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Music-Store Chain Boosts Employee Productivity With Desktop Upgrade

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Overview Virgin Megastore has 11 retail music stores across the United States, and the 1,400 employees in those stores exchange information daily with staff in the company's Los Angeles headquarters. The company decided to make information creation and sharing easier and more effective by installing Microsoft Office Professional 2007 to take advantage of multiple productivity-boosting features. The IT staff used Microsoft tools to speed deployment to a preliminary group of 85 workers, who report that they've been able to use Office Professional 2007 to improve productivity, enhance the quality of their work, and communicate with colleagues more effectively. Office Professional 2007 also provides a gateway to making full use of Microsoft unified communications software such as Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.

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Publisher	Microsoft Tips	File Format	HTML
Date Published	December 2007
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Business Management

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Roll up, roll up for Linux PC

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Gateway closes its doors

Gateway is in the process of moving its headquarters from the San Diego area to southern Orange County, California. Gateway announced late Thursday that it will close its retail stores next week and lay off about 2,500 employees associated with the...

Channel:
Desktops

Desktop Linux 9 ready for release

Novell tested the program with about 60 customers, including state and local governments in the United States and Europe. Looking to tap into discontent with Microsoft, Novell is set to deliver this week a package of Linux-based software for the PC...

HMV tunes up downloads with Microsoft

The digital-music market in the United States and abroad is currently dominated by Apple's iTunes, which is available in the UK and other European countries. Microsoft UK managing director Alistair Baker said in a statement: "It's great to be...

Channel:
WebWatch

Jobs delivers Mactels "a little ahead of schedule"

Apple's retail stores alone accounted for $1bn in revenue, he said. In addition to the crop of new Macs, Jobs announced a new version of the iLife suite that adds a tool - iWeb - designed to make it easy to create websites with video, audio and...

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Desktops
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ipod,
iweb,
mactel,
iphoto

Apple's iWork 'second only to Microsoft Office'

Swenson said his sense is that the products aren't getting much advertising inside retail stores. But when it comes to US retail sales, Corel lost the number two spot in 2005 to a somewhat unlikely competitor: Apple's iWork.

Live Webcast: Telecoms 2.0 - Where is telecoms heading?

In this webcast, our panel of experts will review where we are with next generation telecoms in the UK, working through the concept of 'Telecoms 2.0': - Realising the potential of Next Generation Networks - why it isn't just about the technology? - What attributes should firms be looking for in their telco partner? - Is the relationship between telco provider and customer changing? - What things need to happen to make next generation services a reality? - You say you want the supplier to change. Do you want to change too? - What is Telecoms 2.0?

Publisher:
ZDNet UK

Telecom 2.0: Mind over matter

ntl:Telewest Business believes that the role of the telco is evolving. Gone are the days when it was enough to simply focus on circuits and minutes, customers now need a far higher degree of interaction and look for suppliers who will talk business solutions with them.

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ntl:Telewest Business

IBM Information Server Change Data Capture

In today's fast-paced world, access to real-time data has never been more important. To be successful, organizations need to be able to report and analyze corporate data quickly and easily, regardless of what applications created the data, what platform they're running on, or what database they're stored in.

Publisher:
IBM

An examination of server consolidation: the trends that can drive efficiencies and help businesses gain a competitive edge

This white paper provides a starting point for organizations contemplating server consolidation. It includes an overview of server consolidation concepts and techniques and provides guidance on methodologies. It also looks at the potential cost savings associated with server consolidation and offers information on how organizations can sustain the advantage they have gained by consolidating their servers.

Publisher:
IBM

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