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whitepaper Major Technology Provider Cuts Sales Cycle2008-09-18 Microsoft
  Technology provider CDW supported its sales organization with a small intranet site that complicated the effort of sales professionals to find and use sales-related information - adding to the length and cost of the sales cycle. The company addressed this issue with an intranet sales portal based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The new site provides centralized access to comprehensive product information, proposal templates, and sales status; enterprise search that indexes a third-party sales application; and dashboards and reports for at-a-glance insights into sales performance.

Tags: Collaboration Tools, Portals		   
whitepaper Company Benefits From Licensing Agreement as It Rebrands and Expands Operations2008-09-16 Microsoft
  NuStar Energy began operations in 2007 in San Antonio, Texas, after separating from parent company Valero Energy. Management was under pressure to rebrand operations while ensuring that customers experience continuous service. NuStar had to choose technology that would provide immediate operational efficiency and support long-term corporate goals. NuStar Energy also needed a licensing strategy that would deliver initial cost savings and long-term benefits. To achieve these goals, NuStar Energy acquired an integrated Microsoft solution through a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement that covers the latest Microsoft desktop software and server products, as well as ongoing maintenance benefits. NuStar Energy's IT infrastructure was operational in less than six months and now has the communication, collaboration, and IT management capabilities it needs to support a growing global organization.

Tags: Collaboration Tools		   
whitepaper Del Monte Uses Virtualization to Save Power and Speed Software Deployment2008-09-08 Microsoft
  Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Del Monte Foods has been producing food since 1916. The company depends on accurate demand forecasting, which requires extensive collaboration and data-intensive analysis. The IT department is tasked with meeting these business demands while keeping costs low to reduce corporate overhead. Del Monte is using the Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization technology to speed the testing process for product upgrades, allowing the IT department to deploy new technologies faster. Hyper-V will be used to facilitate server consolidation in the data center, saving on power costs and hardware maintenance, and resulting in potential savings of $430,000 per year over the next few years.

Tags: Windows Server 2008, Virtualization		   
whitepaper Italian Food Distributor Reduces Infrastructure Management Time to Minutes Per Day2008-09-03 Dell
  By spending so much time on management tasks, IT personnel at Alimenta in Italy had little chance to focus on strategic planning. The existing infrastructure wasn't flexible enough to scale with increasing amounts of data. Over time, the company faced a growing risk of key applications being disrupted or data being lost. Alimenta created a virtualized environment based on Dell PowerEdge server technology running VMware virtualization software. The company also implemented a Dell-EMC storage solution to improve data protection.

Tags: Storage Management, Virtualization		   
whitepaper Recycling Firm's Operating Costs 20 Per Cent Lower Than Competitors Due to Web System2008-09-01 Microsoft
  First Mile is a fast growing start-up business in the United Kingdom (U.K.) recycling and waste industry. Using Microsoft technology, First Mile has evolved a Web-hosted, low-cost operating system that links customers, suppliers, operations, finance, customer service, and sales. As a result, the company's operating costs are 20 per cent lower than its competitors. It now runs a U.S.$10 million business with overheads 50 per cent lower than others in the sector. The system helps First Mile operate in every U.K. city at low-cost without expanding overheads, and increase the number of services provided as its customers' demands become more sophisticated.

Tags: Database Management		   
whitepaper Costco Uses Virtualization to Save Space, Reduce Costs, and Increase IT Agility2008-09-01 Microsoft
  Costco Wholesale Corporation is a major international wholesale distributor with revenues approaching U.S.$70 billion. Costco began using virtualization technology in 2006 and has expanded its investment to include Windows Server 2008 Enterprise with Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. With these tools, Costco can control IT spending, increase IT flexibility, and manage its virtualized server assets more efficiently.

Tags: Windows Server 2008, Virtualization		   
whitepaper Hosting Company Expands Services and Reduces Costs With Server Virtualization2008-09-01 Microsoft
  Hostbasket is a Belgian hosting company that strives to keep its services fresh, innovative, and price-competitive. With success and growth, the company acquired a burgeoning number of servers, which required significant staff time to deploy and maintain. Hostbasket turned to virtualization to reduce its servers and server management workload. Using the Windows Server 2008 operating system with Hyper-V technology, Hostbasket plans to create 300 virtual machines and retire 60 physical servers. More importantly, Hostbasket can quickly create new offerings, giving customers more options and greater control over their hosted applications. Hostbasket uses Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 to simplify server setup and management. Because Hostbasket can better utilize its servers, it earns higher margins from virtual machines and increases customer application uptime.

Tags: Windows Server 2008, Virtualization		   
whitepaper Financial Firm Reduces Server Costs, Increases Reliability With Virtualization2008-09-01 Microsoft
  Gartmore is an asset manager headquartered in London. The company wanted to reduce server costs in its London data center and find a way to cost effectively and securely place and manage servers in its branch offices. To address these needs, Gartmore deployed the Windows Server 2008 operating system with Hyper-V technology and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. Gartmore expects to see an 85 percent reduction in server hardware requirements in one data center and an actual server deployment time reduction from two days to one hour. Using the cluster failover capability of Windows Server 2008, Gartmore can provide low-cost high availability for key production workloads.

Tags: Windows Server 2008, Virtualization		   
whitepaper Hospital Uses Virtualization to Speed Rollout of New Services and Improve Uptime2008-09-01 Microsoft
  Saint Raphael Healthcare System runs the Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven, Connecticut, which is renowned for excellence in patient care, customer service, and medical education. To maintain its competitive stature, the hospital must constantly introduce new patient and physician services, most of which require technology support. However, the hospital's data center was approaching capacity and its staff was unable to take on more server management work. To reduce server-related work and increase business agility, Saint Raphael's is using Hyper-V virtualization technology, part of the Windows Server 2008 operating system.

Tags: Windows Server 2008, Virtualization		   
whitepaper Construction Firm Uses Virtualization to Reduce Costs and Improve Availability2008-09-01 Microsoft
  Paris-based Bouygues Construction experienced high costs and complex administration due to server proliferation. The firm decided to implement the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise operating system with Hyper-V virtualization technology and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. With virtualization, the firm expects to reduce server holdings, improve disaster recovery, and increase uptime for business applications.

Tags: Windows Server 2008, Virtualization