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IT education org takes Microsoft grumbles to EC

News Last October, Becta went to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) with two Microsoft-related complaints, one regarding school subscription-licensing arrangements and the other regarding the lack of full interoperability between recent products, such as...

Tags: becta, ec, eu, microsoft

[14 May 2008]

Moving Up: Vista Migration

whitepaper Microsoft's Windows Vista has arrived - and with it, a number of inescapable decisions for IT professionals. In addition, Vista was built under Microsoft's Secure Development Lifecycle program, which so far seems to have yielded a more secure...

Tags: upgrades and migration

[14 May 2008]

Announcing Symantec Backup Exec 12 - New Levels of Data Protection and Enhanced Best-in-Class Features!

whitepaper The latest release of Symantec Backup Exec 12 builds on Symantec's engineering excellence, providing companies with optimized backup and recovery for Microsoft Windows Server 2008, enhanced granular recovery of Microsoft applications, continuous...

Tags: back-up

[14 May 2008]

ISV Improves Service Levels and Reduces Cost of Delivering Software as a Service

whitepaper But as the Vertafore data center expanded toward 300 Microsoft Windows - based server computers, administrators found themselves stretched to maintain and ensure the performance of the servers. Looking for a more efficient and cost-effective way to...

Tags: monitoring systems

[14 May 2008]

Telecommunications Leader Safeguards Sensitive Information and Critical Documents

whitepaper After evaluating several possible solutions, Swisscom deployed Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) for Windows Server 2003 as its rights-protection solution because of its ease-of-use, seamless integration into the corporate network...

Tags: windows nt - 2000 - 2003

[14 May 2008]

Power Company Optimizes Technology, Increasing Efficiency While Reducing Costs

whitepaper Edesur upgraded its servers to Windows Server 2003 with Active Directory, migrated e-mail to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, upgraded desktops to the Windows operating system with Microsoft Office products, and implemented Microsoft Operations...

Tags: customer support services, desktops, microsoft office, plan

[14 May 2008]

Doctors Boost Patient Load and Still Get Home for Dinner With Microsoft-Based System

whitepaper It employs a range of Microsoft technology, including the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, Microsoft Office Word 2007, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Exchange...

Tags: application servers

[14 May 2008]

Granular Recovery of Key Microsoft Applications in Seconds With Symantec Backup Exec 11d

whitepaper Symantec Backup Exec 11d for Windows Servers is the gold standard in Windows data recovery, providing continuous cost-effective, high-performance, and certified disk-to-disk-to-tape backup and recovery.

Tags: disaster recovery

[14 May 2008]

Comparing SQL Server 2005 and IBM UDB DB2 8.2: Focus on Developer Productivity

whitepaper This paper compares and contrasts SQL Server 2005 and DBA UDB 8.02 for the Microsoft Windows Platform with respect to features of interest to developers. The features discussed include both the database features and programming tools available on...

Tags: application servers

[14 May 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft System Management Server 2003 Technical Overview (Part 1 of 2) (Level 200)

whitepaper This webcast highlights the new features of Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003, showing how SMS 2003 integrates with network and operating system technologies such as Active Directory and Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation.

Tags: monitoring systems

[14 May 2008]

Install a New Font on Your Computer

whitepaper Installing fonts in Microsoft Windows is quick and simple. Once fonts are installed in Windows, they are available to the Office programs. Many font packages one downloads from the Internet may be contained in compressed .zip files to reduce file...

Tags: word processing

[14 May 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Implementing the New Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (Level 200)

whitepaper SMS and Windows Server Update Services technologies have been combined to provide SMS customers with a new SMS security update scan tool for enterprise patch management. Microsoft has just released a new scan tool for Microsoft Systems Management...

Tags: monitoring systems

[14 May 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Microsoft System Management Server 2003 Technical Overview (Level 200)

whitepaper The presenter of this webcast shows how Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 integrates with network and operating system technologies such as Microsoft Active Directory and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

Tags: monitoring systems

[14 May 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Deploying Operating Systems With Configuration Manager 2007 (Part 2 of 2) (Level 300)

whitepaper First, the presenter integrates Windows Deployment Services (WDS) with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to utilize PXE booting. The presenter of this employs additional tools that make Microsoft System Center operating system...

Tags: monitoring systems

[14 May 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Systems Center Capacity Planner 2006 Overview (Level 200)

whitepaper The Microsoft System Center is a family of IT management solutions within the Windows Server system that helps to proactively plan, deploy, manage, and optimize the IT environment. This collection of powerful, integrated system management...

Tags: monitoring systems

[14 May 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Using the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (Level 200)

whitepaper This webcast introduces and discusses the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates, which uses the Windows Updates Agent to scan SMS client computers. The webcast will include an enlightening exposition of the end-to-end process to use the Inventory...

Tags: monitoring systems

[14 May 2008]

Virgin Megastores Opens Music and Video Vault to Customers With New Digital Kiosk

whitepaper Seeking to lower life cycle costs for the device, Virgin selected Microsoft Windows Embedded for Point of Service, a retail-optimized operating system designed for easy setup, use, and service. Since its inception, Virgin Megastores has been viewed...

Tags: embedded systems

[14 May 2008]

SABIC Optimizes IT Desktop Service Costs With Centralized and Standardized Desktop Management

whitepaper IT Services at SABIC chose Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 (SMS 2003) to manage its entire Microsoft desktop estate standardized on Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition. The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) is the world's...

Tags: monitoring systems

[14 May 2008]

Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008

whitepaper This paper provides an overview of Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008, an end-to-end solution for provisioning, securing and managing Windows Mobile 6.1 devices in a corporate network.

Tags: mobile - wireless communications

[14 May 2008]

Healthcare Solution Provider Finds Competitive Advantage in Move From SCO UNIX to Windows

whitepaper The company recreated its software as Clarus, a native Windows solution using Microsoft .NET technologies. American HealthNet wanted to increase ease of use for both the business users and IT staff at its customers; customers neither knew nor...

Tags: application servers

[14 May 2008]

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