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Ask Author Joel Kotkin a Question, Get a Chance to Win a Signed Book

Published Thu, Feb 25 2010 10:17 AM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Entrepreneurs,Technology Leadership,Business Development,Economic Development,Small Business,Economic Opportunity,Joel Kotkin,Contest

In our last blog post , we featured a video segment from noted business writer Joel Kotkin, who has just published a new book, The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050. In his book, Kotkin argues that the U.S. is well positioned for the future because...
Futurist, Author, and Small Business Authority Joel Kotkin Talks With VFI

Published Tue, Feb 23 2010 2:02 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Innovation,Economic Development,Joel Kotkin

We are always looking to bring new, compelling content to the Voices for Innovation community. From time to time, relevant, thought-provoking speakers visit Microsoft—from authors to elected officials to Nobel laureates. We now have the opportunity to...
VFI Healthcare Policy and Health IT Poll Results

Published Mon, Feb 22 2010 3:16 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Today, the White House published to its website its proposal for healthcare reform in advance of a public bipartisan healthcare policy meeting on Thursday, February 25; at the website you can also view a page highlighting Republican ideas included in...
Allison Watson: Momentum Keeps Growing for Microsoft Online Services

Published Thu, Feb 18 2010 8:30 AM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Business Opportunities,Microsoft Online Services,Social Media

The following is re-posted from the Redmond View blog by Allison Watson, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft. Momentum Keeps Growing for Microsoft Online Services Welcome to my first Redmond View blog post. I’m also getting set...
Phones and Software Everywhere! Mobile World Congress

Published Wed, Feb 17 2010 11:09 AM by DELevin

Filed under:cloud computing,Azure,Mobile,Windows Phone

There is still one day left at the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, but it's already been a doozy. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer introduced the Windows Phone 7 Series, which garnered a lot of favorable press. The specs and fuller developer/partner...
Bing, Silverlight, OGDI, and Azure at the Olympic Games

Published Thu, Feb 11 2010 11:30 AM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Innovation,Silverlight,Bing

NBC online will once again be using Silverlight for video streaming of the Olympics. And Bing has a new tool for finding out information about athletes. Nick Eaton highlights these technologies on the Seattle PI's Microsoft Blog . But other Microsoft...
Safer Internet Day... and IE8

Published Tue, Feb 09 2010 1:33 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Security,Privacy,IE8

Today is Safer Internet Day . This is a European-led initiative, with activities taking place in 60 countries. Julie Inman Grant, Microsoft Director of Privacy and Internet Safety Outreach, blogs about the event on Microsoft on the Issues . You can also...
Does Technological Innovation Drive Economic Growth?

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 2:58 PM by sselby

Filed under:Economic Stimulus,IT Jobs,Innovation,Business Opportunities,Microsoft,Windows 7,Job Growth,Economic Development,Economic Opportunity,Jobs

I read a couple of articles this morning about the reported adoption of Win 7. One talks about how small and medium sized businesses are increasing their rates of adoption, in fact citing a 20 percent increase in the number of SMBs planning to speed up...
Azure Launches, Focuses on Interoperability

Published Mon, Feb 01 2010 4:24 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:cloud computing,Interoperability,Azure

Today, Windows Azure (and SQL Azure), Microsoft's cloud computing platform, became available in 21 countries. Of note, Microsoft focused its product announcement and outreach on interoperability. There are a few key points, but what seems especially important...

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Ask Author Joel Kotkin a Question, Get a Chance to Win a Signed Book

Futurist, Author, and Small Business Authority Joel Kotkin Talks With VFI

VFI Healthcare Policy and Health IT Poll Results

Allison Watson: Momentum Keeps Growing for Microsoft Online Services

Phones and Software Everywhere! Mobile World Congress

Bing, Silverlight, OGDI, and Azure at the Olympic Games

Safer Internet Day... and IE8

Does Technological Innovation Drive Economic Growth?

Azure Launches, Focuses on Interoperability