Building a huge database of patient records is a titanic task that takes a huge investment. But the NHS has come unstuck with Health Minister Andy Burnham pulling the plug on £600 million for the project. Out of £12 billion planned. How has it come to this? Was there a better way? Probably. I think [...]
Propheris is very much committed to using open source software wherever possible. We firmly believe it’s the future of ICT. So I was delighted to see solid government backing for this stance in a document leaked yesterday by the Tories, called Government ICT Strategy: New World, New Challenges. The section on Open Source opens with: [...]
We’re setting up an extranet for a client and have a installed dedicated box running Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. I’m going through the simple setup procedure to get a LAMP stack going via the command line. We’ll then go about setting up postfix for mail services. First thing’s first; we have to ensure all updates are [...]
A client recently complained that each back office staff member spent 10 minutes a day eliminating spam from their mailboxes. Not only is this 10 minutes of unproductive work time, it has a knock on effect by putting office staff in a thoroughly grumpy negative mood. Every day. Google possesses the world’s best spam blocking [...]
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