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whitepaper School District Enhances Educational Experience With Improved Technology Tools2007-11-01 Microsoft
  Jefferson County Public Schools wanted to increase its teachers' use of and comfort with technology for a more dynamic classroom environment. The district opted to standardize on Tablet PCs running the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system, rather than desktop or portable computers running Mac OS X or Windows XP. As a result, teachers and students are more engaged, and the district is decreasing IT costs.

Tags: Windows XP, Tablets		   
whitepaper Needle & Rosenberg uses Palm smartphones to keep attorneys connected and productive2007-11-01 palm
  Needle & Rosenberg PC, an intellectual property law firm, caters to a wide range of global clients--from Fortune 500 companies to the sole inventor. Boasting an experienced team of legal and technical practitioners, the Atlanta-based firm sought to keep its highly mobile employees connected and productive while out of the office. The company had been an early adopter of Palm® smartphones and sought an updated Windows Mobile® solution that could easily integrate with third-party applications.

The Needle & Rosenberg implementation included Palm Treo smartphones running on the Windows Mobile platform and a variety of value-added commercial software. The solution has resulted in more efficient attorneys, patent agents, and science advisors who utilize phone, email, web, and productivity applications to enhance their mobile responsiveness to clients and colleagues.

Tags: Portable Computers, Windows CE, Mobile - Wireless Communications		   
whitepaper Virtual Software Demos Reduce Sales Expense and Shorten Sales Cycles2007-11-01 Microsoft
  Makers of complex software programs run into challenges when trying to demonstrate their products. They either have to fly prospective customers to demonstration centers, or salespeople have to configure custom demos and carry around expensive computers to run them. VLabSource, of Redmond, Washington, offers a Web-based demonstration management system called DemoPoint that salespeople can use to demonstrate their wares with nothing more than a browser and a broadband Internet connection. VLabSource uses Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 to create virtual machines, which run on Dell PowerEdge server computers powered by dual-core Intel Xeon processors.

Tags: Virtualization		   
whitepaper IT Service Provider Increases Productivity With New Operating System2007-11-01 Microsoft
  Computacenter became an early adopter of the Windows Vista operating system by participating in a Microsoft Technology Adoption Program in 2005. After testing the new operating system in small pilot groups, Computacenter has been deploying Windows Vista across the company. As of November 2007, over 1000 computers are currently running Windows Vista.   
whitepaper Travel Company Boosts Relationships and Traffic With Customer Alerts2007-11-01 Microsoft
  Travel company Expedia aims to make the experience of researching, planning, and purchasing their trips as convenient and enjoyable as possible. With this in mind, Expedia worked with Microsoft and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Ascentium to build a gadget for Windows Sidebar. The new Expedia Fare Alert gadget takes advantage of the capabilities in the Windows Vista operating system to deliver real-time alerts to the desktop when prices for three designated flights reach predetermined levels. By offering the gadget for Windows Sidebar to customers, Expedia increases customer satisfaction, gains a persistent presence on customers' desktops, and can easily distribute updated versions of the gadget.   
whitepaper Latest Technology Supports Rapid Growth of Coffee Company2007-11-01 Microsoft
  First Choice Coffee is a leading coffee company based in the United Kingdom. Its products include quality coffee and beverages, coffee machines, and blenders. First Choice Coffee deploys Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system to support its business and employees with more user-friendly tools. The Windows Vista operating system and the 2007 Microsoft Office system are part of Higginson's campaign to make sure that the company gets the maximum benefit from the latest technology. AVI Systems looks after the company's IT needs. The Microsoft Certified Partner is currently upgrading the system at First Choice Coffee to the latest hardware and Microsoft software.   
whitepaper Global IT Service Provider Reduces Support Costs With New Operating System Deployment2007-11-01 Microsoft
  Based in Amsterdam, Getronics is a leading provider of information and communication technology solutions. It has 25,000 employees in more than 25 countries and generated 2006 revenues of ?2.6 billion (U.S.$3.6 billion). Getronics is constantly seeking new ways to maximize employee productivity while enhancing its reputation as a technology industry leader. By deploying a new desktop environment based on the Windows Vista operating system, Getronics is realizing better desktop reliability, reduced support costs, and new business opportunities.   
whitepaper Global Forum Achieves Technical Success With Dedicated Support Engineer Program2007-11-01 Microsoft
  The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum needed to be able to go into a venue and within 24 to 36 hours get the IT systems up and running. They had to be able to support their own staff, delegates, and the media. And with a multinational and multilingual APEC membership combined with a wide array of computer systems, the task was even more challenging. To ensure successful IT operations, the APEC IT team turned to a Dedicated Support Engineer (DSE) from Microsoft Services. The DSE provided the IT team with the expertise it needed to quickly deal with emerging problems, identifying the root cause of the issue and solving it before it could affect operations.   
whitepaper Computer Simulation Speeds Specialist Composite Design2007-11-01 Siemens
  RPC Technologies is a leading supplier of corrosion resistant, structural Fiber-Reinforced Plastic (FRP) fabrications; piping and ducting systems; acid-resistant, heavy-duty linings; and specialist composite products. The company's challenge was to meet delivery deadlines and performance targets to avoid financial penalties. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is helping RPC meet these challenges by allowing the company to simulate design performance early in the development process. Its FEA solution is the Femap pre and post-processor and NX Nastran solver, both from Siemens PLM Software, a global division of Siemens Automation and Drives.

Tags: Groupware - Workflow, 		  
whitepaper Medical Device Manufacturer Makes Hand-Carried Ultrasound a Reality2007-10-01 Microsoft Tips
  SonoSite, Inc. is leading in the race to make medical imaging devices smaller and more portable. Its lightweight, hand-carried, point-of-care ultrasound products enable clinicians to deliver safer, better, faster care, right at the patient bedside. For its latest product, SonoSite M-Turbo system, the company wanted to maintain rapid boot-up time of less than 15 seconds, while increasing system performance and enabling high-bandwidth transfer of image data files for clinicians to be able to seamlessly access digital images for diagnostic consultation, instruction, and publishing. SonoSite sought an embedded operating system to run with Texas Instruments' DaVinci Technology. As a Windows Embedded Partner, Texas Instruments recommended Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0 for its support of connectivity options, multimedia capabilities, and integration with Visual Studio 2005 development tools.

Tags: Windows CE, Application Development