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Security Increased For Prescription-Drug Database
The LedgerWednesday's announcement comes a week after the American Civil Liberties Union said the personal information of thousands of patients was leaked from the database. The information was part of criminal investigations, but the ACLU alleges some information was included for patients not part of an investigation. The Florida Department of Health is considering limiting the number of people ...
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State Decides Against Building All-Payer Claims Database
NJ SpotlightState insurance officials won't seek a federal grant that would have enabled New Jersey to create a database of all health insurance claims, citing the long-term costs of maintaining the system. Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) officials decided against applying for the grant by a June 17 deadline to notify federal officials whether the state would pursue the funds. "The ...
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Cost a barrier for GP visits scripts
Newcastle HeraldTHE Hunter scores some of Australia's poorest ratings in a national health report tracking the prevalence of chronic disease and cost barriers to health care in 2011-12.
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Express Scripts plans to add 1500 jobs in north St. Louis County
St. Louis Post-DispatchFAIR: We can't understand the fuss, much less the end-of-the-world headlines, over St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones' announcement Tuesday th…
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Oracle to report in face of market pressures
CBS MarketwatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Oracle Corp. is expected to report higher sales and earnings Thursday, as analysts point to competitive pressures and what one called "treacherous pockets of weakness" in the corporate software ...
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Tighter security coming for prescription database
Miami HeraldFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- State health officials are beefing up security of its statewide prescription drug database to protect patient information.Wednesday's announcement comes a week after the American Civil Liberties Union said the personal information of thousands of patients was leaked from the database. The information was part of criminal investigations, but the ACLU alleges some ...
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Oracle patches 40 critical Java flaws
Info SecurityJava vulnerabilities are almost ubiquitous Java vulnerabilities are seemingly ubiquitous, with vulnerabilities and zero-days nabbing headlines on what seems like a weekly basis. According to an analysis, that perception cleaves fairly close to reality: 94% of endpoints are vulnerable to at least one Java exploit, opening the door for data ...
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Oracles Software Sales Could Help Shares Dial Up $40
ForbesOracle will report its Q4 fiscal 2013 earnings on June 20 after the market closes. We expect the company to report muted growth as it continues to face significant challenges in its hardware business. However, its software business could get back on the growth track after a dismal performance last quarter. An improved product/services mix and a continued focus on reigning costs should reflect in ...
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Oracle IBM to unwrap new Unix server processors at conference
PC WorldDemand for mainframe and high-performance Unix servers is falling, but a new wave of SPARC and IBM Power chips for the servers will be unwrapped at the Hot Chips conference in late August. IBM, Oracle and Fujitsu--the main suppliers of Unix server chips--will talk about their next-generation RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) chips at the conference, which will be held Stanford University ...
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Creating A Giant Database Of Genomes To Figure Out What Makes Us Tick
Fast CompanyWhat happens when the open data movement collides with research from around the world aimed at decoding the human genome? The creation of a global database of information on genetic variation and health, that could give thousands of researchers and doctors access to information that could both change the way they carry out projects and even save patients' lives. ...
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New server attacks mobile devices only
Beta Newshear of them though, and F-Secure reports an interesting new discovery. The company confirms findings from one of its researchersthat an existing server in the wild is designed to ignore computers, and go directly after your smartphone or tablet. The company claims, "we've discovered a server that only attacks and/or spams smartphones and tablets -- and not PCs". The first known ...
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Nutanix trims down and fattens up server-storage halfbloods
The Registerbragging two months ago of an 80 per cent sequential revenue bump and an $80m annualized run rate as it exited the first quarter, virtual server-storage appliance maker Nutanix is widening its market appeal with new low-end and high-end configurations. The former are aimed at SMBs and remote/branch offices and the latter at customers who need more storage capacity than the current NX series ...
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Oracle We WON grey market software and Solaris support case
The RegisterOracle is claiming victory in a case of alleged grey market trading against a US business that sells network, software and services management support to the enterprise. ServiceKey and its CEO Angela Vines inked a settlement deal with Larry's lot at the end of last month.The lawsuit was filed by Oracle ...
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Lifestyle Infrastructure best practices for IT deployments in small server rooms
Standard DigitalNAIROBI, KENYA: Having experienced thousands of server rooms of small businesses and branch offices, global specialist in energy management, Schneider Electric has revealed that most of them are not only space constrained, but also disorganised, unsecured, hot, and unmonitored. Often, mission critical IT equipment has been found in confined rooms, closets, or even on the office floor. IT managers ...
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