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It’s hard to imagine any single item that could please a web developer, an IT infrastructure manager, and an end user all at once. Ice cream or a good joke excepted, anything that makes one of these people happy usually makes at least one of the others miserable.

Tighten security to please the infrastructure maven, and you’ve made extra work for the developer and possibly compromised the user’s experience. Amp up the user experience and you’ve created bandwidth problems for the infrastructure maven and, again, more work for the web developer. (Everything makes more work for the web developer.)

Read more to see how a cloud document viewer makes everybody happy.

Accusoft representatives showing off the Prizm Content Connect document viewer for Flash and HTML5, the FormSuite forms processing toolkit, and the Barcode Xpress software development kit will rub elbows with Pulitzer winner Bob Woodward, author and scientist Michio Kaku, and author and social media expert Charlene Li at the ACORD LOMA Forum, May 6-8 in Las Vegas. Woodward will deliver the keynote, and Kaku and Li are featured speakers.

Read more to see what will be appearing at ACORD LOMA.

Every Friday we publish our ‘Follow Friday’ series which features a few industry news articles we would like to share with you. We are constantly finding interesting, fun, exciting, noteworthy, shocking and industry-changing articles all week long on the internet. Check us out every week to see what catches our eye around the web!

This week’s Follow Friday articles include implementing a strategy for mobile technology and the radiology practice, Google starts using HTML5 and WebM for premium content, how the Cloud is impacting SharePoint 2013, and more intriguing articles from the week.

Google starts using HTML5 and WebM for premium content - Gigaom
By Janko Roettgers

Google has quietly started to switch some aspects of its premium content offerings to its open source WebM video format. Google’s WebM product manager John Luther explained during a developer Hangout Wednesday that YouTube and Google Play video rentals are now using WebM as opposed to Flash on Samsung’s Chromebooks. “We will be rolling that out on more Chrome OS devices and other platforms soon,” he added.
Luther went on to explain that Google did a lot of work on the security layer that delivers the videos encrypted to an HTML5 player. “As far as I know, we are the first to ever do that,” he said.

It’s been five years since the announcement of HTML5 and yet the HTML5 vs. Flash debate continues to rage on among developers. Checkout the HTML5 vs Flash [Infographic].

Other articles you may be interested in:

• HTML5 vs. Flash - What Do You Need to Know? Part 1
• HTML5 vs. Flash - What Do You Need to Know? Part 2

Mobile Technology and the Radiology Practice: Implementation Strategy - ImagingBiz
By Cat Vasko

The use of mobile technologies holds a great deal of potential for radiology practices, Degati says. “Radiologists are enabled to make decisions in a more timely way than ever before: They do not have to be tied to desks or workstations, and they have the flexibility to work whenever and wherever they want, instead of being restricted to traditional hours of operation,” said Joe Degati, CTO for Medical Management Professionals (MMP). He adds, however, that an implementation strategy is necessary not only to make the best use of capital, but to avoid running afoul of privacy regulations. 

Now mobile apps can facilitate rapid collaboration among physicians and the viewing of Electronic Health Records (EHR) by patients. To meet the demands of tomorrow's medical applications try out the AIMTools SDK.

Other articles you may be interested in:

• Advantages for Implementing an Electronic Health Records (EHR) System, Part 1

How the Cloud is Impacting SharePoint 2013 - CMSWire
By Christian Buckley

The cloud is the evolution of software and collaboration — it’s something companies need to be thinking about, or they will get left behind. Within Microsoft's ecosystem, what is driving much of this dramatic shift toward the cloud is Microsoft itself, rather than their customer base. With competitors like Google driving a new breed of products and services geared toward the cloud and away from the traditional operating system model, Microsoft has scrambled in the past few years to outline their own cloud strategy — whether or not their vast customer base is ready for it. 

One of the most cost-effective ways to drive productivity improvement initiatives is to increase collaboration across the enterprise, both internally among employees as well as between employees, partners, and customers, through the use of a standardized set of tools. For more information, download the whitepaper The Role of Collaboration Tools for SharePoint.

Other articles you may be interested in:

• Top 4 Help Tools That Integrate with SharePoint
• The Explosive Growth of Third Party Add-ons for SharePoint

Read more for articles on QR Codes, the cloud, and more.

Every Friday we publish our ‘Follow Friday’ series. Here are few stories that caught our attention this week which include GS1 DataBar and retail, how to drive sustainable SharePoint adoption, will HTML5 kill the native app, Nestle rolls out QR Code packaging and more.

In our Follow Friday series, we feature a few industry news finds to share with you. We are constantly finding interesting, fun, exciting, noteworthy, shocking and industry-changing articles all week long on the internet. Check us out every week to see what catches our eye around the web!

GS1 DataBar: The next big thing in retailing - ferret
By GS1 Australia

The GS1 DataBar is a family of seven bar codes that have huge potential to transform the way retailers do business. GS1 DataBar can be used globally in open trade on any product from 2014. Four of the seven bar codes can be read by omnidirectional scanners, enabling products that have previously not been bar coded to be quickly and accurately scanned at Point-of-Sale by retailers.

If you like this article, you may also want to checkout What is a GS1 DataBar Barcode?

How to Drive Sustainable SharePoint Adoption in Your Organization - CMSWire
By Dux Raymond Sy

Many view SharePoint as nothing more than a glorified network share. But organizations who provide contextual, business-relevant training and actively cultivate a sustainable SharePoint adoption program will find those initiatives to contribute to more widespread utilization of SharePoint to address users’ specific day-to-day business needs and therefore maximize the organization’s SharePoint investment.

If you like this article, you may also want to checkout The Explosive Growth of 3rd Party Add-Ons for SharePoint.

Download the Whitepaper: The Role of Collaboration Tools for SharePoint

Will HTML5 Kill the Native App? - Campus Technology
By Michelle Fredette

As schools calculate the best way to serve students via mobile apps, cost and performance are part of the equation. Does HTML5 offer a solution or is it just another variable? 

If you like this article, you may also want to checkout HTML5 vs. Flash - What Do You Need To Know? Part 2.

Read more to see how Domino's Pizza expects the cloud to deliver.

It’s been five years since the announcement of HTML5 and yet the HTML5 vs. Flash debate continues to rage on among developers.

Proponents of Flash argue that, with over 1 billion users worldwide, Flash isn’t going away any time soon. HTML5 advocates argue that several of the things Flash fans see as pros are actually major drawbacks.

Flash fans also argue that, with 99% of browsers supporting the technology, they have a much larger audience reach. Developers that prefer HTML5 also argue that because Flash code is compiled and that there is no way for a search engine to properly spider the content. That means all the great content in your flash banner, animation, or video adds nothing to your site’s search engine optimization (SEO).

How do you make a decision on which one is best for you?

Read more to see the HTML5 vs. Flash infographic.