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whitepaper Education Center Upgrades Software to Improve Service and Lower IT Costs2007-06-01 Microsoft
  The Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center (SVHEC) provides adult-learning opportunities to this rural corner of the state through partnership with eight colleges and universities. It also provides conference and business support services. Because SVHEC prides itself on being the technology epicenter for southwest Virginia, the IT staff deployed the Windows Vista operating system on 40 computers, preliminary to upgrading all 225 desktop computers. With the move to Windows Vista, SVHEC is able to provide faculty, students, and partners with desktop computers that are more secure, more stable, and easier to use.   
whitepaper New Operating System Saves Consulting Firm Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars2007-06-01 Microsoft
  Guinness Gallagher is a New Zealand based boutique consulting firm providing strategic business advice to global governments and international corporations. Faced with the challenges of keeping extremely sensitive client information safe and secure, being able to transport that information to remote global locations, and significant communication difficulties, Guinness Gallagher looked to new technology to reduce their security risks, enhance collaboration among remote team members, and help them break into lucrative overseas markets. Guinness Gallagher teamed with technology partner Mabode to deploy Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007. The new technology has brought significant financial benefits to the company, through improved security, better use of time, and the ability to secure lucrative contracts previously beyond their organizational and operational capability.   
whitepaper Tertiary Institution First to Use and Teach New Operating System Technology2007-06-01 Microsoft
  The Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec), based in Hamilton, New Zealand, is a tertiary education provider specializing in vocational training. Wintec is the fifth largest Institute of Technology in the country, and works closely with industry to teach critical skills sought after by employers. As a leading technology establishment, Wintec needs to use and teach the latest industry standard technologies. In 2006 Wintec deployed Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system, making it the first tertiary institution in New Zealand to use and deliver courses on the Windows Vista platform and the 2007 Office System. This has enabled Wintec to achieve closer alignment with the industries it feeds, to deliver strong internal value, and to encourage greater employee productivity.   
whitepaper University Enriches Teaching, Boosts Staff Productivity, and Reduces IT Work2007-06-01 Microsoft
  The University of Iowa includes 11 colleges and dozens of academic departments, each with its own technology needs. Many have elected to upgrade their desktop and portable computers to the Windows Vista operating system, to take advantage of the more advanced media capabilities and the Windows Aero user experience. Teachers and students are enjoying a richer learning environment for media-dependent teaching and increased efficiency in daily tasks. University IT personnel like the faster deployment of Windows Vista, especially to Tablet PCs and portable computers. They expect to save 30 minutes of setup time for every portable computer deployed through the use of Windows Vista imaging and configuration enhancements. Extensive application compatibility testing has resulted in more stable desktops.   
whitepaper Charter Communications Upgrades Operating System for Improved Security Management2007-06-01 Microsoft
  After seeing the value of a standardized computing environment, digital entertainment company Charter Communications decided to develop a deployment plan that would allow for an upgrade to its client computers to the Windows Vista operating system. With the new system in place, Charter Communications will experience greater manageability and the opportunity to more tightly control its many computers, which will provide cost savings and help protect the company from malicious software.   
whitepaper Small-Business Solution Provider Increases Revenue Fourfold With Technology Switch2007-06-01 Microsoft
  iQubed, a solution provider that primarily serves small businesses, had focused on open source technologies, but decided to expand its offerings. To that end, iQubed joined the Microsoft Partner program for strategic help. Today, 99 percent of the company's solutions are based on Microsoft technologies, and it has increased revenue fourfold. More important, iQubed now can deliver more valuable solutions to its customers.   
whitepaper Small School District Sees Big Gains in PC Security, Performance, and Availability2007-05-01 Microsoft
  The Perry School District, which serves a community of nearly 10,000 people in central Iowa, faced a common problem in its middle-school and high-school computer labs: the downloading of malicious software ("Malware"), which wreaked havoc on performance and availability. With the help of Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Heartland Technology Solutions, the Perry Schools replaced more than 100 installations of Windows 2000 and Windows XP with Windows Vista for use by students and faculty. Thanks to such features as Windows User Account Control and easier viewing of folder contents, the schools have virtually eliminated the performance problems and crashes caused by malware downloads.   
whitepaper Leading Social Utility Extends Reach to Desktop2007-05-01 Microsoft
  Since its debut in 2004, Facebook has grown to include more than 20 million members who use the social utility to share information among friends in their real-world social networks. In order to extend and enhance its product, Facebook provides third-party developers an open platform so they can tie their applications into Facebook functions. To showcase this development platform, Facebook worked with Microsoft and Avenue A Razorfish to create a unique gadget based on the Windows Vista operating system. The gadget extends Facebook's leading online photo-sharing application to the desktop and offers other innovative functions that foster closer social relationships. Facebook anticipates the new gadget will make photo uploads even easier for Windows Vista users and therefore increase photo-sharing among friends on the site.

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whitepaper ACPI Driver Interface in Windows Vista2007-04-26 Microsoft
  Kernel-mode device drivers are able to evaluate ACPI control methods via I/O ConTroL Codes (IOCTLs). Typically, a driver evaluates ACPI control methods to initiate or configure platform-specific functionality. An ACPI control method is a definition of how to interrogate or adjust system hardware. Control methods are written in the ACPI Machine Language (AML) and are interpreted by the ACPI driver in Microsoft Windows. These objects are loaded from the system definition in firmware into the ACPI namespace. This paper documents the mechanism for executing ACPI control methods and handling events from a kernel driver in the Windows Vista operating system. This information applies for the Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista.   
whitepaper Microsoft Open Value Subscription Licensing Puts the Wind in Rokas' Sails2007-04-01 Microsoft
  Since building the first private wind farm in Greece in 1998, Rokas has secured a considerable market share in Greece's energy sector, with an installed capacity of 193.3 megawatts. In addition, the company continues to expand in the design, construction, and installation of lifting and handling equipment, and other complex steel structures. Today the company is in its fifth year of an Open Value Subscription agreement with Microsoft, and has recently completed a major upgrade of its client and server systems to Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Office 2003. The IT department is planning to upgrade to Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office system, and the latest suite of server software from Microsoft soon.