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Norton Healthcare Enters Agreement with Microsoft

By Guest PostDecember 2, 2010Technologyaccountable care organization, aco, aco pilot, greater louisville, health solutions platforms, humana, johns hopkins health system, Microsoft, microsoft amalga uis, microsoft amalga unified intelligence system, microsoft healthvault, newyork-presbyterian hospital, norton healthcare, peter neupert, southern indiana, steven t hester, uis, wisconsin health information exchange

*Norton Healthcare has entered into an agreement with Microsoft to use its health solutions platforms to support its Accountable Care Organization (ACO) initiative.*

REDMOND, Wash., and LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Dec. 2, 2010 — Norton Healthcare has entered into an agreement with Microsoft Corp. to use its health solutions platforms, Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System (UIS) and Microsoft HealthVault. These systems will allow Norton Healthcare to aggregate and mine data in a highly efficient manner and will assist the Louisville, Ky.-based health care system in its Accountable Care Organization (ACO) initiative.

Norton Healthcare and Humana Inc. are working together to establish the first ACO in the region, which represents one of four national pilot sites for the Brookings-Dartmouth ACO Pilot Project. The ACO model Norton and Humana are co-creating established incentives for health systems to increase quality and efficiency, better coordinate patient care, eliminate waste, and reduce the overuse and misuse of care (see Nov. 23 news release: “Norton Healthcare and Humana Launch Accountable Care Organization”). (more…)

Attention Shoppers: Make Your Holidays Bright with Great Gifts & Deals from Microsoft

By Guest PostNovember 29, 2010Technologycovenant, gift, halo reach, holiday, kinect, kinect for xbox 360, Microsoft, science fiction, windows, windows phone, year 2552

*From Kinect to Halo: Reach, from Windows Phone to Windows Live and Binging everything in between — a tour of some of Microsoft’s most popular gifts and holiday shopping tools.*

REDMOND, Wash. – Nov. 29, 2010 – With the holiday shopping season now in full swing, it’s time to take stock. Gift list? Check. Special deals? Check. Fun, futuristic gifts for the whole family? Check. Microsoft has you covered. Get a closer look at some of Microsoft’s most recent products and services to help make your holidays shine brightly this year. (more…)

French Consumers Exposed to 191.6 Billion Display Ads During Q3 2010

By Guest PostNovember 29, 20101 commentTechnologyad metrix, canal plus, Comscore, delphine gatignol, display ads, display advertising, Facebook, france, french online display advertising market, Google, meetic, Microsoft, online display ad market, sfr, vivendi, webinar

*Vivendi is Top Display Advertiser with More Than 2 Billion Impressions Served*

Paris, France, November 29, 2010 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released an overview of the French online display advertising market for Q3 2010, using comScore’s Ad Metrix services. The data revealed that French internet users received more than 191 billion display ads during the quarter.

“Following the ad recession that occurred from late 2008 through most of 2009, we are now seeing a strong resurgence in the online display ad market in France,” said Delphine Gatignol, Senior Director for comScore in France. “A key driver of this growth is the social media sector, which is becoming an increasingly powerful marketing channel for brands and an attractive platform for display advertising.” (more…)

Microsoft Offerings Help Overcome Holiday Overload

By Guest PostNovember 24, 2010Technologyben rudolph, bing, black friday, brooke burke, Facebook, happy holidays, lisa gurry, Microsoft, oprah winfrey, thanksgiving, windows

*With the holiday shopping season just around the corner, Microsoft has been partnering with celebrities to promote Bing as a cure for holiday overload. The company is also showcasing new PCs as gift ideas and partnering with Southwest Airlines to offer travelers a free holiday photo with Santa.*

REDMOND, Wash. – Nov. 24, 2010 – As Black Friday looms, Microsoft is trying to help consumers survive the holiday crunch through high-tech gift ideas, a stress-free shopping experience, and even a chance to meet St. Nick himself.

The day after Thanksgiving has long marked the start of the holiday shopping season, and Black Friday has become the busiest shopping day of the year. Microsoft has been busy trying to get out the word that Bing can help shoppers “cut through the clutter this holiday season,” said Lisa Gurry, director of marketing. (more…)

IGH Solutions Drives User Adoption Up by 246 Percent by Switching From Salesforce.com to Microsoft Dynamics CRM

By Guest PostNovember 23, 2010Technologybrad wilson, drew climer, igh solutions, Microsoft, microsoft dynamics, microsoft dynamics crm, microsoft outlook, microsoft sharepoint, microsoft sql server, salesforce, software

*With new deployment, company increases ROI by 595 percent and resolves data entry issues.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 23, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. today highlighted the benefits attained by IGH Solutions, a world leader in developing and delivering innovative solutions for specialty and dimensional printing, in three years since switching from Salesforce.com to Microsoft Dynamics CRM. They include an increase in sales-team productivity valued at $1.2 million, nearly $400,000 in reduced costs for licensing fees, a 246 percent increase in user adoption, and an ROI of 595 percent — all realized by establishing a cost-effective and standardized sales-force automation solution for use across the enterprise.

With Microsoft Dynamics CRM, IGH Solutions also resolved integration and data entry issues that had plagued the company because Salesforce.com could not integrate with its Hagen ERP system. In addition, the company was able to capitalize on its existing investment in Microsoft business productivity software, including Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office, Microsoft InfoPath and Microsoft SQL Server, because of the interoperability Microsoft Dynamics CRM has with these applications. (more…)

comScore Releases October 2010 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

By Guest PostNovember 18, 20101 commentTechnologyamericans, ask network, bing, Comscore, comscore qsearch, Google, google instant search, in-channel search, Microsoft, mywebsearch, u.s. search marketplace, us explicit core search market, Yahoo

RESTON, VA, November 18, 2010 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in October with 66.3 percent of searches conducted, an increase of 0.2 share points from September 2010.

The October 2010 qSearch figures represent the second month of results including the impact of Google Instant Search, a Google search feature that delivers results in real-time while users type their query. To learn more about how comScore is measuring search activity as users engage with Google Instant Search, please read our blog post on the subject: https://blog.comscore.com/2010/10/comscore_september_qsearch.html (more…)

Microsoft Lync 2010: The Future of Communications, Right Now

By Guest PostNovember 17, 20102 commentsTechnologya t Kearney, Bill Gates, communications, fortune 500, gurdeep singh pall, instant messaging, Microsoft, microsoft lync, microsoft office 365, microsoft office communications server, ocs, Technology

*Microsoft Lync puts people at the center of communications, connecting in new ways, across the PC, phone and browser.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 17, 2010 — Three years ago, the introduction of Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) changed the way people stay connected. An individual’s identity and presence became the center of business communication, thanks to the integration of unified communications across e-mail, voice, instant messaging, audio- and videoconference tasks — and even desktop sharing. People could choose how to manage their conversations, redirect calls, set their level of availability, and decide how and when they could be reached. (more…)

Usability Experts Discuss How to Make Life Easier for the Rest of Us

By Guest PostNovember 11, 20101 commentTechnologyalbert shum, amritansh raghav, communication, kinect for xbox 360, lync, Microsoft, redmond campus, steve seow, Technology, upa, usability professionals association, windows 7, windows phone 7, windows phone design, world usability day

*Today, Microsoft sponsors an afternoon of workshops to mark World Usability Day, the annual event for usability professionals to raise awareness for their field and discuss research, best practices and products.*

REDMOND, Wash. – Nov. 11, 2010 – Making the world work better, helping people communicate better, enhancing communication between people and computers – these are all things that interest Steve Seow and other usability experts around the world.

As part of World Usability Day today, members of the Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) worldwide will host events to discuss usability and to share research and best practices. (more…)

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