Features April 2020

For most healthcare organizations, a full-on technology upgrade of a 20-year-old records system would be a daunting task. There’s infrastructure to modernize and new best practices and protocols to establish. Sometimes the best solution is breaking everything down and rebuilding.  It’s exactly that type of massive undertaking now underway at the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System [UI Health], but one worth the […]

Hace unos años hablar de la nube sonaba futurista y demasiado lejano. En la actualidad la tecnología Cloud o servicios en la nube es uno de los principales medios para la transformación digital de una empresa. Este recurso proporciona a las organizaciones, entre otros beneficios, la flexibilidad y la accesibilidad necesaria para una mayor fluidez […]

Infotech pros know that life rarely goes as planned—especially when building a resilient network architecture designed to respond to ever-evolving threats. As organizations around the world try to get their arms around the spiraling public health threat of COVID-19, technologists are being asked to keep normal life going, underscoring the importance of maintaining network access […]

In the Internet Age, it can be easy to think you’ll set up a website, do some site optimization and marketing, and the dollars will come flooding in. Dustin Esselman knows better than that. As CIO for Scrip Companies, Esselman rebuilt his team in the first 90 days on the job, sending them “knee-deep into […]

Quienes visitan los hoteles de Mundo Imperial en Acapulco, México, pueden encontrar una infraestructura de lujo y exclusividad con una rica oferta de servicios, gastronomía y experiencias únicas, digna de los huéspedes más influyentes. Los hoteles Princess, Pierre y Palacio Mundo Imperial, brindan una hospitalidad de primer nivel que reúne entretenimiento, negocios, placer y vanguardia. […]

In one classroom, Spanish-speaking students sit side-by-side with their English-speaking peers, with everyone using a digital textbook with the ability to toggle back and forth between the two languages. In another, students learning math use a non-verbal application accessible to all learners to gain a conceptual, visual understanding of math concepts and processes. As Gil […]

Run, grow and transform. It’s the mantra for Baldwin Wallace University’s Chief Information Officer Greg Flanik. It must be, because the university’s typical client is 18 to 22 years old and expects a practical, world-class education aided by cutting-edge tech. So every three years, Flanik is given the reins to reassess and plan for IT […]

Technology changes but relationships need not. So reminds Jim St. Clair, who has had a role in overseeing both as chief technology officer since August 2017 at The Dinocrates Group. A boutique strategy and technology advisory firm based in Rockville, Maryland, it’s become the partner of choice in guiding multiple levels of the public sector—and […]

It’s not uncommon for teachers to keep learning themselves. In fact, it’s typically encouraged. But how often does it lead to someone shifting to instruct in an entirely new topic? For almost 20 years, John Armstrong taught music to primary and middle school students in concert, jazz and marching bands. He coaxed the right notes […]

La tecnología en el entorno académico no es algo nuevo, aunque no deja de ser novedosa la forma en la que se ha transformado con el transcurrir de los años, permitiendo mayor flexibilidad, eficiencia y aprovechamiento de los recursos educativos. En un principio fueron las calculadoras, las impresoras y los computadores, los instrumentos de acompañamiento […]