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Title: A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Magellan Post by: Tanya on August 22, 2007, 08:26:52 PM A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Magellan
Microsoft code name of the day: Magellan Best guess on what it is: A ?scientist workbench? under development by Microsoft?s Life Sciences unit Meaning/context of the code name: Microsoft has used the ?Magellan? codename at least once before. Its Office 2003 Small Business Accounting program was codenamed ?Magellan.? Back story: From a recent Microsoft presentation on Magellan: ??Scientist Workbench? is a solutions toolkit. This solution will consist of product technologies, architecture framework best practices, solutions integrator for installation and domain expertise, and ongoing support.? The Workbench makes use of a variety of Microsoft foundational technologies, especially Office 2007 and SharePoint Server 2007. Additional info: The Magellan Workbench is focused on drug discovery. The intended user base is biologists, chemists and other pharmaceutical customers. Microsoft is pushing into the healthcare vertical in a variety of ways; this seems to be yet one more?.Continue At Source Continue to this article at Bink.nu http://bink.nu/Article10892.bink |