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Taking on Krugman in Medical Care Friday, March 19th, 2010
In my post today on Krugman-in-Wonderland , I take on Paul Krugman’s rosy predictions about the new “healthcare” bill that Congress is about to foist upon us. Once upon a time, we had at least some expectations that Nobel Prize winners in economics would not turn into outright political shills
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Taking on Krugman in Medical Care
So says Big Copyright , which adopted the term for copyright infringers because of “its suggestions of theft, destruction, and violence.” But now, the “pirates”have “co-opted the term, adopting it with gusto and hoisting the Jolly Roger across the Internet (The Pirate Bay being the most famous example).” I agree. Copyright infringers should not be called pirates.
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Don’t Call Them “Pirates”
ActekSoft was founded in 1999 and currently supports over 30 clients (mostly in the insurance industry). I talked about them earlier this year when they got acquired by Callidus Software . Acteksoft’s flagship product is called ACom3 and can be deployed On-Premise or On-Demand. Approximately one third of ActekSoft’s clients are currently hosted. As I’ve discussed in a previous post , Gartner recently released their 2009 ICM MarketScope for the insurance industry
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ActekSoft ACom3 Review
I was a bit puzzled regarding the reasons why my blog has seen a significant increase in traffic over the past few days. Upon reviewing the keywords used by my readers to find LeapComp, I realized that there were 3 old posts in particular that were getting a lot of attention. Super Bowl XLIV: I wrote my first Super Bowl post last year with an analysis of how much football players participating to the Super Bowl received in bonus ever since the first Super Bowl.
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Super Bowl, Oscars and Olympics
Yesterday, CSO Insights released a summary of the results of their 16th annual Sales Performance Optimization study. The survey of 2,800 companies revealed that the number of reps making quota in 2009 dropped to 51.8% from 58.8% in 2008. This caused plan attainment to drop to 77.9% from 85.9%… And this is after 86% of the firms surveyed increased quotas for 2009
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Percentage of reps making quota in 2009 dropped to 51.8% from 58.8% in 2008
Gartner released a market overview specific to the insurance incentive compensation industry. For those who haven’t seen it or don’t have access to it, here is a summary of what I found to be the most interesting facts: There are 9 main ICM vendors in the life, property and casuality (P&C), and health insurance industry: ActekSoft, Callidus Software, CSC, CSSI, MajescoMastek, SAP, SunGard, Synygy and Versata
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Insurance ICM Industry Market Overview
Two weeks already, and no time to talk about our latest Influence Insiders webcast about incentives ( listen to recording here ). Fortunately, Paul took the time to write a good recap on his blog .
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Influence Insiders on Incentives, and Can More Work be an Incentive?
I was talking with a colleague about a client for which we both worked earlier this year. This client is a large health insurance company. They recently moved into a new headquarter, and along with the new building came a new cafeteria and a new health incentive program
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Cafeteria Health Incentive Program or Fat Tax?
George Nemeth and myself have been invited to debate the silly notion that copyright laws should be changed to “protect” old media. Lordy lordy lordy. Dec. 1st, noon. Here’s a few of the issues I’ll bring up during the debate: – the 4th estate doesn’t get any more special treatment, they’re “just” a business like everyone else – Hollywood resisted the VCR when it first came out – and the DVD as well – 85% of Italians claimed they would NEVER use a cell phone – in 1989 – instead of trying to game the laws, why doesn’t the Plain Dealer think of itself as a platform?
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Come watch George Nemeth and myself debate these two old school dudes
15 November 2009 Reporting for The Posse List: Gregory Bufithis, Scott Madsen and Alex Hania Georgetown Law CLE, in cooperation with the Sedona Conference, presented its 6th Annual Advanced E-Discovery Institute . It was one of the best conferences we’ve attended on e-discovery and that is based on the content covered, the experts/luminaries in the e-discovery field that spoke at the panels, and the interaction between the audience and the panels plus the informal sessions. Moreover, the Institute had an all-star U.S. judicial bench in attendance: Judges John Facciola, Paul Grimm, Nan Nolan, Andrew Peck, Lee Rosenthal, Shira Scheindlin and David Waxe, who participated on multiple panels, and even sat in on many of the sessions and provided input — both from the panels and the audience — and who made themselves available during the breaks and informal sessions. It was a great “hands on learning” e-discovery experience. The non-judicial roster of e-discovery experts was just as impressive and rather than list them all we provide a link here.
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The Georgetown Law Advanced E-Discovery Institute: a review
You are invited to take part in a research study regarding the E-Discovery Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and their effects on law firms and their corporate clients. The survey will take approximately 10 minutes and may be accessed via the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=jjlVm0D9r_2fLWNsmRXz1MAQ_3d_3d Participation is voluntary and you may refuse to participate or withdraw at any time. Confidentiality will be maintained via anonymous data collection; respondent identifiers, including IP addresses, will not be captured.
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eDiscovery survey being conducted by New York University
I’ll be periodically posting about interesting topics and discussions going on in the Ludwig von Mises Institute Forum . I encourage anyone interested in the scholarship of liberty in the Austrian tradition to join and partake of the bounty of intellectual stimulation on offer there. One of the best things about the LvMI forum is the passion for lifelong learning that is in the air; the place is chock full of autodidacts who pursue their independent Austrian studies with more dedication than you’re likely to find in any university study hall.
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Lifelong Learning in the LvMI Forum
On Thursday, November 19th, Exterro will Web-cast a one-hour panel presentation of e-discovery experts who will “show why project management is the key to success for every e-discovery undertaking by deconstructing the electronic discovery reference model from a new perspective: Integrated project management.” The Web-cast, titled “A Simplified Approach to E-discovery Workflow” is scheduled to start at 10:15 a.m. USA-Pacific Standard Time.
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Nov 19th: free webcast from Exterro “Why Project Management is the Key to Success for Every E-discovery Undertaking”
I’ve been too busy to write regularly on this blog and now I’m getting in ‘another thing’. I can’t believe I’m taking on anymore ‘work’, but I think this one could actually be really fun. Paul Hebert of I2I brought together a group of thought leaders in different areas of business and influence and started the Influence Insiders. The Influence Insiders BlogTalkRadio show will be the first Wednesday of every month, 12:00-1:00 pm eastern time. Our first show will be this coming Wednesday, so don’t miss it! We’ve set up our station at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/i2i The call in number will be the same for every episode: (646) 381-4430 Influence Insiders is a core group of experts, bloggers, thought leaders and smart folks who will be getting together monthly to talk about the things that challenge them and their clients associated with engaging audiences
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Influence Insiders on BlogTalkRadio
The Eastern Ontario Economic Showcase on September 24th had several outstanding speakers including Donald Trump, Terry Matthews (our own Ottawa technology billionaire enthusiast, and Brett Wilson , another successful Canadian entrepreneur. I went to the event, not because I expected them to ‘teach’ me to become rich and more successful; I went because I wanted to see them in person, and Trump in particular. So here are some of my first impressions.
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I went to see Donald Trump and I left remembering Brett Wilson
NATURE 27 August 2009 Volume 460 Number 7259, pp 1057 – 1170 Visit Nature online to browse the journal. Now available at http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=226&m=33931412&r=MjA1NTkxMDA2MAS2&b=2&j=NTcxNTk5OTcS1&mt=1&rt=0 Please note that you need to be a subscriber to enjoy full text access to Nature online. To purchase a subscription, please visit: http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=92&m=33931412&r=MjA1NTkxMDA2MAS2&b=2&j=NTcxNTk5OTcS1&mt=
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Nature 29 August 2009 Volume 460 Number 7259 pp1057-1170
PC World – Sony has been all about the e-reader lately, announcing the Digital Reader Pocket Edition and Touch Edition earlier this month, then following up yesterday with the Digital Reader Daily Edition, a high-end product with a touch screen and 3G connectivity. It’s clear that Sony’s approach is anything but half-hearted, and I think the company is in prime position to knock Amazon’s Kindle e-reader of its perch
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Sony’s E-Reader vs. Kindle: 5 Reasons Amazon Should Worry (PC World)
Government Technology – E-Discovery: What Technology Professionals Must Know “In 2006, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure – the court process for civil lawsuits – were changed because more than 95 percent of all information is now electronic.
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You’re IT! You are a tech pro, your company is involved in a legal matter and you’re now hearing all about “ESI” “EDD” and E-Discovery. So…
George Paul says that digital record keeping has caused an evidentiary crises of societal proportions and that it is our responsibility, as lawyers, to find a resolution – to find a way of effectively testing the authenticity of digital records so they do “what people expect them to do,” and so that truth is found and justice done. The American Bar Association published Paul’s “Foundations of Digital Evidence ” in 2008
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Well worth a read – George Paul’s “Foundations of Digital Evidence”
The cost of developing a drug is reaching astronomical levels, and the life science industry is looking to cut costs wherever possible. Therefore, company executives are turning their attention to improving inefficiencies during the most expensive phase of drug development clinical trials. This report will analyze software solutions developed to streamline the clinical research process.
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In Pursuit of the Paperless Clinical Trial: A look at EDC and CTMS (Strategy Focus)
By Richard Simpson It promised to stretch reality television to the limit: one man pitting his wits against the Yukon wilderness with just a camera for company. But hopes for an epic three-month contest between man and nature were dashed when adventurer Ed Wardle failed to go the distance. Seven weeks after striding out into the rugged forests of western Canada armed with a rifle and a fishing rod, Mr Wardle had to be airlifted back to civilisation suffering from starvation.
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Channel 4 exploitation row after cameraman is airlifted from wilderness dying of starvation
Start: 08/25/2009 – 16:13 End: 12/31/2010 – 23:59 Timezone: Etc/GMT-7 Best new toys for the 2009 holidays released soon Each year, toy retailers like Toys R Us and Walmart provide their lists of the most anticipated new toys for the holidays. The hot toy list for the 2009 holiday season will serve as a starting point to help parents, friends and family find the perfect gift for any child. The hot Christmas toys for 2009 is expected to be
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Best New Toys for the Upcoming 2009 Holiday Season; Top Hot Toy List
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 | 8pm | $5 Ensemble Pamplemousse Founded in 2002 as a vehicle for musical exploration, Pamplemousse presents concerts of extraordinary focus and clarity. Comprised of virtuosic musicians trained in classical, electronic, and improvisational realms, the group consistently delivers fresh, exhilarating new concepts in sound. The members’ eagerness for aural discovery has allowed for ample experimentation processes, where boundaries are non-existent, and from whi
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Hz Collective presents: NanoHz No. 26
Orange Legal Technologies and BlackStone Discovery Partner to Deliver SaaS-Based Rapid Response E-Discovery Services to Silicon Valley Firms Orange Legal Technologies has announced a technology partnership allowing BlackStone Discovery to integrate the OneO® Discovery Platform into its existing electronic discovery service portfolio. “Based on the fact that BlackStone Discovery serves as the preferred electronic discovery consultant for many of the leading international law firms and corporat
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CloudNews for 24th August, 2009
eDiscovery Solutions Group announced this past week that it has entered into a partnership with Third Coast Consultants to provide litigation readiness, general data retention and management strategies and information security services designed to help corporations and their outside counsel better understand and manage the risks and costs associated with the accelerating volume of Electronically Stored Information (ESI). Under the terms of the partnership, Third Coast Consultants will provide a
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eDiscovery Solutions Group Partners with Third Coast Consultants
Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.Powered by WP Greet BoxIt’s not just the design that matters when you create your brochure printing. Your words and content give the substance to an otherwise picture full of pages. Your text is what gives your color brochure printing depth because it provides the most important element in your ad – your message.Have you ever wondered how many words are appropriate to your brochure printing?
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Why Electronic Gifts Ruined My Holidays: Case In Point The Electronic Postcard
I just saw a post by Amit Garg Top 47 eLearning & Workplace Learning Blogs . His list was very similar to the list of sources that eLearning Learning includes. It made me wonder how many sources does eLearning Learning include? Turns out it’s exactly 99. Please let me know if I’m missing any blogs that produce good content on eLearning and more particularly Workplace eLearning that would make sense to include. eLearning Learning is looking for a bit deeper posts that focus on appli
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Top 99 Workplace eLearning Blogs