| From: JakeStraw | 4/19/2011 12:18:33 PM | | | | | | TeamPraxis Selects Microsoft Amalga to Create Hawaii's First Online Physician Network for Healthcare Information Sharing finance.yahoo.com
Using Amalga, a health intelligence platform, TeamPraxis will create a sophisticated online network that aggregates and shares electronic patient information among more than 1,000 of Hawaii's independent physicians, as well as local hospitals, pharmacies, medical laboratories and other ancillary service providers, to enable a comprehensive view of the patient at the point of care. |
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| From: JakeStraw | 5/11/2011 8:35:37 AM | | | | | | Microsoft betting Skype keeps it ahead of Google, Apple
For the $8.5 billion acquisition to work, Microsoft doesn't need to make more money off Skype. It just needs to make sure that its existing products are better than offerings from rivals. ct.cnet.com
Here's why Microsoft's $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype makes sense: Microsoft, still a laggard on the Internet, has landed one of the most popular brands on the Web with a deeply engaged base of users. And it can bake Skype's widely used technology into its communications products, making them better.
At least, that's the bet. Microsoft says Skype has more than 170 million connected users. According to a regulatory filing, Skype claims its users made 207 billion minutes of voice and video calls last year. Microsoft wants to capitalize on that loyalty, putting Skype technology into various products, hoping that it can spin Skype's users into other Microsoft products. |
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