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Construction Materials Supplier Simplifies Branch Office IT Management, Saves $400,000

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Overview Lafarge North America needed a cost-effective solution to reduce network security risks at branch offices while increasing the efficiency of centralized server administration. The company became an early adopter of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise to test the enhanced features of the Server Core installation option, read-only domain controller, and Terminal Services. Lafarge anticipates that increased efficiencies will produce a savings of U.S. $400,000 over the next three years.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	May 2008
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Processors, Remote Access - RA Servers, Windows Server 2008

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