Others might involve smartphone apps for coaching the chronically ill in the management of their disease, new methods for getting advice from specialists, sophisticated systems for tracking outcomes and costs, and instant delivery to medical teams of up-to-date care protocols.

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Become increasingly impatient with longer lines, wait-times and delays as instant digital delivery of products and services become the norm.

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As the company's business shifts from by-mail to instant gratification, there are also decisions that need to be made about delivery.

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Microsoft says it will use the company's software, people and intellectual property to accelerate the delivery of its unified communications vision, a vision bringing together various technologies including e-mail, instant messaging, short message service, telephony, and Web conferencing.

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