http://www.microsoft.com/enterprise Microsoft Enterprise Solutions en-us http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000011029 Tues, 20 Sep 2011 15:00:00 GMT Royal Bank of Canada, one of North America’s leading diversified financial services companies and Canada’s largest bank, thoughtfully embarked on new retail store designs to bring to life a dramatically new retail banking environment, combining best-in-class retail shopping with financial services. Microsoft Surface is an integral part of this innovative customer experience. http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000010046 Tues, 20 Sep 2011 15:00:00 GMT The global electronics and engineering firm Siemens relies on a comprehensive IT infrastructure and its own commitment to innovation to help it manufacture advanced products, design complex systems, and manage its worldwide operations. The Siemens Workplace Architecture Team (SWAT) continuously evaluates new ways to enhance the workplace IT environment for Siemens employees, and has helped the company develop and implement an IT strategy that relies on advanced, efficient, and reliable Internet browser technology. In early 2011, Siemens participated in a Microsoft Technology Adoption Program for the Windows Internet Explorer 9 Internet browser, testing it for compatibility with the company’s web applications and evaluating the Internet browser’s enhanced interface. Now Siemens plans to use Internet Explorer 9 to enhance the web experience for its employees and transform its workplace. http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000009939 Wed, 6 Jul 2011 15:00:00 GMT Travelocity is an online travel agency that connects millions of travelers with airlines, hotels, car-rental companies, and other services. In March 2010, the company’s Product Management Team requested that, within three months, Travelocity begin collecting information on how customers used its website. The Architecture Team had already developed a proof-of-concept business intelligence and analysis system. Travelocity decided to develop the system for the cloud to avoid burdening its own data centers. Within two months, it moved the Java-based system to the Windows Azure platform. Travelocity exceeded its own expectations and is experiencing a shift in its development paradigm, making it possible to experiment with offerings and improve the customer experience. http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000009918 Fri, 1 Jul 2011 10:00:00 GMT Türkiye Finans Participation Bank wanted to increase its business continuity rate by replacing its traditional server cluster infrastructure with a geographically dispersed cluster (geocluster) architecture. The bank combined the replication technology provided by EMC products it used on the storage side and IBM scalability products it used on the server side with an infrastructure built on Windows Server 2008 Datacenter and Microsoft SQL Server 2008. By taking advantage of the opportunities provided by the Microsoft technologies, Türkiye Finans was able to achieve higher business continuity, increase the accessibility of its main banking systems, and decrease management costs by ensuring ease of management. http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000009471 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:00:00 GMT BMO Capital Markets required more powerful computing resources to analyze the growing volume of financial data and ensure that its financial traders could process transactions more effectively. Today, the firm is using Windows HPC Server 2008 R2. The end-to-end high-performance computing (HPC) platform enables the firm to ensure that computing power can be made available to any part of the firm that needs it. Read the case study by following the link below. http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000008759&WT.rss_f=Industry-Enterprise&WT.rss_a=Boeing Targets Productivity, Boosts Security with Operating System Upgrade&WT.rss_ev=a Tues, 1 Mar 2011 18:20:00 GMT For Boeing, staying current with technology is mission critical. In 2010, the company decided to deploy the Windows 7 Enterprise operating system to its entire work force. For those computers already running the software, Boeing anticipates continued gains in PC performance and worker productivity, along with improvements in security management. Read the two page case study. http://www.microsoft.com/enterprise/viewpoints/cloud-services/cio-network/microsoft-dynamics-crm-and-the-power-of-choice-part-2.aspx?WT.rss_f=Industry-Enterprise&WT.rss_a=Microsoft Dynamics CRM and the Power of Choice, Part 2&WT.rss_ev=a Tues, 22 Feb 2011 09:30:00 GMT In January Steve Ballmer announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. Read the interview with Brad Wilson, General Manager, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Product Management Group, to learn more about Dynamics CRM Online and the significance of Microsoft’s cloud-based CRM offering for CIOs. This is Part 2 of a two-part interview. http://www.microsoft.com/enterprise/viewpoints/cloud-services/cio-network/microsoft-dynamics-crm-and-the-power-of-choice-part-1.aspx?WT.rss_f=Industry-Enterprise&WT.rss_a=Microsoft Dynamics CRM and the Power of Choice, Part 1&WT.rss_ev=a Tues, 22 Feb 2011 09:30:00 GMT In January Steve Ballmer announced the worldwide availability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. Read the interview with Brad Wilson, General Manager, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Product Management Group, to learn more about Dynamics CRM Online and the significance of Microsoft’s cloud-based CRM offering for CIOs. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview. http://blogs.technet.com/b/itinsights/?WT.rss_f=Industry-Enterprise&WT.rss_a=Cloud Conversations Blog&WT.rss_ev=a Mon, 7 Feb 2011 17:35:00 GMT Read frequent posts from this blog to gain more cloud power insights and get powered by the cloud! http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-SQL-Server-2008-R2/Key-Bank/Bank-Updates-IT-Infrastructure-at-Branches-Increases-Efficiency-and-System-Performance/4000009035?WT.rss_f=Industry-Enterprise&WT.rss_a=Key Bank Updates IT Infrastructure at Branches, Increases Efficiency and System Performance&WT.rss_ev=a Sat, 5 Feb 2011 00:35:00 GMT Key Bank is one of the largest bank-based financial services companies in the United States, with U.S.$95 billion in assets. To boost efficiency at its branches, the bank implemented a new IT infrastructure built with the Microsoft Application Platform. With its new solution, KeyBank has streamlined mission-critical operations, increased system performance, maintained high levels of availability, improved customer service levels, and achieved greater flexibility and agility. Follow the link to watch the video. http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/5/7/5579CB9A-6E7B-4742-8A0D-AC21CFDD0984/1113_Azure_SXP_Article.docx Sat, 5 Feb 2011 00:35:00 GMT The Video Showcase site on Microsoft.com hosts thousands of videos and other rich media content that hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide view every day. Learn how Microsoft Information Technology (MSIT) quickly built and deployed the Social eXperience Platform (SXP) on the Windows Azure™ technology platform to enable social media capabilities across Microsoft.com. Follow the link to download the article. http://www.microsoft.com/enterprise/viewpoints/cloud-services/default.aspx?WT.rss_f=Industry-Enterprise&WT.rss_a=Secure and Protect Your Cloud Computing Assets&WT.rss_ev=a Fri, 4 Feb 2011 21:15:00 GMT Every IT organization puts a premium on protecting data and ensuring security and privacy across the business. See how Microsoft protects its global cloud computing datacenters, and get the benefits of lessons learned from the person in charge. Follow the link to the Enterprise Cloud Services page to watch the video. http://www.microsoft.com/enterprise/default.aspx?WT.rss_f=Industry-Enterprise&WT.rss_a=Health Tech Today, with Dr. Bill Crounse, a Weekly Online Series&WT.rss_ev=a Tues, 24 Jan 2011 18:22:00 GMT Health Tech Today with Dr. Bill Crounse is a weekly online series providing cutting-edge stories at the intersection of health and information technology. The show features informative interviews with some of the world's top health leaders; compelling health-related personal stories; and the latest technology and IT innovations. Click on the “Around Microsoft” tab to watch this week’s show. http://www.microsoft.com/enterprise/?WT.rss_f=Industry-Enterprise&WT.rss_a=Global Law Firm Enhances Productivity with Mobile Technology&WT.rss_ev=a Mon, 6 Dec 2010 19:30:00 GMT Can Windows Phone 7 improve client connection for 1400 legal professionals serving 33 countries worldwide? Michael Barnas of the global law firm SNR Denton discusses how productivity depends on anytime-anywhere customer access, and how these mobility needs are addressed by the intuitive features of Windows Phone 7. http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-SQL-Server-2008-Enterprise/Forest-Oil/Major-Oil-Gas-Company-Lowers-Total-Cost-of-Ownership-and-Gains-Competitive-Edge-by-Migrating-From-Oracle-to-SQL-Server-2008/4000008152?WT.rss_f=Industry-Enterprise&WT.rss_a=Major-Oil-Gas-Company-Lowers-Total-Cost-of-Ownership-and-Gains-Competitive-Edge-by-Migrating-From-Oracle-to-SQL-Server-2008&WT.rss_ev=a Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:07:18 GMT Denver-based Forest Oil, with over $1B annual revenues and 500-plus employees, is one North America’s largest independent exploration and oil production companies. As their legacy Oracle-based system was insufficient, they combined and streamlined IT infrastructure onto the SQL Server 2008 platform. This enabled competitively valuable functions – such as rapid in-the-field access to drilling data – as well as significant immediate reduction of IT costs. http://www.onwindows.com/digital-editions.aspx?WT.rss_f=Industry-Enterprise&WT.rss_a=Industry-Solutions-in-On-Windows-Digital Magazines&WT.rss_ev=a Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:51:18 GMT "On Windows" digital magazines cover leading-edge technologies and solutions via industry focused publications targeted to specific sectors — including Retail and Hospitality, Finance, and Manufacturing. http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Microsoft-Dynamics-AX/The-Truland-Group/Electrical-Contractor-Improves-Visibility-Across-15-Business-Units-with-Centralized-ERP-System/4000008066?WT.rss_f=Industry-Enterprise&WT.rss_a=Trulands-ERP-Turnaround&WT.rss_ev=a Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:51:18 GMT Learn how one of America’s largest electrical contractors redirected their ERP plans to a Microsoft Dynamics AX solution and now enjoys better visibility, reporting, cost controls, and TCO – along with 30 percent faster billing. http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/6/F/B6F226A3-91EB-4113-A92A-E37963AD6F0D/Microsoft Academy_Return on Investment (ROI) White Paper.pdf?WT.rss_f=Industry-Enterprise&WT.rss_a=Knowledge-Sharing-Portal-Saves-Time-and-Money-for-Rapid-ROI&WT.rss_ev=a Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:51:18 GMT The Microsoft Academy recently up scaled its services with an enterprise-wide video podcasting portal built upon Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010. The site facilitates knowledge sharing, improves learning, and enables virtual events – ultimately improving employee connections while accelerating return-on-investment (ROI). The detailed white paper provides a full description of this innovative solution. http://www.microsoft.com/enterprise/solutions/governance-risk-compliance/default.aspx?WT.rss_f=Industry-Enterprise&WT.rss_a=Governance-Risk-and-Compliance-Solutions-Help-to-Manage-Regulatory-Changes&WT.rss_ev=a Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:23:18 GMT Microsoft solutions for governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) integrate compliance and risk-management functionality to help enterprises meet governmental requirements, gauge company risk, and more easily generate required corporate disclosures. http://www.microsoft.com/enterprise/viewpoints/consumerization/default.aspx?WT.rss_f=Industry-Enterprise&WT.rss_a=New-Enterprise-2.0-Technologies-Builds-On-Web-2.0-Trends&WT.rss_ev=a Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:23:18 GMT Many enterprises are working their IT strategies to include the popular functionality of social networking sites and consumer-oriented mobile technologies. These “personal” technologies offer tremendous potential to the corporate world for boosting productivity with new ways of connecting and sharing. http://www.microsoft.com/enterprise/?WT.rss_f=Industry-Enterprise&WT.rss_a=New-Microsoft-for-Enterprise-site-launches&WT.rss_ev=a Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:23:18 GMT