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Putting Process Improvements to Work Enhancing Patient Care 0000-00-00 Microsoft

For a world-class healthcare organization like Baylor, creating an environment of superior care delivery means meeting the needs of many customers: physicians, nurses, administrative staff, and the patients they serve. With the Tablet PC running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Baylor Health Care System has enabled new levels of mobility and collaboration for care providers, streamlined intake and record-keeping processes, and taken another step closer to providing the ideal patient experience.

Tags: Tablets

U.K. Financial Advisors Improve Client Servicing With Tablet PC 0000-00-00 Microsoft

Independent Financial Advisors existing systems for collecting data were inefficient, with data needing entering multiple times at different stages in the customer advice process. Positive Solutions Financial Services looked to create a more time-effective, automated system that delivered a user-friendly data entry system for IFAs while on the move. The organisation developed the Intuitive Advisor Software as the ideal mobile system. IFAs input customer data on a Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 device, using a stylus to enter information directly into Intuitive Advisor. Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 provides the operating system with the software created using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 development system.

Tags: Tablets

Software Maker Uses 64-Bit Platform to Enhance Connectivity Application 0000-00-00 Microsoft

Organizations around the globe use Exceed, an application made by Hummingbird to help its users run UNIX-based applications with Microsoft Windows-based workstations. For the new version of Exceed, Hummingbird wanted to enhance the software's performance by using new 64-bit computing technology - but without risking its customers' investments in 32-bit systems. Hummingbird decided to port Exceed to Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64-Bit Edition. Tests show that Exceed, running on the 64-bit desktop operating system, performs at least 25 percent faster on complex rendering tasks. By basing Exceed on the 64-bit Windows platform, which is backward-compatible with 32-bit applications, Hummingbird customers can migrate to a more powerful computing environment while protecting their existing IT investments.

Tags: Application Development

Merrill Lynch Reduces Security Maintenance and Enhances Wireless Support 0000-00-00 Microsoft

Merrill Lynch wanted to establish a consistent environment for its 75,000 desktops, which were on multiple versions of the Microsoft Windows desktop operating system. A standardized desktop environment would enable the Merrill Lynch IT staff to manage updates efficiently and enable developers to write applications that take advantage of the latest technologies. After upgrading the vast majority of its desktops to Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 in November 2004, the company immediately launched an initiative to move to Windows XP Service Pack 2. That migration, completed by late 2005, is adding significant security enhancements, reducing update maintenance and support time, and simplifying wireless setup for users.

Tags: Upgrades and Migration

Lift Manufacturer Reduces Annual IT Salary Costs With Estate Management Solution 0000-00-00 Microsoft

Family-owned Stannah, the United Kingdom's (U.K.'s) most successful lift and stair lift manufacturers, wanted to improve the management of its IT estate. Working with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Silversands, the company deployed Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003, Active Directory directory service, and Microsoft Windows XP Professional on its desktops. The resulting efficiency gains mean Stannah has avoided expanding its IT help desk by almost 50 per cent, an annual cost saving of £60,000 (U.S. $106,000). Infrastructure management is far more effective as IT personnel no longer have to audit the infrastructure or deploy software manually. Applications can be implemented company-wide overnight instead of taking two weeks. In addition, IT staff can deploy system updates as soon as they become available, improving network security.

Tags: Infrastructure Management,

Iconic Music Provider Strengthens Market Share Through Media-Focused PCs 0000-00-00 Microsoft

Napster, a pioneering star in the online music download space, has grown significantly over the past few years. Using Napster's subscription service, music fans can select from among 1.5 million songs to sample, download, and share. Napster has a keen interest in the digital entertainment industry and constantly looks for ways to extend its services beyond the company's initial delivery medium: the Internet. When Microsoft asked Napster to develop a music service for the Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2003 operating system, Napster jumped at the opportunity. Three developers created the music service in under five months. Napster benefits from increased brand awareness and gains all the advantages of being a prime mover in an emerging market.

Tags: Application Development

World's Largest News Source Enters Interactive TV Market With Media Center 0000-00-00 Microsoft

Reuters, the world's largest multimedia news company, is known for its speed, accuracy, and freedom from bias. In 2004, Reuters filed over 2.5 million news items, published in 18 languages, from 209 countries. Although historically a wholesaler of news content, Reuters wanted to explore new ways of distributing news directly to consumers through the use of interactive platforms. Reuters chose to use the Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2005 operating system because of the low cost and quick time-to-market of developing applications. Viewers can now watch video streams of over 200 news clips a day, including breaking news, on demand, through their Windows XP Media Center Edition - based PC.

Tags: Application Development

University Laboratory Safeguards Environment With Operating System Update 0000-00-00 Microsoft

One of the major research universities in the United States strives to push the limits of science and needs technology that can support its efforts. Therefore, staying current with its technology - and ensuring that the technology is reliable - is important. Although it had not experienced any systemwide security breaches, the university took steps to safeguard its environment by updating to Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2. With initial help from Microsoft Services Premier Support, the university smoothly rolled out the update to its 1,700 workstations and portable computers over the course of one month. It takes advantage of the Windows Firewall to help protect users, even when they are off the network.

Road-Building Firm Gains Better Visibility of Construction Costs With Mobile Solution 0000-00-00 Microsoft

Eurovia, a world leader in road design and construction, manages more than 30,000 work sites in France and 60,000 around the world. Until recently, its 2,500 site managers lacked a real-time communications link with the head office. Eurovia then equipped its site managers with Tablet PCs from HP to give them greater flexibility, save time, and provide them with full-time access to the company's information system. Alsy, a computer engineering company, designed Papyrus, rich client software for the Tablet PCs, using the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft Visual C# development tool. The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine was deployed to capture the data. The solution went live after only 260 person-days of work.

Tags: Tablets,

Healthcare Clinic Saves Money and Improves Quality of Care With Tablet PC Solution 0000-00-00 Microsoft

To improve access to patient information, Marshfield Clinic is deploying an electronic medical records solution to replace paper-based methods. A pilot group of 60 physicians is using highly mobile Tablet PCs running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition to manage medical records; by 2006, all 2,000 practitioners and support staff will use Tablet PCs. In the pilot, some physicians are saving more than 450 hours per year as a result of improved patient documentation procedures. Following full Tablet PC deployment, the clinic's Information Systems Department estimates that it will save U.S.$1.9 million per year in support costs over a desktop solution and U.S.$9 million per year from the move to its sophisticated electronic medical records system.

Tags: Tablets

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Title	Date Added	Company
Putting Process Improvements to Work Enhancing Patient Care	0000-00-00	Microsoft
For a world-class healthcare organization like Baylor, creating an environment of superior care delivery means meeting the needs of many customers: physicians, nurses, administrative staff, and the patients they serve. With the Tablet PC running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Baylor Health Care System has enabled new levels of mobility and collaboration for care providers, streamlined intake and record-keeping processes, and taken another step closer to providing the ideal patient experience. Tags: Tablets
U.K. Financial Advisors Improve Client Servicing With Tablet PC	0000-00-00	Microsoft
Independent Financial Advisors existing systems for collecting data were inefficient, with data needing entering multiple times at different stages in the customer advice process. Positive Solutions Financial Services looked to create a more time-effective, automated system that delivered a user-friendly data entry system for IFAs while on the move. The organisation developed the Intuitive Advisor Software as the ideal mobile system. IFAs input customer data on a Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 device, using a stylus to enter information directly into Intuitive Advisor. Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 provides the operating system with the software created using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 development system. Tags: Tablets
Software Maker Uses 64-Bit Platform to Enhance Connectivity Application	0000-00-00	Microsoft
Organizations around the globe use Exceed, an application made by Hummingbird to help its users run UNIX-based applications with Microsoft Windows-based workstations. For the new version of Exceed, Hummingbird wanted to enhance the software's performance by using new 64-bit computing technology - but without risking its customers' investments in 32-bit systems. Hummingbird decided to port Exceed to Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64-Bit Edition. Tests show that Exceed, running on the 64-bit desktop operating system, performs at least 25 percent faster on complex rendering tasks. By basing Exceed on the 64-bit Windows platform, which is backward-compatible with 32-bit applications, Hummingbird customers can migrate to a more powerful computing environment while protecting their existing IT investments. Tags: Application Development
Merrill Lynch Reduces Security Maintenance and Enhances Wireless Support	0000-00-00	Microsoft
Merrill Lynch wanted to establish a consistent environment for its 75,000 desktops, which were on multiple versions of the Microsoft Windows desktop operating system. A standardized desktop environment would enable the Merrill Lynch IT staff to manage updates efficiently and enable developers to write applications that take advantage of the latest technologies. After upgrading the vast majority of its desktops to Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 in November 2004, the company immediately launched an initiative to move to Windows XP Service Pack 2. That migration, completed by late 2005, is adding significant security enhancements, reducing update maintenance and support time, and simplifying wireless setup for users. Tags: Upgrades and Migration
Lift Manufacturer Reduces Annual IT Salary Costs With Estate Management Solution	0000-00-00	Microsoft
Family-owned Stannah, the United Kingdom's (U.K.'s) most successful lift and stair lift manufacturers, wanted to improve the management of its IT estate. Working with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Silversands, the company deployed Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003, Active Directory directory service, and Microsoft Windows XP Professional on its desktops. The resulting efficiency gains mean Stannah has avoided expanding its IT help desk by almost 50 per cent, an annual cost saving of £60,000 (U.S. $106,000). Infrastructure management is far more effective as IT personnel no longer have to audit the infrastructure or deploy software manually. Applications can be implemented company-wide overnight instead of taking two weeks. In addition, IT staff can deploy system updates as soon as they become available, improving network security. Tags: Infrastructure Management,
Iconic Music Provider Strengthens Market Share Through Media-Focused PCs	0000-00-00	Microsoft
Napster, a pioneering star in the online music download space, has grown significantly over the past few years. Using Napster's subscription service, music fans can select from among 1.5 million songs to sample, download, and share. Napster has a keen interest in the digital entertainment industry and constantly looks for ways to extend its services beyond the company's initial delivery medium: the Internet. When Microsoft asked Napster to develop a music service for the Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2003 operating system, Napster jumped at the opportunity. Three developers created the music service in under five months. Napster benefits from increased brand awareness and gains all the advantages of being a prime mover in an emerging market. Tags: Application Development
World's Largest News Source Enters Interactive TV Market With Media Center	0000-00-00	Microsoft
Reuters, the world's largest multimedia news company, is known for its speed, accuracy, and freedom from bias. In 2004, Reuters filed over 2.5 million news items, published in 18 languages, from 209 countries. Although historically a wholesaler of news content, Reuters wanted to explore new ways of distributing news directly to consumers through the use of interactive platforms. Reuters chose to use the Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2005 operating system because of the low cost and quick time-to-market of developing applications. Viewers can now watch video streams of over 200 news clips a day, including breaking news, on demand, through their Windows XP Media Center Edition - based PC. Tags: Application Development
University Laboratory Safeguards Environment With Operating System Update	0000-00-00	Microsoft
One of the major research universities in the United States strives to push the limits of science and needs technology that can support its efforts. Therefore, staying current with its technology - and ensuring that the technology is reliable - is important. Although it had not experienced any systemwide security breaches, the university took steps to safeguard its environment by updating to Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2. With initial help from Microsoft Services Premier Support, the university smoothly rolled out the update to its 1,700 workstations and portable computers over the course of one month. It takes advantage of the Windows Firewall to help protect users, even when they are off the network.
Road-Building Firm Gains Better Visibility of Construction Costs With Mobile Solution	0000-00-00	Microsoft
Eurovia, a world leader in road design and construction, manages more than 30,000 work sites in France and 60,000 around the world. Until recently, its 2,500 site managers lacked a real-time communications link with the head office. Eurovia then equipped its site managers with Tablet PCs from HP to give them greater flexibility, save time, and provide them with full-time access to the company's information system. Alsy, a computer engineering company, designed Papyrus, rich client software for the Tablet PCs, using the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft Visual C# development tool. The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine was deployed to capture the data. The solution went live after only 260 person-days of work. Tags: Tablets,
Healthcare Clinic Saves Money and Improves Quality of Care With Tablet PC Solution	0000-00-00	Microsoft
To improve access to patient information, Marshfield Clinic is deploying an electronic medical records solution to replace paper-based methods. A pilot group of 60 physicians is using highly mobile Tablet PCs running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition to manage medical records; by 2006, all 2,000 practitioners and support staff will use Tablet PCs. In the pilot, some physicians are saving more than 450 hours per year as a result of improved patient documentation procedures. Following full Tablet PC deployment, the clinic's Information Systems Department estimates that it will save U.S.$1.9 million per year in support costs over a desktop solution and U.S.$9 million per year from the move to its sophisticated electronic medical records system. Tags: Tablets