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Pension Provider Increases Security and Efficiency With Operating System Upgrade | 0000-00-00 | Microsoft |
| Although PFA Pension typically waits for an operating system's end of life before replacing it, the company decided to optimize its client infrastructure by adopting the new Windows Vista operating system. As a result of the move, PFA is increasing its level of security and manageability; fostering a safer, more flexible working environment for its mobile sales staff; and improving IT and end-user productivity.
Tags: Windows Vista |
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Leading New Zealand Bank Manages Rapid Growth by Using Modern Programming Model | 0000-00-00 | Microsoft |
| Kiwibank has quickly grown to become a leading New Zealand retail bank with half a million customers, largely due to a strong brand proposition, rapid product deployment, and a "Can-do" attitude. When the bank wanted to deliver a better, more consistent customer experience, it turned to the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 programming model. In-house programmers relied on Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation to simplify, automate, connect, and future-proof disparate services and systems. Now, programmers, business analysts, and IT staff alike can be more productive and efficient. More importantly, with a seamless, secure, and reliable connection across product channels and platforms, Kiwibank can provide a superior customer experience.
Tags: .NET, Windows Vista |
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Global PLM Provider Facilitates Faster, More Accurate Product Development for Customers | 0000-00-00 | Microsoft |
| UGS, a leader in product lifecycle management solutions for manufacturing companies, wanted to enable its customers to more accurately design complex products made up of many components. The company ported its NX software to run on Windows XP 64-Bit Edition. Customers can now load larger data sets and run design analyses quicker than was possible with 32-bit technology, while maintaining a unified Windows desktop.
Tags: Word Processing, Spreadsheets |
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TechNet Webcast: What You Need to Know About Deploying Windows Vista (Level 200) | 0000-00-00 | Microsoft |
| In the past, deploying a new operating system could be extremely complex and time consuming. The presenters of this webcast describe how the platform image engineering in the Windows Vista operating system makes it easier to deploy than previous versions of Windows. The viewer will learn how Windows Vista uses new imaging technologies and tools, like Windows Imaging Format (WIM), that enables to engineer and customize the operating system image, which helps make deployment easier. The presenters also illustrate how Windows Vista supports the majority of applications that run on the Windows XP operating system and earlier versions of Windows.
Tags: Windows Vista |
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Small Business Webcast: Are You Ready for Windows Vista? (Part 2 of 3): Migrating From Windows XP to Windows Vista (Level 100) | 0000-00-00 | Microsoft |
| This webcast shows how Windows Vista simplifies the process of migrating data from the previous computer to the new Windows Vista-based computer. The presenters introduce the viewer to Windows Easy Transfer, a tool to help the user transfer files, folders, desktop, and other settings. The webcast shows how the user can either transfer all the data in the entire user account, in addition to any other user accounts on the original computer, or can select the specific data and folders the user wants to transfer.
Tags: Upgrades and Migration, Windows Vista |
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Medical Practice Upgrades Operating System and Desktop Tools to Improve Patient Care | 0000-00-00 | Microsoft |
| At Twin Cities Internal Medicine, Dr. Benjamin Albano is keeping ahead of the technology curve to improve efficiency in his office using the Windows Vista operating system and the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Today he's spending more time with patients and less time retrieving data, and his medical assistant is saving approximately two hours a day in data entry. Also, on computers running Windows Vista, support issues are down by an estimated 15 percent.
Tags: Tablets, Windows Vista |
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Telecommunications Leader Boosts Employee Productivity Without a Steep Learning Curve | 0000-00-00 | Microsoft |
| Telkomsel is Indonesia's leading cellular telecommunication service provider. It provides network coverage to over 90 percent of the population and controls a market share of more than 50 percent. Based in Jakarta, it operates through 10 regional offices. The firm plans to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows Vista to reap its productivity-enhancing benefits. Given Telkomsel's nationwide operation, IT deployment will be one of the biggest challenges for its IT team. Fortunately, it will deploy Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment 2007, a set of tools and best practices guidance that vastly simplifies the upgrade task on a companywide scale.
Tags: Upgrades and Migration, Windows Vista |
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South African Wireless Network Provider Cuts Desktop Deployment Time by Two-Thirds | 0000-00-00 | Microsoft |
| With a 27 percent increase in wireless network subscribers and the addition of 333 employees in 2005, MTN South Africa is growing rapidly. To maintain its high level of service and product innovation, MTN continues to refine its best practices and standardize systems to improve the reliability and availability of its 24-hour-a-day operations. Its quest to reduce costs and increase efficiency led the MTN Information Systems (IS) department to test an early version of the Windows Vista operating system. MTN expected the reduced number of images, new security features, easier-to-use deployment tools, and enhanced automation to significantly reduce deployment and management time for IS staff and reduce worker downtime during the deployment.
Tags: Upgrades and Migration, Windows Vista |
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Plug and Play Device Driver Migration in Windows Vista | 2007-01-31 | Microsoft |
| This paper provides preview information about Plug and Play driver migration and installation for in-place upgrades to the Windows Vista operating system. Developers, support staff, and manufacturers can use the information in this paper to better understand driver migration behavior and debugging techniques for Windows Vista. The paper includes an overview of the Windows Vista Plug and Play device driver migration architecture, driver migration scenarios, definitions, and common device migration problems and errors.
Tags: Upgrades and Migration, Windows Vista |
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Specialty Printing Company Boosts Productivity With End-to-End Business Management Solution | 2007-01-23 01:00:26 | Microsoft |
| Data2 Corporation had custom-built an enterprise system to manage its primary business: printing custom bar-code labels for various industrial purposes. In recent years, the company has seen increasing opportunities to expand into other lines of business, but its system - designed for THEOS, a now-obsolete operating system - could not accommodate alternative business processes. After weighing the options, Data2 made a strategic decision to migrate to Microsoft Business Solutions - Great Plains and Microsoft Business Solutions CRM (both now part of Microsoft Dynamics). Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Quilogy implemented the system and adapted it to Data2's industry-specific needs. |
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