The Lorenzo fantasy

All that we've been hearing from IBA (iSoft) since 2004 is that Lorenzo is going to change the world and fix all of our e-health problems. It sounds like a great idea but it has one problem - the product doesn't actually exist. The reality is that Lorenzo is shaping up to be just another web portal that interfaces in legacy systems and provides little to no intrinsic value overall. I'll give some credit to IBA's chairman and marketing department who have done a good job of ensuring that people are hearing about Lorenzo. Talking is unfortunately all that IBA has done. The issue still remains - when will we be able to actually see it working and "live" in it's full promised form. The sales pitches just aren't cutting it and IBA is looking a lot more like a failing company who is outsourcing it's development in labour cheap, quality poor India, promising a lot and delivering ... well ... nothing. So far at least.