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IT Service Provider Increases Productivity With New Operating System

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Overview Computacenter became an early adopter of the Windows Vista operating system by participating in a Microsoft Technology Adoption Program in 2005. After testing the new operating system in small pilot groups, Computacenter has been deploying Windows Vista across the company. As of November 2007, over 1000 computers are currently running Windows Vista.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	November 2007
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Windows Vista

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Dell

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interfaces - buses - i-os

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Dell

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interfaces - buses - i-os

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Operating Systems
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vista

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Operating Systems

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