Tag: Microsoft
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Inatrac: Microsoft CRM Built Just for the Channel
Categories: News and TrendsInacom Information Systems set out to solve its own business problem by driving out the inefficiencies in its service provider practice. It ended up completing what is perhaps the first customized, hosted version of Microsoft CRM. Inatrac, a tracking, reporting and management tool, is designed for use by VARs to drive profitability in their service… Read more
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Microsoft to Invest in Channel, Verticals through OEM, Code Acquisition Deals
Categories: News and TrendsSAN DIEGO—During this second day of Convergence, Microsoft’s annual Dynamics user conference, the company announced its intent to invest in five industries—manufacturing, distribution, retail, services and public sector—through OEM deals, code acquisitions and spending on the partner network. Taking its first step in this plan, Microsoft also announced code acquisition from eBECS. A Chesterfield, England-based… Read more
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Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2005 Update for Vista
Categories: News and TrendsMicrosoft has released a new version of its Visual Studio toolset for Windows Vista development. On March 6, the Redmond, Wash., software giant released the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 SP1 (Service Pack 1) Update for Windows Vista, so that developers building applications on Microsoft’s new operating system platform can enjoy an improved user experience that… Read more
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Microsoft Learning Center Targets Beginner Programmers
Categories: News and TrendsREDMOND, Wash.—Microsoft has launched a new Web site aimed at helping novices learn to write applications and build their own Web sites. Capping its thrust to tap the nascent market for tools for beginners, Microsoft launched its new Beginner Developer Learning Center on March 1. Dan Fernandez, Microsoft’s lead product manager for Visual Studio Express,… Read more
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Microsoft Aims to Make Health Care Systems Interoperable
Categories: News and TrendsMicrosoft in late February delivered what it claims is an extensible architectural foundation to simplify a problem that has plagued health care IT—interoperability and integration among a variety of health care solutions. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant is offering the Connected Health Framework Architecture and Design Blueprint as a free download, the company announced in… Read more
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Microsoft Forms Business Process Alliance, Develops BPM Roadmap
Categories: News and TrendsMicrosoft is honing in on business process management with the formation of the Microsoft Business Process Alliance and the release of a BPM roadmap that will include a key standard—Business Process Execution Language—in the Windows Workflow Foundation. The company announced Feb. 26 at the Gartner BPM Summit in San Diego that it has formed the… Read more