Chevron is one of the world’s leading energy companies with 40 percent of its 59,000 employees using mobile computers. The company sought a solution to help it enhance security while still meeting the needs of its employees and business partners. Chevron decided to upgrade its 90,000 computers to the Windows Vista® operating system. The energy company expects to enhance security, reduce costs, and increase employee productivity.

When your job is to supply the U.S. military with parts and support for some 1,300 major weapon systems, the concept of enforcing security compliance across the IT infrastructure takes on special importance. Eiden Systems Corporation, based in Charlottesville, Virginia, is working on security-related projects with the Defense Supply Center Richmond, part of the Defense Logistics Agency of the Department of Defense. Eiden Systems needed a more efficient means of deploying and managing security compliance across the desktop and laptop computers of the Defense Supply Center Richmond. The company found the help it needed using the Microsoft® Security Compliance Management Toolkit series. Using the toolkit, Eiden Systems has been able to slash deployment time for security while providing the Defense Supply Center Richmond with a lower total cost of ownership.

Ranked among the 2009 Global Services 100 “Top 10 Best Performers,” EPAM Systems provides IT and software development services based on Microsoft® technologies to customers around the world. To reduce costs while maximizing flexibility and simplifying license management, EPAM signed a Microsoft Volume Licensing Enterprise Subscription Agreement. Under this agreement, the firm leases Professional Desktop Platform licenses for three years and reports and pays for those licenses annually. It also takes advantage of Software Assurance benefits such as Training Vouchers, the Home Use Program, 24x7 Problem Resolution Support, and New Version Rights. As a result, EPAM is optimizing its infrastructure, saving up to 40 percent on software licenses, and streamlining management and compliance. It also has immediate access to the software necessary to better serve its customers’ changing needs.

TÜV NORD is one of the world’s leading technical service providers, renowned for its testing and certification expertise. The company needed a cost-efficient way to run older applications on new computers, and to simplify reporting from its India-based office. With Microsoft® Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V), TÜV NORD can easily support older applications and multiple operating system environments, and streamline IT management and processes.

Perot Systems Corporation strives to use the most current technologies in its own operations so that it can best advise its clients in their IT infrastructure decisions. The company upgraded to the Windows Vista® operating system and, in doing so, reduced help-desk call volume. It also lowered software deployment costs. With enhanced power management, Windows Vista also helps further the firm’s enterprisewide commitment to environmentally friendly IT.

MidAmerican Energy Company is highly focused on environmental responsibility, including energy generation from renewable resources. The company also promotes this responsibility within IT, relying on Microsoft® products and technologies to help reduce its energy usage and lower costs. With its “green IT” strategies, the company has reduced power consumption, minimized travel, and is working to generate energy more efficiently.

Bhinneka.com has expanded its business lines from being a distributor of hardware and software products to being a total IT service solution provider. It recognized the need to stay at the leading edge of technology to convince its customers of its competency in providing solutions. Internally, it has a plan to upgrade from the existing Windows® XP Professional to Windows® 7 when the product is officially released. To ensure a smooth transition to Windows 7, Bhinneka.com first familiarized its users with the productivity-enhancing features and the more attractive GUI of Windows® Vista. The company is enjoying several significant benefits that the latest operating system offers, such as Desktop Deployment and Instant Search.

Acmera Corp., an advanced IT infrastructure consultancy, found a successful strategy for streamlining desktop deployment and acquiring new business with Windows Vista. The plan included extensive training on Windows Vista in the lab environment and deployments for nonprofit organizations to test practical challenges. It ultimately resulted in a strong service offering for commercial clients and a strategic product for Acmera.

Atkinson, Henning & Associates PC is an accounting firm in Atlanta, Ga. Document management and the protection of its clients’ sensitive information are mandatory for the company’s success. With the help of IT experts Northridge Systems, the CPA firm upgraded its computers with Windows Vista Business and Microsoft Office Professional 2007. Specific features in Windows Vista enabled more efficient document retrieval and navigation and a safety-enhanced computing environment.

Though Brigham Young University’s (BYU’s) Religious Education Computer Support maintains more than 300 PCs, only one full-time person, with a few additional part-time personnel, oversees the operation. The IT systems administrator expects reliability and high functionality in the organization’s chosen technology. He also needs solutions that can provide headroom to accommodate the department’s future growth. Part of the answer was found with the migration to Windows Vista.