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Microsoft is shifting its entire sales and marketing strategy to focus on vertical markets. Microsoft is reorienting its own field sales force to sell vertically; encouraging its solution-provider partners to sell vertically; and putting a sizeable chunk of the companys marketing dollars behind vertical campaigns for the rest of this year. Its hard to overstate […]

Its hard to imagine that yoga, the 5,000-year-old discipline of exercise, diet and meditation, would have anything in common with the modern software industry. But a group of loosely affiliated yoga instructors based in California have embraced the philosophy of the open-source software movement in fighting a campaign by a richly successful yoga master to […]

In this weeks cover story, Business Week takes an up-close look at a hospitals digital journey from the perspective of IT staff, doctors and nurses. The Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J. is a leading hospital in integrating information technology. The article examines how these IT systems have changed the fundamental infrastructure, as well […]

Microsoft execs have been reticent to talk about changes that Microsoft is making to Windows core “Fundamentals” pillar with Longhorn. But on Tuesday, a handful of Microsofts top Windows Longhorn networking officials opened up a bit. Led by Jawad Khaki, corporate vice president of Microsofts networking and devices technologies division, the Microsoft Windows execs participated […]

Two health companies have teamed up to distribute an electronic pill box that does much more than help patients organize their medicine. The Med-eMonitor, made by Informedix Holding Companies Inc. and co-branded with McKesson Bioservices, reminds patients when to take medicine and makes patient-specific inquiries about health measures like blood glucose levels, side effects or […]

Encouraged by the market reception of its Windows Small Business Server product, Microsoft Corp. is looking for an encore with a similar bundle targeted at midsize businesses. The new Windows Server SKU—called, at least for now, Windows Midmarket Server, or MMS—is not soup yet. But Microsoft executives have a good idea about how they plan […]

Research into ribonucleic acids (RNA), which transmits genetic information from DNA to proteins produced by the cell, is exploding as scientists worldwide discover the roles of RNA in genetics, health, disease and the development of organisms. The rapidly growing body of knowledge has created the need for researchers to develop a shared vocabulary and system […]

An online Web chat on Friday that was billed as a venue for Visual Studio 2005 questions evolved into a forum for the Visual Basic 6 faithful to bang the drum for Microsoft to extend support for the platform. Over the past couple of weeks, Microsoft has found itself facing a revolt by some of […]

A key premise behind Microsofts “smart client” pitch is that Web apps are not as good as fat/rich/locally based ones. Microsoft defines smart clients as software that combines the best of Web apps with the best of locally hosted ones. Microsofts smart-client elevator pitch: Web apps cant handle all the complex tasks that smart-client apps […]

Why is it that thieves focus on finding out your Social Security number and birthdate? Just a few items of information are needed to open accounts in your name and commit fraud. Lax verification procedures at credit card companies and other financial institutions make that possible. In some cases, its ridiculously easy. Identity-theft experts say […]

Consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers worked with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) to release a report last week that surveyed 36 hospitals considered digitally advanced and chosen based on their reputation for implementing advanced clinical systems. The study found that digital hospitals, as compared to the national average, have shorter average stays and have experienced […]

Since it first revealed a month ago that it was pulling a U-turn by releasing a new version of Internet Explorer independent of Longhorn, Microsoft has been unwilling to share many particulars about its forthcoming browser. Will Internet Explorer 7.0 have tabs? Will it comply with the CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) 2.0 standard? Exactly how […]