microsoft windows in case studies
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... [17 Sep 2008]
Lloyd's Register chooses Microsoft over Linux
Case Study When risk management organisation Lloyd's Register started on an exercise to choose a single operating platform from Windows, Linux and Unix, it didn't expect to end up plumping for the Microsoft option. [04 Jul 2005]
Newspaper cuts costs with mainframe migration
Case Study The publisher used Micro Focus and MSS International to help migrate from proprietary Unisys hardware and software, Cobol and a hierarchical database system to HP/Intel Xeon hardware running Microsoft... [27 Feb 2006]
Coventry Uni picks Microsoft over Novell's Netware
Case Study The university is migrating from Novell Netware to Windows Active Directory and Exchange 2003, with assistance from Lynx Technology, which is providing the university's IT department with consulting and transition... [18 Jul 2005]
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... [30 May 2008]
Health trusts cut operating system and storage complexity
Case Study The trusts and GPs were running a mix of operating systems - Novell, flavours of Unix, Microsoft Windows NT4.0 and Windows 2000. But after deciding to go for a Windows... [06 Sep 2005]
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]
Centrica unties top execs with wireless
Case Study The pilot used HP TC1100 tablet PCs running on Windows XP Tablet, eight HP 6340 iPAQs and Motorola MPX220 Windows Mobile smart phones. We ran project through our technology innovation programme and we... [22 Jun 2005]
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... [28 Mar 2008]
Insurer tightens security with laptop encryption
Case Study Only employees who have the correct passwords for the encryption software can access Microsoft Windows on their laptop - otherwise, it keeps unauthorised people locked out. Insurance giant Swiss Re is... [16 Jun 2005]
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... [21 Jan 2008]
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. She said: "We are currently upgrading our Microsoft platform and it was... [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". Once the company had decided to use smart phones, Microsoft... [19 Oct 2005]
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]
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