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Health and Social Services Organization Aims to Lower Costs With New Software

Overview Northern Ireland's Belfast Health and Social Care Trust experienced rising costs due to the complexity of managing computers across many different locations. Time-intensive administration also limited the IT department's ability to deliver key services to employees. The Trust decided to upgrade to the Windows Vista operating system and the 2007 Microsoft Office system to simplify desktop management, enhance security, and boost employee efficiency.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	HTML
Date Published	June 2008
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Infrastructure Management, ERP, Windows Vista

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