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Eversheds Places the Law in Microsoft's Hands

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Overview Eversheds is one of the largest law firms in the world, employing 4,500 staff in offices throughout Europe. Eversheds is one of the largest law firms in the world, employing 4,500 staff in offices throughout Europe. Above all it wanted to move beyond online services aimed at niche clients and brochure sites with limited content. Eversheds decided the most effective solution was to lease laptops running Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Microsoft Office XP to its clients. The company approached Sony for notebook computers and PIPEX for worldwide Internet access.

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Publisher	Microsoft Corporation	File Format	HTML
Date Published	December 2003	Downloads	5
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Windows XP, Knowledge Management, Web Services

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2004 to end on un-PC note

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