Polish company will create a vaccine distribution platform with Microsoft
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Netwise is the only Polish company chosen by Microsoft to work on an IT system streamlining the vaccination process.
The system has already been used in Great Britain.
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NewConnect-listed IT company Netwise is the only Polish company that together with Microsoft will co-develop a global platform accelerating the distribution of vaccines, an announcement said. The shares shot up.
Technology companies from all over the world under the management of Microsoft started working on the Vaccination Management Platform. Their goal is to create a platform that provides modern solutions for vaccine management, enabling among others complex support of a safe and fair distribution process.
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The state of New Jersey has reportedly faced five weeks of glitches on its Microsoft-powered COVID-19 vaccine registration website, frequently forcing the state to rely on counties and hospitals to schedule would-be recipients.
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Bloomberg, the booking portal has required nearly daily fixes and led to temporary downtimes, leading state officials to fear what will happen when eligibility expands to broader swathes of New Jersey s population. The system itself has had issues, and we are directly speaking with Microsoft, who s the vendor, almost every day to work out those bugs, said Commissioner of Health Judith Persichilli in a briefing this past week.