Tag Archives: eHealth

End of 2012 Entry: An Eventful and Noisy Year

In this end of year article I’ll review 2012 and look at a few of the things coming up in 2013.  2012 has been an eventful year, we tend to miss how eventful as we’re busy working and raising our families (a life-long commitment!).  The year opened with some operators finally admitting revenues are in […]

The Importance of Vertical Knowledge. Understanding the Customer. NTT Case Study.

In reviewing operators’ attempts to build / expand their enterprise ICT (Information and Communication Technology) business, given market pressures in the consumer sector, it’s interesting to see the variation in performance.  A common theme for those telcos successfully making the move or expanding on an existing business is the focus on vertical knowledge.  Vertical knowledge, […]

IT Trends: The One that is Often Overlooked

In reviewing the seething mass of marketing BS in the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) industry I see 5 main trend categories: Internet of things: ehealth, connected car, smart networks, sensor networks, mobile / portable devices, home storage, home networks and devices; Internet of services: analytics (aka big data, including predictive analysis), cloud computing / […]

Why All the eHealth / mHealth Fuss?

We’ve seen a rash of announcements from operators such as Telefonica and Vodafone (and telecom suppliers for that matter) on their eHealth offers.  So what brought on this sudden interest?  Operators have been providing communication services to the Health sector for many years, what’s different? Firstly, lets start with some definitions, as always without clarity […]