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'We're Literally Watching The Internet Be Rebuilt'

Alexis Madrigal | The Atlantic | September 19, 2012

Today, we met a company that can map out this new world of the Internet; Deep Field can decode the tangled web.

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Data Center Designs For Evolving Hardware

Julius Neudorfer | Data Center Knowledge | April 30, 2013

Current designs for traditional enterprise type data centers aren’t necessarily flexible enough for the myriad of newer devices coming their way. IT hardware is beginning to morph into different form factors, which may involve non-standard physical configurations, as well as unconventional cooling and power schemes... Read More »

Doctors and Disaster Relief: Technology and Data for HealthTap

Andy Oram | EMR & EHR | February 2, 2016

In November 2015, when Tamil areas of southwestern India suffered from serious monsoon-related flooding that killed hundreds and caused the major city Chennai to essentially shut down for a week, local residents asked for help from an unusual source: HealthTap, the online service that offers medical advice and concierge care. This article explains the unique technical and organizational resources HealthTap offered, making it a valuable source of information for anyone in the disaster area with a cell phone or Internet access. At the end I will ask: what can public health institutions do to replicate HealthTap’s success in aiding the people of Chennai?

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HIMSS 5 Factors for Picking a Healthcare Cloud Provider

Lee Kim | Government Health IT | August 21, 2012

The “cloud” (in computing) is not a new concept. If you use web-based e-mail, then you probably are tapping into the “cloud"...Healthcare providers are also turning to the cloud to remotely host their applications and data. Their reasons for doing this are generally to save money and/or to help ensure data is secure and available. Read More »

Kickstarting Your Career: Crowdfunding For Scientific Research

Kevin Hascup | RateMyPI.com | October 7, 2012

Popularized by such sites as Kickstarter, crowdfunding has become a main source of financial support for entrepreneurs with ideas ranging from clothing lines to social media.  Unfortunately, Kickstarter prohibits projects for health and medicine, making the site useless for academic researchers.  To fill this gap, Petridish, iAMscientist and MedStartr have come online in the past 6 months...
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Re:Publica Conference On Internet And Society In Berlin

Loren Treisman | Indigo Trust | May 17, 2013

After almost 2 month’s in West Africa, I flew straight into Berlin for the Re:publica Conference, one of the world’s leading gatherings of techies and social activists, exploring how technology can help improve society across a huge range of themes. Read More »

Some Lessons From a Major Outage

Tony Collins | Campaign4Change | July 31, 2012

But what when the network goes down – across the country and possibly internationally?With remote hosting of business-critical systems becoming more widespread it’s worth looking at some of the implications of a major outage. Read More »

Spotlight On: Ken Banks

Staff Writer | Ashoka United Kingdom | May 1, 2013

It has been a great pleasure to have Ken Banks as April's Fellow of the Month. Ken is a true super-star in the social enterprise scene, using his vast experience with mobile technology to create new projects, consult companies and mentor the next generation of Social Entrepreneurs. Read More »