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New Video Mini Series: BlackBerry 10- Top 3 Reasons to Port
RIM's Alec Saunders, VP of Developer Relations, sat down with Macadamian CEO, Fred Boulanger. In the first of three instalments we focus on the strong support available to those developing apps for BlackBerry 10. If this video piques your interest, we encourage you to click here to view part 2 and 3 of this BB10 mini series.
New Video: Macadamian’s BlackBerry 10 Experience
Macadamian recently established an official BlackBerry 10 business unit that's already worked on 10 apps specifically for BlackBerry 10. As a BlackBerry Alliance Partner we understand many companies are considering how to monetize apps for BlackBerry 10. Watch the video below to hear Macadamian's experience developing for the platform. Then, click here to watch Macadamian CEO Fred Boulanger interview RIM's Alec Saunders, Vice President of Developer Relations, about the top reasons companies should think about porting their apps to BlackBerry 10 -- including details about making money.
All Eyes on BB10
We're covering the anticipated launch of BlackBerry 10. Some might say: The #BB10 Debate. Let's start a conversation: Are you or are you not supporting #BB10? Will you be using this device? Will you be porting apps to #BB10? Why or why not? We want to hear your opinions on this topic!
Tell us what you think. Post a comment below, share this blog with others and click here to visit our #BB10 storyline that includes breaking news alerts and conversations.
Nokia and Microsoft to Join Forces?
Last week I attended a presentation by Nokia that outlined how mobile app developers and mobile content publishers can do business with the company. My initial takeaway was that the Nokia phone is quite accessible to organizations that have a large number of C++ developers. Most of their presentation focused on Qt and how it can now be used in the development of all Nokia platforms (such as Symbian, Maemo and MeeGo). This is great news for a company like Macadamian, because we’ve been working on a couple of Qt projects over the past six months.
The presentation also offered a walk-through of how to publish apps to the Ovi Store. The bottom line is that the review process takes 7 to 9 business days and the Ovi Store is rejecting slightly over 30% of the submissions on the first pass.
Designing Successful Healthcare Software: 10 Critical Lessons
Creating successful healthcare software – from patient management systems, to medical devices, to electronic medical records – differs substantially from traditional software. Healthcare software demands unique domain expertise, project methodology, and softwarearchitecture patterns. While many vendors and consultants would insist that good softwarepractices and user-centered design principals are universal across domains, we believe thathealthcare projects are different. Healthcare domain expertise, combined with software best practices, can significantly improve your project’s chances of success. The Risks are High Unfortunately, our industry continually underestimates the effort involved in getting a new software system or medical device to market. Passing CCHIT certification, for example, can cost upwards of $200,000 depending on the amount of rework involved, according to a comment made by Sam Bowen, president of Open Source Medical Software. Medical device verification and validation can unexpectedly account for a major portion of a project’s effort – often making up 33% to more than 50% of overall development costs. When the software is finally delivered, it is by no means a guaranteed success. Failed healthcare software system stories abound – from Cedars Sinai medical center electronic medical records system after investing $34M to Kaiser Permanente abandoning an attempt to build its own clinical system with IBM and writing off some $770M in software assets. Even among the fraction of physicians in the United States who do use some form of electronic medical records within their practice, more than 30% say they would not recommend the software to others. 10 Critical Lessons We intend to provide software R&D teams, software development managers and product managers with insight into the most important aspects of clinical software development. Focusing on 10 critical lessons, this paper offers concrete examples and advice gleaned from years of healthcare software development and project management experience. These examples touch upon topics that include architecture for privacy law compliance, database design, hospital process integration, verification and validation, and special user requirements. Read more in our new White Paper on Healthcare software design and development.