American Well and Microsoft Enter Into a Strategic Collaboration to Bring Healthcare to People’s Homes
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Today at America’s
Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Institute 2008, American Well Inc. and
Microsoft Corp. announced that they have entered into a strategic
collaboration to introduce an integrated consumer health solution that
brings together American Well’s Online Healthcare Marketplace and Microsoft
HealthVault, Microsoft’s online consumer health platform. The integrated
solution will allow consumers to use their health information to interact
live, online and on-demand with physicians from their home or office.
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Microsoft Names HP, Tech Mahindra and 180Squared New Systems Integration Partners for Microsoft Mediaroom Deployments
LAS VEGAS, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Microsoft Corp. today
announced at NXTcomm08 the addition of Internet Protocol television (IPTV)
systems integration partners HP
(http://h71019.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/261002-0-0-0-121.html), Tech
Mahindra Ltd. (http://techmahindra.com/) and 180Squared Inc.
(http://www.180squared.com/) to the Microsoft Mediaroom technology
ecosystem. The three companies completed a Mediaroom training and
market-readiness program, enabling them to offer deployment services to new
and existing Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV customers, including 20 of the
world’s leading service providers across four continents. Read more
Concentric and Microsoft Launch Hosted E-Mail Service for SMEs
LAS VEGAS, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Today at NXTcomm08,
Microsoft Corp. and Concentric announced new hosted e-mail service
offerings for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Concentric, a
large-scale e-mail service provider, is deploying Microsoft Hosted Exchange
to combine the productivity benefits of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and
Microsoft Office Outlook with its enterprise-class applications hosting
platform. Read more
Microsoft Adds Agilent and IneoQuest Quality of Service Assurance Solutions to Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV Ecosystem
LAS VEGAS, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Microsoft Corp. today
announced that Agilent Technologies Inc. and IneoQuest Technologies Inc.
have joined the Microsoft Mediaroom ecosystem as Internet Protocol
television (IPTV) quality of service (QoS) solution providers. The Agilent
and IneoQuest solutions help service providers ensure the highest QoS for
their deployments of the award-winning Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV and
multimedia software platform without compromising security or network
performance. Read more
Microsoft Announces 2008 Partner of the Year Awards Finalists and Winners
REDMOND, Wash., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Recognizing partners
that delivered exemplary solutions to customers, Microsoft Corp. today
announced the winners and finalists of its 2008 Microsoft Partner of the
Year Awards. The awards honor Microsoft Registered, Microsoft Certified and
Microsoft Gold Certified partners that delivered exemplary solutions for
their customers during the past year. Award winners and finalists were
chosen from among nominations from around the world. Read more
Microsoft Introduces First Embedded Operating System Optimized Specifically for Portable Navigation Device (PND) Manufacturers
REDMOND, Wash., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Microsoft Corp. today
announced the availability of Windows Embedded NavReady 2009, Microsoft’s
first embedded operating system designed specifically for OEMs building
handheld portable navigation devices (PNDs). Read more
Microsoft to Showcase Innovative Solutions for Health Plans at AHIP Institute 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ –
What: At America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Institute 2008,
Microsoft Corp. will showcase new solutions designed for the
health plans industry, such as the following: Read more
Microsoft Issues Statement Regarding Yahoo!
REDMOND, Wash., June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Microsoft Corp. today
issued the following statement:
“In the weeks since Microsoft withdrew its offer to acquire Yahoo!, the
two companies have continued to discuss an alternative transaction that
Microsoft believes would have delivered in excess of $33 per share to the
Yahoo! shareholders. This partnership would ensure healthy competition in
the marketplace, providing greater choice and innovation for advertisers,
publishers and consumers. Read more
The Windows Defrag Controversy
LONDON, June 12 /PRNewswire/ — Companies rely on an optimal system
health to achieve their objective. Because of today’s larger files size,
high capacity disks and dramatic rate of fragmenting files, one fundamental
thing all Windows users need doing to insure high performance is to defrag
their systems. Read more
Microsoft Announces Alliance to Accelerate Consumer-Centered Delivery of Health and Human Services
WASHINGTON, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Today at the Government
Health IT Conference & Exhibition an alliance of partners unveiled its work
on a comprehensive, multivendor connected health and human services (HHS)
technology architecture that is connecting disparate state and
jurisdictional human services systems to give providers one comprehensive
view into citizen/customer needs. The group supports today’s release of
version 2.0 of the Microsoft Connected Health and Human Services Framework,
which presents a flexible, individual and family-centered approach for
addressing the challenges that face HHS agencies, departments and programs
as they respond to complex social needs and problems and deliver services
to individuals and families in need. Read more