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whitepaper Microsoft Uses Sync Framework to Create New Collaboration Solution2009-10-19 Microsoft
  As Microsoft, the world leader in software for personal and business computing, prepared the next version of its Microsoft Office suite of desktop applications it wanted to combine the functionality of two of its most popular collaboration tools: Microsoft SharePoint Server and Microsoft Groove. The company's development teams, however, faced the challenge of handling data synchronization to ensure version control. They found the technology they needed with the Microsoft Sync Framework, a technology developed by the Microsoft Sync Framework group, which is part of the Microsoft SQL Azure team. The result is Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010, which provides the rich user experience of a desktop application, with the Sync Framework handling data synchronization with sites created using SharePoint Server 2010.

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whitepaper Microsoft Positions German Unified Communications Specialist to Ride the Online Wave2009-10-19 Microsoft
  For many years, Munich-based infoWAN Datenkommunikation GmbH has wanted to provide a true enterprise-class online messaging and collaboration option to clients. It first explored such an offering 10 years ago, but the costs were too high. Today, though, the cost of an online solution can be lower than the cost of an on-premises solution, and this change has renewed interest in online messaging and collaboration services. Because of its considerable experience with Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Office Communications Server, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, infoWAN has chosen to offer its clients an online messaging and collaboration option based on the Business Productivity Online Suite from Microsoft Online Services. As a result, infoWAN anticipates a significant expansion of business over the next several years.

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whitepaper Ontario School Board Streamlines Web Content With Help From Microsoft2009-10-14 Microsoft
  The Halton District School Board serves approximately 52,300 public school students in the municipalities of Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville in southern Ontario. The technology that underpinned the board's public web site and intranet was based on proprietary systems and lacked automation. This made it impossible for staff to add or update content themselves, put time and resource strain on the IT department, and made the site difficult to navigate. Halton District School Board decided to work with Cyberplex Inc., a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, which recommended Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

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whitepaper TPH Improves Knowledge Sharing and Business Collaboration With the 2007 Office System2009-10-14 Microsoft
  The Printing House Ltd. (TPH) has been a recognized leader in the printing industry since 1961. TPH specializes in delivering on-demand quick printing for Canadian businesses. In order to improve service delivery, TPH wanted to improve staff collaboration and find a more efficient method to transfer information across its 70 locations. The company decided to standardize on the 2007 Microsoft Office system, enabling TPH to take advantage of a unified set of industry-standardized tools. A key piece of the Office system deployment for TPH is Microsoft Office Communicator 2007, which acts as a system hub for real-time communications. With the 2007 Office system in place, TPH is benefiting from advanced voice capabilities and desktop sharing - helping to enhance productivity.

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whitepaper Law Firm Practice Sees Revenues Climb Up to 20 Percent Because of Information Platform2009-10-05 Microsoft
  The law firm of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP wanted new ways to compete in the hyper-competitive environment for legal services, ways that would demonstrate its expertise as well as its ability to use that expertise to provide superior client service. It found what it was looking for in a custom information platform called Parkway, built using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the services of Microsoft Gold Certified Partner XMLAW. The firm uses Parkway to show potential clients how they have information relevant to client matters, and how they can access the information immediately, giving them more time to apply critical thought to those matters.

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whitepaper Accounting Firm Saves Millions of Dollars, Draws Significant New Business2009-10-05 Microsoft
  Grant Thornton LLP needed a new document management solution that would reduce legal risk and operational costs, yet also drive business growth through secure team and client collaboration. That's what it has achieved with Microsoft and NextPage technologies. Its C3 solution is expected to save the company millions of dollars per year, to eliminate unneeded documents, and to streamline regulatory compliance.

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whitepaper GlaxoSmithKline Leads the Way With Microsoft Online Services2009-10-01 Microsoft
  GlaxoSmithKline (NYE: GSK) is a pharmaceutical industry leader: supplying a quarter of the world's vaccines, spending over $13 million each day to research new medicines, and providing many of the world's leading prescription medicines and consumer healthcare products. It is estimated that GlaxoSmithKline makes up seven percent of the world's pharmaceutical market, and it is one of the few companies committed to researching vaccines for the World Health Organization's three priority diseases - HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. Yet, an internal strategic review of their IT systems outlined a need to take a new approach to collaboration, support growing markets, and address costs. Illustrating its industry leadership, GlaxoSmithKline found its solution in pioneering Microsoft Online Services solutions.

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whitepaper Top Australasian ICT Company Leverages Microsoft Business Intelligence Tool for Performance2009-10-01 Microsoft
  Gen-i New Zealand needed to implement a solution that enabled its Professional Services group to effectively monitor and measure performance, and to allow the early identification of any business performance issues requiring resolution. The solution had to be usable across all organisational levels of the business, and management needed to able to identify current and predicted trends for proactive business planning. Gen-i leveraged Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft PerformancePoint Server and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to implement a business intelligence platform that increased efficiency and reduced cost through improved flexibility, visualisation, automation and secure distribution.

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whitepaper Real-Time Visualization Enables Stronger All-Star Game Security for City of St. Louis2009-09-30 Microsoft
  When St. Louis, Missouri, was chosen to host the 2009 Major League All-Star baseball game - where President Obama would throw out the first pitch - the City Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) needed an efficient way to coordinate public safety among 40 organizations for the five-day celebration. The Microsoft Citizen Service Platform (CSP) had the answer with E.SPONDER, a Microsoft partner that used Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Surface, Microsoft Virtual Earth, and other technologies to provide a comprehensive command-and-control platform with online collaboration, in-depth reporting, and real-time visualization.

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whitepaper Weather Archive Makes Information More Available With Simple Records Management2009-09-29 Microsoft
  The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), manages the world's largest archive of climate and weather information. NCDC provides support for the study of global climate change and other environmental issues. One of the center's major initiatives is to digitize its vast archive of paper records and make them available to researchers over the Internet. NCDC previously used a records management system developed, managed, and hosted by Microsoft Gold Certified Partner National Interest Security Company (NISC). Working with NISC, NCDC used Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to develop a simple, reliable records management system that can handle vast amounts of data and that its users can adopt seamlessly.

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