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Accounting Firm Enhances Security, Increases Employee Productivity With Upgrade

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Overview Baker Tilly is one of the largest firms of chartered accountants and business advisors in the United Kingdom, with 2,200 employees at 25 locations. The firm has a high concentration of mobile employees - more than 70 percent of its employees often work from dispersed locations using portable computers. Companywide, Baker Tilly used the Windows XP operating system and the Windows Internet Explorer 6 browser. Looking for ways to support its dispersed workforce, and to streamline computer management, the firm wanted to upgrade its operating system and implement an up-to-date Internet browser. Baker Tilly deployed Windows 7 Enterprise Release Candidate. It migrated more than 2,200 computers spread across the company's 25 locations.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	August 2009
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Security Management, Windows 7

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