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whitepaper Italian University Boosts Productivity, Expects to Save $219,000 in IT Costs in First Year2009-10-01 Microsoft
  The University of Macerata deployed Windows Server 2008 R2, taking advantage of improved Hyper-V, Active Directory, and power-management features, along with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2. Now, the university saves time and strengthens security with Single Sign On (SSO) identity management, provisions new virtual servers in just 10 minutes, and expects to save U.S.$219,000 in hardware-related costs.

Tags: Server Platforms - OS, Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper Microsoft IT Strengthens Security With Data Loss Prevention Solution2009-09-29 Microsoft
  To safeguard data stored in and transmitted from Microsoft offices and portable devices around the world, the Microsoft IT Security team used the Active Directory service to manage data-access rights and early versions of RSA Data Loss Prevention (DLP) products to locate sensitive data. This solution required IT staff to create and maintain custom classification systems and then manually notify content owners to update their file-access and classification rules. Microsoft IT Security upgraded to Active Directory Rights Management Services in the Windows Server 2008 operating system, as well as version 7 of DLP Datacenter. Now, Microsoft can automatically apply targeted and persistent protection according to industry best practices for improved regulatory compliance, freeing up IT time and lowering the risk of a security breach.

Tags: Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper Architecture Firm Gains $1.8 Million Annually in Billable Time From Search Solution2009-06-24 Microsoft
  Little has more than 10 terabytes of data that it needs to search on a regular basis to serve its clients, and thought that a Google appliance was the way to provide that ability - the price, however, was deemed unaffordable. Instead, Little got the search capability it would have gotten from Google, and more, with a technology that it already licensed: enterprise search capability in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The use of enterprise search helps employees find information that may have been created long before they joined the company, helps the company collaborate more successfully with its clients through the use of searchable extranets, and helps the firm save time worth up to U.S. $1.8 million per year in billings.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Office Suites		   
whitepaper University Creates Core Infrastructure Plan to Enhance Productivity and Collaboration2009-06-16 Microsoft
  Tilburg University serves 12,000 students in the southern part of the Netherlands, with programs in the social sciences and humanities. Though its Novell file, print, mail, and directory infrastructure had served the university for 18 years, the students and staff wanted better mobility and collaboration support in an integrated environment. The IT staff jettisoned its Novell business productivity infrastructure and is replacing it with Microsoft programs to gain not only the desired integration, but to better support university policy of buying off-the-shelf applications. Tilburg University worked with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Winvision to create a three-year roadmap for deploying the new infrastructure, which will enable the IT staff to easily integrate business productivity functions for increased user productivity, and to respond more quickly to user needs.

Tags: Internet and Web, Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper Orthopedic Center to Grow 30 Percent and Boost Productivity With Online Services2009-02-01 Microsoft
  Annatommie is an orthopedic diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation center in the Netherlands. With ambitious plans to open 14 offices, annatommie needed to automate manual processes to lower costs and boost productivity. Hesitant to invest in an expensive IT infrastructure, annatommie worked with Tam Tam, a local Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, to subscribe to the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite from Microsoft Online Services. With flexible online software, annatommie can expand its patient load by 30 percent without increasing its staff. The center saves U.S.$36,759 annually on software licensing fees, while most employees save one to two hours a day - a value of U.S$138,467 a year, in more efficient communication and data access.

Tags: Desktop Client OS, Internet and Web, Data Infrastructure, Office Suites		   
whitepaper Lotus Notes to Microsoft InfoPath Forms Conversion2009-01-01
  The Client had a large number of Lotus Notes forms created over the last decade. The forms were a critical part of their global business with workflow and approval process dependencies. These forms were primarily available only via the Lotus Notes client and was not available via the browser. This limited the ability of employees to access the information without the availability of Lotus Notes. The age and the inflexibility of the forms also required the Client's technology team's constant involvement. Additionally, the client had started migrating their email systems from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange and wanted to leverage Microsoft Active Directory to manage user access more efficiently. ConvergePoint was entrusted with the task of converting the existing Lotus Notes forms to Microsoft InfoPath.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Office Suites		   
whitepaper Telenet Centralizes Identity Authentication to Improve Security and Streamline Password Management2008-12-01 Oracle
  Telenet was founded in 1996 as a cable company. Today, it offers a quadruple play to private and business customers in Belgium. Telenet wanted to streamline and simplify the sign-on procedure for the company's Oracle E Business Suite applications and improve security and streamline user IDentification (ID) and password management. Telenet implemented a system for Single Sign-On (SSO) using Oracle Internet Directory as well as enabled users to log in only once - using their Windows passwords - for all Oracle applications.

Tags: Security Administration		   
whitepaper University of Twente Makes Its Enterprise Directory Simpler and More Flexible2008-09-01 Oracle
  The University of Twente (UT) wanted to replace the obsolete Innosoft directory that managed staff and student contact details and ensure better protection for these contact details. The challenge was to enable staff and students to log on with a username and password and simplify the management and maintenance of enterprise directories. UT selected Oracle Virtual Directory (OVD) as an abstraction layer, enabling contact details to be displayed in the same way as before, without the systems requiring any adjustments as well as established better protection by introducing a mandatory authentication process for students and staff, thereby blocking access by unauthorized users.

Tags: Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper Integrated Solution Eases Path to Increased Security for Leading Italian Bank2008-08-22 Microsoft
  As the sixth-largest banking group in Italy, Banca Carige must maintain a constant focus on security. When the bank decided to implement strong, two-factor authentication based on smart cards, it needed a solution that would minimize the associated costs and complexity. Banca Carige met that need with Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007, which the bank is using to deploy and manage the smart cards for its 6,600 employees. Banca Carige was able to easily begin realizing the security benefits provided by smart cards, including the ability to store and manage both internal and third-party digital certificates on a single card.

Tags: Authentication - Encryption, Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper Dell PowerEdge Servers Running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Help Industrial Distribution Group Update Its Software and Cut Time Spent on Configuration Tasks From 30 Days to 30 Minutes2008-08-01 Dell
  Lack of visibility into the desktop computers and servers on the network made it difficult for IDG to maintain consistent software versions and security settings. Through the Dell Early Adopter Program for Microsoft Windows Server 2008, IDG implemented Dell PowerEdge 1955 servers running Microsoft Active Directory to support centralized software inventory and distribution capabilities. Dell Early Adopter Program helped IDG IT staff complete the project in half the time it would have taken IDG on its own.

Tags: Server Platforms - OS, Data Infrastructure