Microsoft has 80 billion dollars in cash. But ultimately, the employees are not mad at layoffs,they are mad at the protracted layoffs. The way the layoff is done makes it rather clear: A. Nadella wants...
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I can honestly say that interoperability has improved quite a bit the last several years. Not at the speed it would in the non-healthcare world necessarily, but nothing ever moves at that speed within healthcare IT....
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what % of people downloading an app to improve their pet's fitness are themselves, ahem, "lacking" in fitness?
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are starting to show a little concern over Amazon as an investment. Mainly stemming from Bezos's interests not necessarily putting shareholder value first (described in some circles as even being 'arrogant'). As...
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They are mostly Nokia employees but some Microsoft too.
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Google please hire me...I can be one of your many biologists. http://bit.ly/1eUs0Lu
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Is Nadella doing layoffs only in the U.S.?Do these layoffs include other countries?If it is in the U.S. he needed to think about unemployment for these indiviuals.Microsoft migh start making a profit,but the U.S. taxpayer...
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technology changing overnight... no one knows everything :) others opinion knowledge is important...
we learn as we share knowledge :)
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David "all should lower costs by freeing up human resources to do more important jobs." I hope that brings improvement in patients' welfare. In the long run, I see these costs going down significantly if these processes...
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Kristine, no doubt about their precision but not all surgeries go as per plan. Sometimes the bleeding goes to an unexpected level or patients' body reacts in a completely unexpected way. Will robots be able to tacke that...
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David, interesting slideshow and article. It is good to see that the manufacturers realize that one of the biggest hurdle in robots' success is if patients' don't get scared off with their presence. The Riba example relating...
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MDMConsult, SSO definitely makes things much simpler for Consumers today. Trying to go for Two and even Multi-factor Authentication makes things way too complex which ends up complicating things and making user experience...
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Bateye, I am really surprised to hear this from you! You are easily one of the smartest commenters/commentators on Informationweek today;I thought you would actually help me answer my Question. I guess,not everybody can...
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SusanFourtane "Nokia has nothing to do with Microsoft anymore. This is Nokia's Website after it sold its Nokia Devices & Services division to Microsoft: http://company.nokia.com/en " Thanks for removing the misconception....
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Thomas, "Microsoft start making products that as so good I have to buy them, instead of products that I have to buy because everyone else uses them." Isn't the everyone using factor indicator that the products are...
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I haven't used many of MS's cloud apps but sharepoint and lync seems to be working great for me esp. link. Just got reminded that it is the same old Microsoft trying to climb the uphill. I think if similar products are invented...
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The news of sharing the profileinformation did not go down well with the consumers and the trust level is at it low in almost every community. People are now really not willing to use their actual information for the fear...
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@Micheal in my personal view does it not affected nokia over all as the things which were a hallmark are not their domain any more but other entities are still comming out with their name. I think it was not a good decision...
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@Thomas I agree with you there. I have been a victim of this for quite some time. We have a linux base sytem in our working place, mobiles are total different entity, home user are windows based and so on and so forth. I...
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What is interesting to note is the origin of the companies manufacturing tablets. Except for Apple, 4 of the top 5 manufacturers are from Asia: Asus, Acer, Lenovo & Samsung. It appears that high-tech consumer gadget manufacturing...
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Thomas - You are right depending on your core business and applications this can look very appealing. Part of my core competency is Unified Communications which in my opinion includes video conferencing and Telepresence. ...
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