original "Back to the Future" movie, Marty cautions Doc Brown that there isn’t enough road for the DeLorean time machine to achieve the necessary 88 MPH to catapult them into time...
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Mobility is Everything
No longer a mere component of enterprise IT strategy, mobile has become the primary driver of every IT decision made today. An increasingly un-tethered population of employees, partners and customers...
View ArticleBYOD Was Merely an Appetizer; IoT is the Main Course
In recent years, as employees have increasingly brought smart phones and tablets and even their own laptops to work, hoping to connect them to their employers' networks, a raft of challenges have...
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