At CARLIN we produce well-communicated and well-managed IT business strategies and solutions for today's Museums and Cultural Institutions.

We combine effective leadership, technology application and insightful marketing, along with a solid knowledge of web based business issues and strategies to enable our clients to remain competitive.

CARLIN's offerings are aimed at assisting Cultural Institutions develop and drive public interest, education programs, development strategies and collaboration.

Putting CARLIN back online

After visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum recently I realized how much I enjoyed Museums, the buildings, the work, beauty and wonder. I had my kids with me and to them it was a wonderful adventure with never ending visual delight, and for me I saw the collection again (some I had never noticed before) through their eyes.

IDC Report: Health Care Most Attractive IT Solution Provider Opportunity

Hospitals are under pressure to implement electronic health records (EHR), Health Information Exchanges (HIE) and computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems.

Some of the best opportunities will come from Integrated Delivery Systems (IDS), essentially networks of health care organizations under a single parent organization that can combine payers and providers. Says Scott Lundstrom, vice president of research for IDC Health Insights

Lundstorm also add – “Any hospital that isn’t in economic distress right now is investing heavily in IT, starting at the data center and application rationalizing, virtualization and data center consolidation are leading the way for projects”

Read more … IDC: Health Care Most Attractive IT Solution Provider Opportunity.

Chrome OS Notebooks from Samsung, Acer Steal the Show at Google I/O – Cloud Computing – News

Google gives Chrome to Samsung and Acer to keep afloat their hopes in the portal hardware space. The dark ‘Cloud’ that is hanging over their heads is forcing these players to rush to market with yet another laptop – sorry CHROME-BOOK. With offerings that support WiFi and 3G capability they will rain down on the marketplace mid June (Best Buy and Amazon.com in the US) with the Samsung version ($429 and $499 respectably) and Acer’s WiFi offering coming in at $349.

Chrome  Executives are making a play for Microsoft and the Apple with their cloud offering but you have to ask – when will Steve Jobs make the cloud Cool and then the masses will follow.

Chrome OS Notebooks from Samsung, Acer Steal the Show at Google I/O – Cloud Computing – News.

RIM to Sell PlayBook Tablet April 19, Taking on Apple’s IPad – Businessweek

Research In Motion Ltd. said its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer will go on sale in the U.S. on April 19 through retailers including Best Buy Co., as it seeks to compete with Apple Inc.’s iPad.

 

A version with 16 gigabytes of memory will cost $499, a 32- gigabyte model will retail for $599 and a version with 64 gigabytes will cost $699, RIM and Best Buy said today in a statement. Richfield, Minnesota-based Best Buy said it will start accepting orders today.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-03-22/rim-to-sell-playbook-tablet-april-19-taking-on-apple-s-ipad.html