Bhatia Traders, a highly diversified commercial operation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), needed to consolidate its financial reporting by deploying business management software. The company chose Microsoft Dynamics® GP with Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management Systems (RMS) to achieve a culture change and greater efficiencies in the business. As a result, net profit on sales has increased significantly despite difficult trading conditions.

Workers of regional branches of Megabajt are connected to a central application with the help of a tested, but expensive access solution. After searching for new solutions, the firm tested Microsoft® Windows Server 2008 RC1 platform in order to check the possibility of changing the previous terminal environment for a new alternative providing a longer-perspective, lower license costs and lower technical support costs. New Microsoft terminal technology accessible on the platform Windows Server 2008 RC1 impressed Megabajt, which has used advanced terminal solutions for many years.

Nowy Styl Group concentrated on computerization of production and logistics. Now Nowy Styl is building a modern infrastructure for communication, and knowledge and information management throughout the entire group. This environment includes a corporate portal for workers and partners based on Microsoft® SharePoint Server 2007 platform and a teamwork system using Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007. Initial installation of the new environment took place on Windows Server 2003 platform, but simultaneously Nowy Styl Group started tests on the newest platform, Microsoft® Windows Server 2008 RC1, which will be shortly be the standard firm platform.

The major weakness in the IT structure of Reja was the lack of centralization. In the central office, computers worked in the Windows domain, under the control of Windows Server 2003 software, but in the branches, outside the domain. The firm decided to modernize infrastructure introducing a Microsoft software package, whose base is Windows Server 2008 system, supplemented by Exchange Server 2007 and Office Communications Server 2007. Installation allowed the Warsaw company to achieve larger capacity, increased reliability and enhanced functionality of the firm's Web services.

Billa is a fast-growing chain of markets, which includes 25 branch stores, and at the end of 2008, they planned to start another ten. In deciding on the newest version of Windows Server 2008, RC1, the company chose technological development connected with cost reduction, higher system functionality and increased user comfort. Thanks to terminal services of Windows Server 2008 it was possible for users to have centralized, safe access to applications in Billa's data processing center.

The internal network of CNS Solutions was previously based on Windows Server 2000, MS SQL 2000 (server1), and electronic post, web page and ftp worked on Windows Serwer 2003. This solution became inadequate. The company suffered from not connecting branches and field workers with the head office. A further difficulty was not having a unified IT environment. An obsolete mail service system could not update and didn't have an anti-spam mechanism. The foundation of the new IT structure became Windows Server 2008.

The previous IT structure of Dabex Bydgoszcz was no longer adequate. In the head office of the firm, was an office computer which played the role of server. On this computer, was installed database software, SQL with sales program data. The computers in headquarters, were connected to this database with the help of a local network. Branch computers were connected with the help of DSL connections and VPN tunnels. It was decided that a security increase was needed by moving the database to a separate computer which only service could access. The new solution works on Windows Server 2008 Standard.

Glympse provides a Web-based location-sharing solution for use with GPS-enabled phones. The company constantly evaluates available hosting services to ensure that it is taking advantage of all that technology has to offer. Glympse turned to the Windows Azure™ platform because it offered integrated development tools and less of a management burden than the hosting service from Amazon that Glympse was using. Glympse found that the performance and developer effectiveness possible with the Windows Azure platform surpasses those offered by the Amazon service. Glympse also gains credibility by offering a Microsoft-hosted solution, particularly with regard to stability and scalability. Perhaps most importantly, working with Windows Azure means that Glympse can be more responsive to customer needs because it can focus on improving its solution features rather than on infrastructure maintenance.

Food manufacturer and distributor Halwani Brothers (Egypt) wanted to improve the company’s productivity, efficiency, and profitability by replacing its existing business management system. Working with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner RIGHT, the company deployed Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2009 at its head office and six branches. The software has cut operating costs by 50 per cent and given managers a single view of financial data across the group.

1-800-GOT-JUNK? is a Vancouver-based, full-service junk removal company. With strategic plans to grow its number of franchises across North America, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? needed to ensure that its IT and server infrastructure could scale to handle growth. Upon review of several IT options, the company determined that Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V was the most cost-effective way to improve its IT environment. The company is using the Windows-based solution to consolidate its hardware servers and operate within a virtualized technology environment. The new infrastructure is helping to reduce costs, improve server management and maintain greater IT uptime – helping ensure that the company can scale to meet current and future business needs. Through virtualization, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? estimates it is saving $35,000 in server hardware costs alone.