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whitepaper Financial Services Firm Supports Growth Through Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization2006-11-08 01:00:18 Microsoft
  HSBC acquired a large local bank in Mexico with more than 1,400 branch locations and wanted to take control of its decentralized IT environment. Manual deployment of software applications and security updates could take months, and the company lacked tools to monitor its IT resources effectively. To improve system management, HSBC Mexico implemented a centralized solution based on the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system and the Active Directory service, Systems Management Server 2003, and Operations Manager 2005. Now the company can automatically install updates, get new financial service software to market quickly, and cut IT travel costs. HSBC Mexico estimates that effective management of IT resources will help it support up to 30 percent growth with its existing infrastructure.   
whitepaper Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Accelerates Time-to-Learning With Access Management2006-11-08 01:00:18 Microsoft
  One of the secrets to successfully educating students from kindergarten through twelfth grade is to treat each pupil as an individual, and to bring a personalized approach to the education curriculum. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) in Charlotte has garnered a national reputation for excellence in a dynamic and diverse demographic environment. In 2005, the district harnessed the power of identity and access management to optimize its students' chances of getting the education they need to thrive in these days global, digital society. Microsoft and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Version3 played a key role in parlaying an investment in single sign-on technology to deploy an integrated identity and access management system that has contributed to world-class educational results across all grade levels.   
whitepaper Engineers, Scientists, and Mathematicians Process Larger Data Sets on 64-Bit Platform2006-11-08 01:00:18 Microsoft
  The MathWorks provides software for technical computing and model-based design to more than a million people in the automotive, aerospace, biotechnology, communications, financial, and semiconductor industries. The company's customers found themselves processing increasingly larger amounts of data due to the lowering cost of computing and increasing design complexity. Speed and performance issues led them to look for a more robust platform. To meet their needs, The MathWorks developed a version of its MATLAB software that was compatible with the Windows XP 64-Bit Edition operating system. MATLAB 7.2 is able to take advantage of the more efficient use of memory that's possible in a 64-bit environment, performing complex calculations quickly and with greater stability than was possible with 32-bit computing.   
whitepaper Barts and the London NHS Trust Uses Care Records Pilot for Complete Desktop Refresh2006-11-08 01:00:18 Microsoft
  Barts and the London NHS Trust (BLT) is known throughout the medical world as one of the United Kingdom's top teaching hospital trusts. BLT took the opportunity of the U.K.-wide NHS Care Records Service (CRS) deployment to retire its multiple desktop operating systems and seek a common environment that was easier to manage. By working with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Ultima Business Solutions, BLT had a suitable partner to achieve critical project timescales and add value to the new system.   
whitepaper Windows Vista Review - Part 2: Understanding the Vista Product Editions2006-11-08 Penton Media
  Microsoft released Windows XP in just two product editions, Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional Edition. The difference between the products was fairly obvious, and with its enhanced feature set, XP Pro was the more expensive version, as one might expect. Over time, however, Microsoft muddied the waters with a wealth of new XP product editions. There were three major versions added: Windows XP Media Center Edition (which received three major releases and one minor update between 2002 and 2005), Windows XP Tablet PC Edition (which received two major releases between 2002 and 2005), and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, which took most of XP Pro's feature set and brought it to the x64 hardware platform.

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whitepaper Windows Vista Review - Part 1: Introduction2006-11-06 Penton Media
  Paradoxically, Windows Vista is both revolutionary and evolutionary. While it includes modern OS features, such as a new hardware-based Graphical User Interface (GUI), Vista will also feel like familiar territory, for the most part, to anyone that's already familiar with Windows XP. More problematic, over the past few years, many of Windows Vista's best features have been jettisoned, and it's unclear whether they'll ever appear in future Windows versions. Other features, like Internet Explorer (IE) 7, the Avalon and WinFX programming interfaces, the RSS platform, and more have been back-ported to Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, watering down the uniqueness of the Vista platform.

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whitepaper Windows Vista: Is it secure enough for business?2006-11-01 Sophos
  Five years after the release of Windows XP, Microsoft's primary stated goal with Windows Vista has been to reduce security vulnerabilities and overall susceptibility to malware and other threats. A number of new security features have been introduced in an attempt to reflect the heightened priority of security. This paper describes Windows Vista security, provides an insight into the level of protection it provides for business users, and assesses how far the new features measure up to Microsoft's aspirations for its new desktop operating system.   
whitepaper 10 Things You Need to Know About Deploying Windows Vista2006-12-06 01:00:24 Microsoft
  Whether a person will be deploying to 10, 100, or 100,000 computers, just knowing how the process has changed from Windows XP will make the deployment run much more smoothly. So this paper explains 10 deployment differences between Windows XP and Windows Vista that the person will be glad he discovered when it's time to make the move.

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whitepaper Getting Ready for Windows PE 2.02006-12-06 01:00:24 Microsoft
  As work began on Windows Vista, the Windows setup team was focused primarily on building entirely new setup architecture, creating a new imaging tool to help with deployment, and designing a replacement for Remote Installation Services (RIS). But then their attention shifted to the interim Windows PE and Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and then to Windows Server 2003 SP1. This meant holding off on their development efforts for Windows PE in Windows Vista for a bit. This paper drills into the key new features.

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whitepaper More Powerful Group Policy in Windows Vista2006-12-06 01:00:24 Microsoft
  Windows Vista delivers a substantial update to the Group Policy infrastructure. Yet as organizations around the world deploy Windows Vista, many administrators probably won't notice much of a difference in how they work because the numerous changes in Group Policy functions all take place under the hood. What administrators will find, however, is that Windows Vista Group Policy is much more powerful than it was in previous versions.

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