'Software gap' solution: tools and technology

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Computer scientists agree that as the global economy becomes more suffused with Internet technology there will be an increasing demand for more and reliable software. The 'software gap' will best be closed by new technology allowing non-programmers to program for themselves and new tools enhancing the productivity of programmers. Helping to close the gap will be the availability of software services via the Internet that will be customized for businesses and available from a wealth of global locations.

Market information - general, Computer Scientists, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis

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Microsoft's profit report beats Wall St. estimates

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Microsoft Corp. belied analysts expectations with $1.28 billion in net earnings and $6.13 billion in revenues in spite of a $1.24 billion charge for bad investments in the cable TV industry. In spite of a poor economy and lagging sales of personal computers, Microsoft's sales of Windows 2000, SQL Server 2000 and Exchange 2000 Server were up. MSN Internet businesses are healthy with 7 million subscribers to the Internet access service. The company is not forecasting revenues for Windows XP.

Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Analog & Hybrid Computers, Sales, profits & dividends, Systems Software Pkgs (Micro), Economic aspects, Microcomputers, Finance, Operating systems (Software), Company sales and earnings, Company earnings/profit, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001, Microsoft Windows XP (Operating system)

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Unused PC Power to RunGrid for Unraveling Disease

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International Business Machines Corp. is collaborating on a research project with the National Institutes of Health, the World Health Organization and the United Nations called the World Community Grid. The project will utilize unused power from personal computers around the world to increase the computing capability needed for medical research.

Joint ventures, Research and Testing Services, Medical Research, Epilepsy & Muscle Disease R&D, Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Research Programs, Methods, Microcomputer industry, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, Technology application, United States. National Institutes of Health, United Nations, Company joint venture, World Health Organization, Medicine, Experimental, Grid computing

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