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  • White Papers // Sep 2013

    Overview: Windows Azure Pack or Windows Server

    The advent of cloud computing is rewriting many of the long-established rules and assumptions for enterprise IT. Workloads and applications are no longer restricted within the four walls of the corporate datacenter as administrators and developers look to service providers and public clouds for more efficient and agile ways to...

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  • eBooks // Jul 2013

    Key Metrics For Business Success

    Today we have more access to metrics to measure the performance of businesses than ever before, both online and offline. With so much information available though, it’s important to understand the metrics that matter. This ebook looks at what metrics are the most important for making decisions and how the...

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  • White Papers // Aug 2013

    Business Agility and the Cloud

    In the 1950s almost no organization owned a computer. Computing was consumed as a service rather than owned as a capital asset. Computer companies provided services in those days because the computers themselves were too expensive for most organisations to own. But we also have to think of the risk...

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  • White Papers // Aug 2013

    Introducing Windows Azure

    Cloud computing is here. Running applications and storing data on machines in an Internet-accessible data center can offer plenty of advantages. Yet wherever they run, applications are built on some kind of platform. For on-premises applications, such as those running inside an organization’s data center, this platform usually includes an...

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  • White Papers // Aug 2013

    Overview of Microsoft SQL Azure Database

    SQL Azure Database is a cloud database service from Microsoft. SQL Azure provides web-facing database functionality as a utility service. Cloud-based database solutions such as SQL Azure can provide many benefits, including rapid provisioning, cost-effective scalability, high availability, and reduced management overhead. This paper provides an architectural overview of SQL...

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  • White Papers // Aug 2013

    Windows Azure™ Security Overview

    Windows Azure, as an application hosting platform, must provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability of customer data. It must also provide transparent accountability to allow customers and their agents to track administration of services, by themselves and by Microsoft. This document describes the array of controls implemented within Windows Azure, so...

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  • White Papers // Aug 2013

    Business Continuity for Windows Azure

    IT managers spend considerable time and effort ensuring their data and applications are available when needed. The general approach to business continuity in the cloud is no different than any other environment. The same principles and goals apply, but the implementation and process will be different.

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  • Case Studies // Aug 2013

    Install the LAMP Stack on a Linux virtual machine in Windows Azure

    This document highlights how to install the LAMP Stack on a Linux virtual machine in Windows Azure

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  • Case Studies // Dec 2012

    Auckland Airport: Airport Improves Business Agility With Near-Real-Time Reports and Self-Service BI Tools

    More than 70 percent of New Zealand's visitors use the Auckland Airport. Served by 20 international airlines, it is a major transport hub and the second-busiest regional airport after the one in Sydney, Australia. Auckland Airport wanted better Business Intelligence (BI) tools to optimize operations, so it replaced existing Oracle...

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  • White Papers // Jun 2007

    About The Office Move Template For Project

    The objective of this template is to identify and correlate the activities required for an office move. The template is designed to focus on the required steps to successfully move your office from one location to another. The office move template provides you with a basic set of common tasks...

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  • Case Studies // Jun 2008

    Mobile Solution Boosts Medical Practice's Revenues 20 Percent While Enhancing Care

    Carrollton Surgical Group used an Electronic Health Record (EHR) and practice management solution to access patient information and enter coding for invoices within the practice. Physicians, however, spent most of their time at the local hospital. Carrollton Surgical Group turned to its EHR provider, Greenway Medical Technologies, for a solution...

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  • Case Studies // May 2008

    IT Firm Trims Administrative Time, Boosts Efficiency With Synchronized Mobile Solution

    To keep ahead of its competition, IT provider Digital Systems & Solutions (DSS) needed a tool that would help its field employees make the most of the technologies available to them. With Windows Mobile 5.0, the Microsoft Messaging and Security Feature Pack, and Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5, the company saw an...

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  • Case Studies // May 2008

    Chamber of Commerce Increases Revenue by 20 Percent With Seamless Mobile Solution

    Since 1911, the Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce has acted as the voice of the business community in Whatcom County, Washington. It engages in lobbying and advocacy on behalf of its 800 members. The Chamber needed a cost-effective solution to help its employees stay in touch and increase productivity. In 2007,...

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  • Case Studies // Oct 2008

    Sling Media Launches Universal Media Player Based on Windows Embedded Technology

    Sling Media, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), is a leading digital lifestyle products company offering consumer services and products that are a natural extension of today's digital way of life. Smart, Connected Media Device Extends TV Viewing Sling Media needed an embedded operating system for...

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  • Case Studies // Apr 2008

    Retailer Links 450 Stores to Head Office Systems With Innovative Mobile Solution

    Lithuania-based retailer Lietuvos Spauda needed to connect its chain of kiosks and convenience stores to head office. Manual processes restricted efficient management and delayed stock replenishment. Working with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Etronika and mobile provider Omnitel, the retailer rolled out its "Virtual Sales" solution. Based on the integration of...

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  • Case Studies // Sep 2008

    Embedded Software Enhances Projector Connectivity, Boosts Usage

    Seiko Epson (Epson) manufactures peripherals, electronic devices, and precision products. To stay ahead in its projector business, Epson wanted to deliver a projector with improved connectivity, simplified setup, and wireless transmission capabilities. Through a Joint Development Program with Microsoft, Epson choose to use Windows Embedded CE 6.0 to develop a...

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  • Case Studies // Dec 2007

    Nationally Ranked School District Improves Efficiency, Community With Mobile Solution

    With nationally recognized schools and comprehensive programs in academics, the arts, and athletics, Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) educates more than 25,000 students. In late 2005, the district began to search for a mobile solution that would give administrators access to student data while away from their offices. To meet...

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  • Case Studies // Feb 2009

    Web Agency Grows Revenue 30 Percent With Software-Plus-Services

    Since 2000, WebXY has been creating Web sites for small and medium-size businesses. Most of WebXY's customers want a low-cost Web site that does not require additional on-premises IT investments. Others want e-commerce capabilities, or on-site order management software, or the ability to integrate online sales with back-office financial systems....

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  • Case Studies // Jan 2009

    People With Brain Injuries Leading Fuller Lives With Windows Mobile

    The nearly 1.4 million Americans who sustain a brain injury each year - including approximately one in five veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan - find their lives and those of their family members suddenly changed in ways they may never have imagined. Now, innovations being pioneered at Coastline Community...

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  • Case Studies // Jan 2009

    Solution Provider Uses Cloud-Based Data Services to Enable New Online Experiences

    DigitalDirect addresses the needs of online consumers, publishers, and advertisers for a knowledge-based, visual discovery experience that greatly improves on today's primarily IT-driven methods. While this new approach could change how the world accesses Internet resources and services of all kinds, the company realized early on that conventional database solutions...

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  • Case Studies // Dec 2008

    Fire Protection in Safe Hands With Real-Time Mobile Networking

    Established in 1987, FireVac Services is a privately owned fire protection company operating in Queensland and northern New South Wales. The company designs, installs, certifies, and maintains fire systems. With tough new standards governing the inspection, testing, and maintenance of fire equipment, FireVac wanted a more sophisticated system that ensured...

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  • Case Studies // Nov 2008

    Small to Medium Business Professionals Gain Efficiencies With New Management Solution

    Stasko Group is a Microsoft Certified Partner that specializes in software applications for professionals in the healthcare and legal fields. It wanted to address the challenges of many dental practitioners who needed customizable, easy-to-deploy applications that would integrate with their existing infrastructure. Stasko Group responded with DenToc, a Web-based electronic...

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  • Case Studies // Jan 2008

    Microsoft Mobility Solution Brings BT Financial Group Secure and Smarter Messaging

    Senior executives at financial services company BT Financial Group wanted to access critical business information while travelling, including email, appointments, contacts, and task lists. Having recently installed Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, BT Financial Group's IT department decided to use the product's built-in Exchange ActiveSync remote capability, which enables remote access...

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  • Case Studies // Dec 2008

    Independent Pharmacies Expand and "Right-Size" by Saving Steps, Earning New Income

    When two partners built a chain of four pharmacies near Kansas City, Missouri, time demands rose as fast as square footage. The largest store offered 10,000 SKUs to 900 customers a day. But every pharmacy's albatross - accurately invoicing insurance companies and reconciling piecemeal payments - took up to 20...

    Provided By Microsoft

  • Case Studies // Sep 2008

    Fashion Retailer Designs Business Management Solution to Fit Growing Global Corporation

    Colin's Jeans likens its stores to a theater production, where sales staff treats the customer as the star of the show. Behind the scenes, Dr. Sel?uk Aksak, Ero?lu Enterprise IT Group Coordinator, ensures the company's solutions help keep the audience enthralled. When challenged by poor communications between sales, operations, and...

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  • Case Studies // Oct 2008

    Supply Chain Provider Saves $227,000 and 15,600 Labor Hours in Less Than a Year

    Yobel Supply Chain Management, based in Lima, Peru, provides customers in Latin America and the United States with supply chain planning, sourcing, manufacturing, and logistics. With growing competition and increased demand for innovation in bringing products to market, Yobel began surveying customers, partners, and employees on their operational efficiency and...

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  • Case Studies // Nov 2008

    Spanish Insurers Boost Productivity 240 Per Cent With Microsoft-Based Portals

    Spanish Insurance business Groupama Seguros couldn't match its competitors in terms of productivity. Insurance was sold in a traditional way with lots of paper-based correspondence, and a 60-day wait for a response wasn't unusual. The company saw the Internet as the medium to change the company's fortunes, increasing productivity and...

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  • Case Studies // Jan 2009

    Leading Russian Medical Institute Improves Employee Efficiency and Collaboration

    The Haematology Centre of the Russian Academy of Medicine Science is the leading institute for the training of haematologists, blood research, and treatment of blood-related diseases in Russia. To support the work of its doctors and administration staff, the centre needs a robust and flexible IT system. But, until recently,...

    Provided By Microsoft

  • Case Studies // Feb 2009

    Technology Institute Expands Research Initiatives With High-Performance Computing

    Tokyo Institute of Technology uses High-Performance Computing (HPC) to accelerate its research. It deployed a 32-node Windows HPC Server 2008 GPU-accelerated cluster to take advantage of enhanced tools to configure graphics processing units, which are critical to its research. The institute has found that the HPC solution provides intuitive, integrated...

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  • Case Studies // Dec 2008

    Web Company Broadens Access to Powerful Design Analysis Tools Using Server Technology

    Many small and medium-sized engineering design enterprises don't have the resources to support the design analysis and optimisation tools needed to stay competitive. Based in Whiteley in the United Kingdom (U.K.), dezineforce uses Windows HPC Server 2008 to provide access to Web-based engineering design capabilities so smaller companies can prosper...

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  • Case Studies // Dec 2008

    Interoperable Supercomputer Attracts Wider User Base at Leading University

    Scientists at the University of Cambridge rely on High-Performance Computing (HPC), but only specialist researchers used the existing system based on Linux - other researchers used desktop systems running familiar Windows software. With its partner Cluster Resources, the university created an interoperable HPC environment running Windows HPC Server 2008 and...

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  • Case Studies // Nov 2008

    Insurance Company Determines Best Solution Through Technology Center Tests

    Western & Southern Financial Group wanted to upgrade its actuarial modeling solution to take advantage of high-performance computing capabilities on the Windows operating system, but it didn't know which of two actuarial software applications would work best. The company visited the Microsoft Technology Center to test both and left with...

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  • Case Studies // Nov 2008

    Insurer Cuts Modeling Time by Up to 99 Percent With High-Performance Computing

    Western & Southern Financial Group faced the challenge of running ever larger and more complex actuarial models as its number of policyholders and products grew and regulatory requirements changed. The company initially added dedicated workstations to process these models, but run times were long and it was difficult to keep...

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  • Case Studies // Nov 2008

    Supercomputing Company Chooses Windows HPC Server 2008 Over Linux

    Many of China's largest organizations, from government departments to aviation and space companies, rely on Dawning Information Industry Company for High-Performance Computing (HPC). In fact, the company owns more than 30 percent of the country's HPC market. Dawning previously used Linux HPC operating systems on its computers, but it wanted...

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  • Case Studies // Nov 2008

    Planetarium Increases Rendering Speeds for Faster Creation of Astronomy Shows

    Beijing Planetarium is a leader in public astronomy and one of Beijing's most popular attractions, with a digital space theater, three-dimensional and four-dimensional theaters, and two observatories. Beijing Planetarium produces leading-edge digital planetarium shows using high-performance computing for rendering animation and special effects. It recently upgraded its environment to Windows...

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  • Case Studies // Nov 2008

    Software Tester Upgrades Environment for Enhanced Performance and Service

    Beijing Software Testing & QA Center (BSTQC) runs a render farm that uses high-performance computing to help customers produce animation and special effects. The organization upgraded its render farm from the first generation of Windows HPC to Windows HPC Server 2008, which helped increased performance by 15 percent and improved...

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  • Case Studies // Dec 2008

    Data#3 Expands Security Practice With Microsoft Security Software Advisor Program

    Data#3, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and Large Account Reseller (LAR), specializes in security solutions for public sector and commercial customers. Data#3 has 400 employees. Data#3 was selling Microsoft security solutions and saw the opportunity to accelerate their business growth with the SSA program. Data#3 joined the SSA program with...

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  • Case Studies // Dec 2008

    Sapphire Increases Security Solutions Business in Partnership With Microsoft Security Software Advisor Program

    Sapphire, a Microsoft Certified Partner and System Integrator (SI), started in 1996 and has grown to over 30 employees. Sapphire wanted to build on previous experience to develop Microsoft IAG expertise and expand their customer base. Sapphire deployed the SSA program to expand the breadth and depth of their security...

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  • Case Studies // Dec 2008

    Nextel Engineering Propels Business Growth and Builds Customer Relationships With Microsoft Security Software Advisor Program

    Nextel Engineering is a privately-held Information Technology company with over 250 employees and more than 200 customers. Nextel was seeking opportunities to grow their Microsoft security solutions and provide increased expertise to their customers. Nextel joined the SSA program to help increase revenue and grow their security business, while increasing...

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  • Case Studies // Feb 2008

    Government Agency Uses New Easy Solution to Improve Remote Access and Security

    Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) administers social security and other benefits to citizens of the Netherlands. Some of the organization's 3,500 employees work from Dutch embassies in other countries. To access the SVB network remotely, some SVB employees had relied on a Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution, which did not integrate well...

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