Microsoft announced the European availability of Microsoft Amalga, the new unified intelligence system that allows hospital enterprises to unlock the power of all their data sitting in isolated clinical, financial and administrative solutions. Microsoft is also implementing a European Amalga early adopter customer programme, in which it will work with health providers to implement and deploy Amalga in various healthcare scenarios. 
Philips significantly strengthened its presence in two key emerging markets through the acquisition of Brasilian patient monitoring an critical care company Dixtal Biomedica e Tecnologia and Chinese patient monitoring company Shenzhen Goldway Industrial. This represents a further step towards the creation of a low-cost global supply base for value-segment products. 
A new study reveals that, with dual-source computed tomography (DSCT), the effective dosage for a heart examination can be significantly lowered, in comparison to conventional computed tomography (CT). The study also demonstrated that stenoses can be diagnosed with the same high accuracy as with invasive x-ray angiography. 
Norway's role as world leader in new health technology, is the background for HP opening their European centre of health technology in Bryn, Oslo. The centre is equipped like a small hospital, complete with a patient room, watch room and an adjacent demonstration room. 
Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of IT-enabled clinical workflow and diagnostic imaging solutions, and Meridian Technique Ltd. have signed an agreement to integrate Meridian's leading orthopaedic digital planning solution, OrthoView(TM), into Agfa HealthCare's IMPAX(TM) for Orthopaedics solution. 
A new agreement was announced between Collexis Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: CLXS), a leading developer of semantic knowledge discovery software and expert profiles, and JISC Collections for an online resource, which aims to encourage greater collaboration and expand scientific knowledge amongst the biomedical research community in the UK.