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Anyone who has ever worked in I.T. knows the name Mark Russinovich (and might even have a little alter set up in his honor). Thanks to his toolset dubbed Sysinternals, I.T. Pros and other tech enthusiasts have had access to a large number of utilities for managing, troubleshooting, and diagnosing…

This one’s for the IT Pros – a new beta of Identity Lifecycle Manager has been released – the ILM beta helps your users better manage their multiple identities across network resources via a solution that provides identity synchronization, certificate & password management, and user provisioning…

Thanks to a tweet from Microsoft MVP Alvin Ashcraft, I’ve discovered a new tool that almost makes me want to return to I.T. (OK, not really, but it’s still cool): RDCMan. This updated Remote Desktop management program is an improvement upon the Remote Desktops MMC Snap-in which I used exclusively…

AppDeploy Repackager is a free tool for IT professionals that packages apps for deployment with just the click of the button. Although still in beta, the tool has already become an invaluable resource to many IT pros looking for an easy way to package apps for enterprise deployment. Unlike other…

Since Internet Explorer 8 made its beta debut, there has been much talk about its new features, a lot of which lately has centered on Web Slices – those bits of code that allow for interactive bookmarks that pop-up small windows of live web content within your browser window. But while Web Slices…

As I've traveled the world, I've come to appreciate the fact that some of the most innovative work in healthcare information technology is happening outside of the Unitied States.  One such example is the Asklepios Hospital near Hamburg, Germany.  In this month's edition of my…

I'm back from the FREDDIE Awards in New York City.  I had a wonderful time at the event which was held at the Cipriani on E42nd Street.  It was a star-studded evening and a chance to catch up with a few of my colleagues from the world of television, including CNN anchor Paula Zahn who…

Earlier this week I was in Barcelona, Spain, presenting at a Microsoft customer event called the Health Industry Leaders Innovation Forum. Healthcare executives from across the EMEA region came together to share information on how they are using information technology in healthcare and to exchange…

As I was exiting Consumer Health World in Washington, D.C., to catch my plane back to Seattle a few weeks ago, Peter Cervieri who serves as Director of Business Development for New York based ScribeMedia / ScribeStudio grabbed me for an ambush interview. We covered a lot of territory in a short…

Even if you work in a so-called “most wired” American healthcare facility, I guarantee if you look around you’ll still find lots of paper forms and processes. Paper is endemic in American hospitals and clinics, even in those with fairly robust enterprise information systems and electronic medical…