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Microsoft Case Study: Toronto District School Board

Overview The Toronto District School Board wanted a standardized desktop environment in order to increase service levels and decrease support costs. The district has evolved from a 60/40 percent PC/Mac ratio five years ago to a 90/10 percent PC/Mac ratio today. A business value case study conducted by IDC demonstrated that upgrading company PCs to Windows Vista would provide these benefits. Additionally, the analysis indicates that when the Toronto District School Board upgrades its PCs to Windows Vista, it can anticipate saving U.S.$237 per PC annually in reduced IT support costs and user labor; IT labor is projected to decrease by 10 percent, or $9 per PC; and user labor is expected to decrease by 43 percent, or $192 per PC.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	HTML
Date Published	September 2007
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Infrastructure Management, Desktop Systems - PCs, Windows Vista

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IT Director
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