David Linthicum is the CTO and founder of Blue Mountain Labs, a cloud computing consulting and advisory firm (sold to Bick Ventures in Feb. 2010). David’s latest book is "Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise, a Step-by-Step Approach." His website is davidlinthicum.com

Why Health Care Data is More Secure in the Cloud
April 15, 2013 Loss of control does not equal loss of security; attacks hit on-premise environments at nearly three times the rate of...

What’s the Deal with Watson and Cloud Computing?
March 14, 2013 IBM is now offering a cloud-based Watson service to help oncologists develop the best-possible treatments for cancer patients

Compelling Clinical Use Cases Altering Plans on Big Data Analytics
February 8, 2013 In health care, big data program costs could be offset by a drastic reduction of risk pertaining to clinical errors, combined...

The Advantages of Public Cloud Patient Portals
January 7, 2013 While there may be integration challenges, cloud-based health care patient portals provide better security in the long run

Leveraging Ontologies: The Intersection of Data Integration and Business Intelligence, Part 2
July 1, 2004

Leveraging Ontologies: The Intersection of Data Integration and Business Intelligence, Part 1
June 1, 2004 Many are looking toward a new application of ontologies in order to organize and share enterprise information.

Where Open Standards Fit into the Application Integration Puzzle
April 27, 2004 Where do open standards fit into the application integration landscape? Learn about the evolution of open standards into what...

Database-Oriented Middleware
November 1, 1999 Database-oriented middleware plays a very significant role in the world of enterprise application integration, allowing a...