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Pharma and Cloud Computing: Are We There Yet?

By George Koroneos | Published: June 16, 2010
In the past few years, Microsoft has been working hard to create clinical trial platforms for the pharmaceutical industry. This year, the Redmond, WA-based behemoth has moved full-speed ahead with its virtual-server system, dubbed Azure. Microsoft is not only working on hosted applications, instead the company has established a massive online server or “cloud” that forms [...]
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A Crash Course in SaaS

By Oriana Schwindt | Published: May 12, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Our magazine is called Pharmaceutical Executive—indicating a focus on the c-suite. But we know many of our readers aren’t executives (yet), and may not have quite the same in-depth knowledge as their bosses. So, for those who hear the term “SaaS” bandied about in conversations and fake their way through discussions about it [...]
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Working Towards a Solution : An Interview with Oracle’s Neil de Crescenzo

By George Koroneos | Published: June 24, 2009
Just a few days shy of the one year anniversary of the launch of Oracle’s Health Sciences Global Business Unit, Neil de Crescenzo, senior vice president and general manager for the business unit sat down with Pharm Exec to talk about the future of clinical trial software and technology and the need for standards and [...]
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