HealthStream, Inc. provides innovative learning solutions that support the mission-critical training and business objectives of healthcare organizations. The company’s Information Technology team is charged with managing the firm’s flagship product, HealthStream Learning Center, a multi-tenant, Internet-based application having 2,000,000 healthcare professionals currently contracted.

Microsoft Research is the research and development division within Microsoft, and is dedicated to conducting both basic and applied research in computer science and software engineering. Microsoft Research is segmented into many research areas, one of which is the eScience division, a computational sciences branch committed to providing computational support to the natural sciences.

During the Vancouver Olympics in February 2010, Microsoft Corporation and NBC provided live Silverlight video streaming for the Vancouver Olympics. This effort involved a dedicated data center (“Olympic Origins servers”) combined with Internet Information Server (IIS) smooth streaming servers to provide up to 30 concurrent live video streams. The system generated over 12 petabytes of data, and at peak loads streamed 374 gigabits of video per second and handled 2.4 million pages per second. With 82 million mobile page views, 1.9 million mobile video streams, and 5,000 hours of live and on-demand video, the Olympics streaming video system was a wonderful demonstration of Microsoft technology and media platforms. Wintellect supported this effort by creating the health monitoring tools to monitor and ensure the reliability of the overall system.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers engaged Microsoft to help them build a proof-of-concept (POC) application related to enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the goal being to provide it to businesses in order to perform due diligence risk assessments of potential partners. In order to create a rich, competitive, and interactive application, the project would utilize Microsoft’s Silverlight technology to deliver interactive dashboards and onscreen reports, within an integrated Sharepoint environment. Microsoft brought in Wintellect to create the Silverlight-based web parts that integrated with SharePoint, providing charts, tables and other drilldown capabilities for a great user experience.

We are excited to announce that we are releasing complimentary Premium Video Training content to help you ramp up on the latest technologies! We are now featuring a 90 minute “Introducing the Windows Azure Platform,” segment by Paul Mehner. This is your opportunity to learn about high-performance cloud computing services that can be used to leverage existing skills and familiar tools to develop cloud applications. In this session, Paul provides a developer-focused overview of this online service computing platform and explores the components, key features and real day-to-day benefits of Windows Azure. What’s more, we will be releasing similar video training content throughout 2011 covering topics like Silverlight, Threading, .NET Performance, WPF, and much more – all free to you! Simply visit our Resources page and select Videos to register to view this and other Premium Video Content throughout the year. Enjoy stellar training content that will help you build your “Know How” in 2011!

Wintellect was honored to be named the 2011 Windows 7 Slate Partner of the Year at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Los Angles. Microsoft recognized Wintellect for demonstrating significant results in developing custom application solutions on slate devices helping to drive the power, success, and revenue for Windows 7.

Wintellect is honored to be a Microsoft Azure Circle Partner. This invitation-only program is available exclusively to Microsoft’s top Azure partners who are focused on helping customers build and implement custom application development for the platform-as-a-service model. The program affords Wintellect the opportunity to leverage additional joint resources with Microsoft for our customers, including vouchers for special Azure pricing, jumpstart services to help customers understand the benefits of Azure and get them up and running quickly, and other benefits.