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Gender-Bias Case Against Can Microsoft Proceed, Judge Rules
Oct 19 2016 // A judge has allowed a class-action lawsuit alleging gender discrimination by Seattle, Wash.-based Microsoft Corp. to proceed. U.S. District Judge James Robart of Seattle in an order Friday denied the company’s...
Schinnerer Partners With Cloud Provider on Cyber Security Protection
Jul 11 2016 // Victor O. Schinnerer & Company and Spanning, an EMC company and provider of SaaS data protection, have released a new cyber security protection product. The collaboration, with help from Microsoft, is designed to help...
A Conversation on Innovation and the Industry’s Future with ACORD’s Hartnett
Nov 9 2015 // There are not many insurance executives who will quote inventor Thomas Edison, Microsoft’s Steve Baumer, futurist Alvin Toffler, Moore’s Law and philosophers Aristotle and Plato. There are also not many people...
Former Microsoft Executive Hartnett Named ACORD Innovation Chief
Sep 17 2015 // The insurance industry’s standards organization, ACORD, announced that Bill Hartnett, former financial services and insurance head at Microsoft, has been named its head of innovation, charged with bringing new ways...
Vertafore, Microsoft Partner to Provide Agents Access to Dynamics Platform
Apr 10 2015 // Insurance software provider Vertafore has partnered with Microsoft to give insurance agents access to the capabilities of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM (customer relationship management) platform. The partnership is designed...
Oklahoma AG: Company Selling Copyright-Infringed Software to Schools
Nov 12 2014 // The owners of a Ninnekah, Okla., computer company have been charged with allegedly selling computers containing copyright-infringed software to school districts and city and county governments in southwestern Oklahoma,...
Microsoft Says Cybercrime Bust Frees 4.7 Million Infected PC’s
Jul 14 2014 // Microsoft Corp said it has freed at least 4.7 million infected personal computers from control of cyber crooks in its most successful digital crime-busting operation, which interrupted service at an Internet-services firm...
The Upcoming Windows XP Apocalypse
Mar 10 2014 // The end of the world is coming. The world of Windows XP that is. A significant event is happening in the technology industry that will affect insurance agents. On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will no longer support Windows...
Epic-Premier Adds Support for Microsoft SQL Server to ConceptOne Insurance Management Solution
Jun 5 2013 // Lakeland, FL, 6/5/13 – Epic-Premier, a leading technology and consulting solution provider to the insurance marketplace, announces that it is adding support for Microsoft® SQL Server to their ConceptOne™...
EU Fines Microsoft $731 Million for Breaking Browser Choice Promise
Mar 6 2013 // The European Union fined Microsoft Corp €561 million [$731.5 million] on Wednesday for failing to offer consumers a choice of web browser, a charge that will act as a warning to other technology firms involved in...
Lawyer Sues Microsoft Over Surface Tablet Storage
Nov 16 2012 // A California lawyer is suing Microsoft Corp., claiming the Surface tablet he bought doesn’t have all the storage space the company advertised. Andrew Sokolowski, a lawyer in Los Angeles, claims that he bought a...
Court Bans Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Windows 7 from German Market
May 3 2012 // A court in Mannheim, Germany ruled on Wednesday that Microsoft infringed Motorola Mobility’s patents and ordered Microsoft to remove its Xbox 360 gaming consoles and Windows 7 operating system software from the...
Lawsuit Claims Microsoft Tracks Customers Without Consent
Sep 1 2011 // Microsoft allegedly tracks the location of its mobile customers even after users request that tracking software be turned off, according to a new lawsuit. The proposed class action, filed in a Seattle federal court...
Mississippi Supreme Court Asked to Settle Lawyer Fees Dispute
Aug 5 2011 // Republican state Auditor Stacy Pickering has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to declare funds the attorney general collects from lawsuits to be public money and to require the money to all be turned over the...
Mississippi High Court to Hear Appeal in Lawyer Fees Case
Jul 1 2011 // It’s round two for Republican state Auditor Stacy Pickering and Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood in a fight over the constitutionality of a law that allows Hood to hire private lawyers to represent Mississippi in...
Congress Trying Again on Patent Reform
Feb 3 2011 // Senior U.S. lawmakers are once again planning to reform the patent system to try to eliminate huge damage awards, an issue ripe for legislation after recent court decisions challenged calculation methods. Patent reform, in...
Report: Technology Critical for Insurers Targeting ‘Millennial Generation’
May 30 2008 // As the estimated 80 million people born between 1981 and 2001 enter the workforce and become active consumers, technology will play a critical role for insurance firms targeting those in the so-called “millennial...
Yahoo May Face Lawsuit Flood after Microsoft Talks Collapse
May 5 2008 // Yahoo Inc. likely faces a flood of shareholder lawsuits for rejecting a $47.5 billion takeover bid from Microsoft Corp., even if investors find holding the company responsible to be an uphill battle. Microsoft pulled its...
Pension Plans Sue Yahoo Over Spurning of Microsoft Offer
Feb 26 2008 // Attorneys for two municipal pension funds have filed a lawsuit against Yahoo Inc. and its board of directors, saying they breached their duties to shareholders of the Internet pioneer in trying to thwart a takeover by...
Ask 16-year olds for tips on growing your agency
Aug 20 2007 // Too often agency sales, marketing, and management concerns are solved solely by reviewing what other agents have done. This limited vision causes principals to miss out on lessons derived from non-insurance sources. Firms...
