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Oil Producer Improves Productivity, Reduces Costs With Operating System Upgrade

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Overview Saudi Aramco is one of the largest oil corporations in the world. The company produces, manufactures, markets, and ships crude oil, natural gas, and petroleum products to meet global demand. Its client computing environment is composed of 45,000 desktop computers and 5,000 portable computers running the Windows XP operating system. The company was looking for a solution that would help it enhance security while reducing costs and increasing productivity for its mobile workforce. Saudi Aramco decided to upgrade its entire organization to the Windows Vista Enterprise operating system. To help simplify deployment, it will implement Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	January 2009
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Windows Vista, Network Operating Systems

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Volume Activation Improvements in Windows 7

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Microsoft

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Dell

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interfaces - buses - i-os

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Global Knowledge

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interfaces - buses - i-os

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interfaces - buses - i-os

Baker Tilly--London Stereo Master Video

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Dell

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interfaces - buses - i-os

Minority Report: Apple changing its spots

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Vista to get transfer limits to combat piracy

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Vista retail release date: 30 January 2007

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Vista off-limits, say two US gov agencies

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Are 'naked PCs' cheaper for businesses?

This will help to limit the monopoly marketing power of the big players, who have an interest in reducing choice and flexibility. Gates: Vista selling faster than XP ♦ Tesco.com takes stock with Windows Vista ♦

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CIO Jury
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Windows 7 won't mean massive hardware sales

On the business side, Veghte said there is "very good enthusiasm around Windows 7", but that will not be the biggest factor in the decision by corporations about when to upgrade their computers. The company will also have a programme in the coming...

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