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whitepaper Special Needs Students Get Improved Services With Software-Plus-Services Solution2008-11-21 Microsoft
  Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner DataHouse Consulting has been in the IT business for more than 30 years. Recently, DataHouse implemented a new student program management solution for Hawaii's Department of Education (DOE). The Web-based application is delivered through the software-plus-services model that combines software accessed by users over the Internet with on-premise desktop productivity software. DataHouse hosts and supports the Electronic Comprehensive Student Support System (eCSSS), the Microsoft .NET-connected online application that DOE uses to track interventions and support for its students. Employees use Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet software or Adobe Acrobat to manage reports. DataHouse expects to grow its business with the software-plus-services approach because businesses appreciate choosing how they access and use software.

Tags: Application Development		   
whitepaper WinScribe OnDemand Provides Immediate Efficiency Gains for Walkden Gateway's Physiotherapy Department2008-11-21 WinScribe
  Document turnaround times for physiotherapy patients could take up to three weeks to be completed with Walkden Gateway's old system for managing dictations. Physiotherapists were not located centrally, meaning that regular runs to collect tapes and return completed documents were needed. It was decided that now was the time to investigate digital dictation solutions, otherwise they would simply be unable to comply with the new regulations. After researching various non-specialist providers in the marketplace, Victoria contacted WinScribe partner ABM. A long time independent provider of dictation solutions, ABM were happy to recommend WinScribe's new Software-as-a-Service product; OnDemand. An affordable subscription based version of WinScribe's award-winning digital dictation and workflow management system.

Tags: Voice Recognition		   
whitepaper Integrated Infrastructure Helps Web Start-Up Cut Time to Market From Months to Weeks2008-11-21 Microsoft
  After launching an award-winning Arabic news portal, Web start-up Danat decided to launch a number of Web sites for Arabic language users. But it needed a reliable infrastructure to support multiple portals and reduce the need to re-write codes. It also wanted to integrate business processes with the Web sites to automate sales transactions. After considering Web content management systems such as Tridion, Danat implemented an infrastructure based on the Microsoft family of products which provide advanced user interface and integration features. As a result, its first Web site built on the new system achieved 10,000 visits per day and won advertising contracts from more than 60 top brands in the United Arab Emirates - within just three months of launch.

Tags: Application Development, Web Development and Design		   
whitepaper Citrix Systems Reduces Risk by Standardizing on McAfee's Integrated Security Risk Management Platform2008-11-20 McAfee
  Citrix Systems is the global leader and the most trusted name in application delivery infrastructure. With security threats increasing in complexity and scope, they needed to protect their network infrastructure and data around the clock, around the globe, every single day. With limited resources for IT security and shrinking windows of availability for patch management, they needed all the help they can get to protect against threats, especially zero-day viruses. Citrix conducted an intensive evaluation of the top three anti-virus solutions. Adding to its existing arsenal of McAfee security risk management solutions, Citrix purchased McAfee Total Protection (ToPS) for Endpoint to provide anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, firewall, email filtering, and host intrusion prevention across all 10,000 systems.

Tags: Network Security, Security Management		   
whitepaper Firm Cuts Insurers' Modeling Time Nearly 95 Percent With High-Performance Solutions2008-11-18 Microsoft
  IHA Consultants, a small IT consultancy, helps healthcare and property/casualty insurers by providing Web-based stochastic solutions for advanced actuarial modeling. The company's Stochastic Actuarial Reserve and Trend Model solutions use Microsoft High-Performance Computing (HPC) technologies to develop financial reporting and forecasting models that are not possible using nonstochastic methods. With the solutions, insurance actuaries can get results in considerably less time than with previous systems. These actuaries also experience greater accuracy and reduced risk, which lead to increased profitability.

Tags: Application Development, Spreadsheets		   
whitepaper IT Services Firm Adopts Innovation and Offers It to Customers2008-11-18 Microsoft
  To gain expertise and better help customers implement the Windows Vista operating system and Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007, Proge-Software deployed the solutions internally to all its workstations. After a smooth rollout, Proge-Software enjoys greater efficiency, enhanced collaboration, and improved systems management capabilities, and it can now help customers realize these same benefits.

Tags: Windows Vista		   
whitepaper Medical Technology Provider Unifies Global IT Environment With Latest Operating System2008-11-14 Microsoft
  Medtronic, a worldwide medical technology provider, had disparate IT environments that were costly to manage and made collaboration difficult for the company's 43,000 desktop and laptop users. Medtronic mapped out a plan to create a common IT infrastructure across the enterprise using the Windows Vista operating system as a foundation to increase collaboration, lower IT costs, and gain a more secure IT environment.

Tags: Windows Vista		   
whitepaper IT Provider Uses Application Virtualization for Mission-Critical Software Upgrade2008-11-14 Microsoft
  Kommunale InformationsVerarbeitung Baden-Franken (KIVBF) provides IT services to more than 550 German municipalities. KIVBF needed to install new software on 2,000 PCs overnight to enable its customers to issue enhanced, second-generation passports with digital fingerprints. KIVBF deployed Microsoft Application Virtualization to manage the software and, as a result, experienced easier upgrades, increased application stability, and a decline in support requests.

Tags: Infrastructure Management, Desktop Systems - PCs		   
whitepaper Dutch Bank Upgrades Operating System and Software to Facilitate a New Way of Working2008-11-13 Microsoft
  Because of the sensitive nature of their work, banks are often reluctant to embrace new technologies. KAS Bank in the Netherlands feels that it is important to stay at the forefront of technological developments, so it became one of the first Dutch banks to upgrade its computers to the Windows Vista operating system. The bank also deployed the 2007 Microsoft Office system to help its employees work more effectively. By doing thorough testing before the rollout, KAS Bank ensured that users would benefit from the new software without the worry of software incompabitibilities.

Tags: Windows Vista		   
whitepaper Pontoon Maker Poised for Growth With New Server Solution2008-11-12 Microsoft
  Premier Marine makes luxury pontoon boats, a bright spot in the choppy marine market. However, the company needed better information sharing and process automation to keep up with business growth. Premier Marine deployed the beta version of Windows Small Business Server 2008 and has created information-sharing efficiencies that have sped order processing, improved customer response times, and increased business uptime.   


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