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Microsoft updates boost law firm security
Case Study The firm has been using Microsoft's Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 SP1 since 2006 to make sure vulnerabilities are quickly fixed. As an early Microsoft adopter, Linklaters is currently evaluating... [17 Sep 2008]
Bracknell Forest reaps virtual rewards
Case Study Dawson said: "As and when systems drop off warranty or we're about to do a migration to a new platform or upgrade to Windows 2003 they get considered and then they get pushed onto VMWare. Bracknell Forest Borough Council... [08 Aug 2008]
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study The project is aiming to give digitally excluded families a leg up onto the internet by installing thin client Windows PCs, complete with the MS Office suite, in their homes. A project to tackle digital exclusion in... [17 Jun 2008]
Vista basks in public sector praise
Case Study Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, launched in January 2007, has had a mixed reaction from pundits and potential customers and there is still a strong inclination among the company's user base to cling on to... [30 May 2008]
Pitney Bowes boosts efficiency with mobile worker app
Case Study Dave Strain, IT business solutions director for Pitney Bowes Europe, explained: "[It] puts a screen on a PDA - a Windows Mobile device - and allows them [engineers] to receive information and record information and send... [08 Apr 2008]
Leeds completes 'painless' Windows XP upgrade
Case Study Leeds City Council has saved taxpayers' money and minimised disruption by using an automated software auditing tool to ease a major Microsoft Windows IT upgrade. The mammoth task of migrating the council's staff of more... [28 Mar 2008]
Rugby club scores with automated backup
Case Study It backs up 120GB of stored data from three Windows 2003 servers, including an Active Directory server, a Microsoft Exchange SQL server and a general file server. A world class UK rugby club has turned to an automatic... [21 Jan 2008]
TNT speeds data flow with handy hardware
Case Study In addition to new on-the-road hardware, TNT is in the process of upgrading the wearable mobile computer technology it uses in its warehouses to a Windows-based Symbol device. Delivery company TNT Express UK has upgraded... [16 Nov 2007]
Tesco.com takes stock with Windows Vista
Case Study Online shopping giant Tesco.com has migrated 2,000 desktops to Windows Vista with increased security and energy saving among the key reasons for the switch. Although the rest of Tesco group remains on... [31 May 2007]
Paymaster saves £300k with mainframe move
Case Study Financial services provider Paymaster has saved money and speeded up its operations by modernising its core banking systems and moving to a Windows server environment. Paymaster used Micro Focus application modernisation... [08 May 2007]
Property managers bin BlackBerrys
Case Study Property management company Nelson Bakewell has ditched BlackBerrys in favour of Windows Mobile-based devices. Scott said they decided to ditch BlackBerrys within the company and go Windows Mobile for... [06 Mar 2007]
Zoo charity discovers benefits of going beyond Outlook
Case Study The hardware and software audit revealed the organisation had 75 more PCs and 22 fewer Macs than previously thought and showed a number of systems were running the unsupported and potentially insecure Windows 95... [20 Jun 2006]
Newspaper cuts costs with mainframe migration
Case Study Express Newspapers has saved £830,000 by moving applications off its mainframe and onto Windows servers. The publisher used Micro Focus and MSS International to help migrate from proprietary Unisys hardware and software,... [27 Feb 2006]
Bank group cuts out software duplication
Case Study HBOS FS is also starting to upgrade to Windows XP and activesam will become part of the standard desktop and laptop build. HBOS Financial Services has saved hundreds of thousands of pounds by getting a better grip on its... [07 Nov 2005]
Security company puts BlackBerrys on patrol
Case Study But the Windows phones didn't fit the bill as, according to Melcer, "they were designed to attract you to use the web or download music". Security firm Securiplan has rolled out BlackBerrys to boost the productivity of... [19 Oct 2005]
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