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Gartner Open Source Software Survey Reveals OSS Adoption Trends And Initiatives
Gartner published a report in early February which revealed that more than half of the organizations surveyed have adopted Open Source Software(OSS) as part of their IT strategy but only one-third of the responding organizations had a formal OSS policy in place. Gartner OSS surveys from the past 5 years reveals that OSS has increased from less than 10 percent of responding organization's portfolio to more than the expected 30 percent within the next 18 months. The perceived value of adopting OSS as part of IT strategy has also changed over the years from purely TCO benefits to benefits accumulated from flexibility, increased innovation, shorter development times and faster procurement processes.
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Gates Tells Jon Stewart He 'Failed' On Joint Health Record
Robert Gates failed to overcome the turf wars have prevented development of an integrated electronic health record to serve both the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments, the former Defense secretary told comedian Jon Stewart. Read More »
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Gathering a Health Care Industry Around an Open Source Solution: the Success of tranSMART
The role of open source software in healthcare is relatively hidden and uncelebrated, but organizations such as the tranSMART Foundation prove that it is making headway behind the scenes. tranSMART won three awards at the recent Bio‐IT World conference, including Best in Show. The tranSMART Foundation is a non‐profit organization that develops creates software for translational research, performing tasks such as searching for patterns in genomes and how they are linked to clinical outcomes. Like most of the sustainable, highly successful open source projects, tranSMART avoids hiring programmers to do the work itself, but fosters a sense of community by coordinating more than 100 developers from the companies who benefit from the software.
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GE Ventures Into Crowd-Sourced Manufacturing
GE (General Electric) has formed a partnership with a US-based open-source hardware innovator called Local Motors, to launch a new model for manufacturing. Read More »
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GE, Local Motors Partner To Pioneer New Model For Manufacturing Industry
[GE] today announced a partnership with Local Motors, the open-source hardware innovator, to launch a new model for the manufacturing industry. The partnership will pair co-creation and micromanufacturing to build and commercialize the next evolution of various GE products. [...] Read More »
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Geeksphone Revolution Switches Between Android And Firefox OS
Change is hard. Fortunately, sometimes you can make a change without giving up on the past completely -- and that's the case for the new Geeksphone Revolution, which lets you try out Firefox OS without burning your Android bridges. Read More »
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Geeksphone To Bring Firefox OS To Consumer Market With Peak+
The Spanish company is expanding from the developer market to the broader consumer market with the Peak+, a higher-end phone than other Firefox OS models on sale. Read More »
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GEICO Prepares To Take IAM To New Levels
GEICO the third-largest private passenger auto insurer, serving more that 12 million private passenger customers, have selected the Open Identity Stack from ForgeRock to help them take IAM to the next level. Read More »
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GEICO Selects ForgeRock To Support Online Customer Portal Initiative
One of the fastest-growing major auto insurers in the US leverages ForgeRock’s Open Identity Stack to create a secure, modern online experience Read More »
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Gender Inequality Worsens Hunger and Poverty
A new analysis by Bread for the World Institute shows that gender inequality plays a significant role in hunger and poverty, both in the U.S. and globally. The Institute analyzes the obstacles women face in trying to feed their families and pull themselves out of poverty. In the United States, the median annual pay of full-time, year-round female workers is more than $10,000 less than the pay of male workers. Working single mothers are twice as likely as men to hold low-wage and/or part-time jobs with few or no benefits. Working mothers with children under 18 report that the gender pay gap contributes to poor living conditions, poor nutrition, and fewer opportunities for their children...
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Generic Drugs Don't Necessarily Mean Low Prices
NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson reports on the surprising disparity in pricing for generic drugs. Generics, generally thought to be cheap, can actually vary widely in price from pharmacy to pharmacy, causing some to skip medications altogether. Read More »
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Genetically Modified Crops Resistant to 2,4-D Spur Debate, Calls for Labeling
A debate over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is raging across the country from farms to the federal government. A company called Dow Chemical is on the verge of getting approval for a new genetically engineered corn that's supposed to be immune to the chemical weedkiller "2,4-D" - a primary component of Agent Orange, the New York Times reported. Read More »
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GenoCAD Releases Combinatorial Design Tool to Optimize Protein Expression and Streamline DNA Synthesis Orders
GenoCAD, a leading provider of DNA design software tools, today announced the release of a groundbreaking new version of its flagship DNA design platform, which has been enhanced to boost user productivity. GenoCAD’s rule-based design methodology breaks down complex DNA sequences into numerous genetic parts, which in turn can be recombined using specific sets of rules to ensure the resulting DNA constructs can be “read” by cells. This approach allows for more flexibility and efficiency in the design process than more traditional approaches that rely on manually cutting and pasting DNA fragments.
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GenoCAD, and Open Source Synthetic Biology Tool Is Transioned to the Private Sector by the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
GenoCAD, a computer-assisted design environment for synthetic biology developed at Virginia Tech, has transitioned to GenoFAB LLC to engage new users and create new opportunities for innovation. The web-based GenoCAD application enables users to design DNA and create expression vectors for biologics manufacturing for new medical treatments, gene therapy, plant biotechnology, and synthetic biology.- Login to post comments
Genomic Medicine Open For Business: Lessons Learned In The Clinic
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), in conjunction with Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Froedtert Hospital, was the first in the nation to launch a genomic medicine clinic, and to offer whole genome sequencing clinically to patients on “diagnostic odysseys.” Read More »
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