The Academy for some time struggled with the service effectiveness of the IT structure in the Dean's office. Thanks to installation of Windows Server 2008 and usage of one of its key functions - Active Directory - the Medical Academy's network became not only easier to manage and inspect, but also increased data conversion security and minimized data loss. Daily work was made easier, and the network became modern and safe.

CCH, which provides software for business professionals, adapted its sales tax–calculation application to run on the Windows Azure™ platform. CCH expects its use of Windows Azure to result in greater choice for customers, the ability to scale on demand, and lower costs. The company found the learning curve for the migration experience to be smooth and easy for developers because of the familiar tool set and operating environment of the Windows Azure platform.

As the largest health maintenance organization (HMO) in Israel, Clalit Health Services serves more than 3.8 million people, and supports 70 million customer interactions per year. The HMO uses the Microsoft® Application Platform to support some 16 terabytes of data, including a 2.7-terabyte business intelligence (BI) solution that serves as a repository for clinical and operational information. Clalit’s Enterprise BI Data Warehouse has become so important to healthcare professionals and clinic managers that the HMO decided on an early upgrade to Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 Enterprise to take advantage of new features including data compression; enhanced star join functionality to improve query performance; the Resource Governor, to help protect query performance; and support for spatial data types to help Clalit incorporate geographic and related data in planning service delivery.

At the annual American Film Market (AFM), buyers from more than 70 countries attend nearly a thousand screenings. Exhibitors need to follow up on opportunities as quickly as possible, so AFM organizers needed a way to report who attends the numerous screenings. Working with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner 2B Solutions, AFM now has a fully functional mobile attendance tracking solution based on Windows Mobile® that allows AFM staff members to scan attendee badges and capture attendance data. As a result, exhibitors can respond faster to interested distributors.

Caltrol, a leading representative company for industrial process management and automation solutions, had a disconnected server environment and physical servers that were aging, unreliable, and inefficient. Caltrol implemented Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™ and virtual servers to reduce hardware and build a business continuity environment. As a result, it has reduced costs, optimized system performance, and improved its backup and recovery process.

The many types of field elevator inspections required by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) created the need for multiple forms and spreadsheets to be managed by hand. The processes were manually intensive, error prone, required additional labor to re-key information into various systems, and were not centrally managed for consistent data analysis and on-going reporting. To help automate the process, CTA implemented the mNOW!® Mobile Framework 2008 designed for Windows Mobile® by Blue Dot™ Solutions. Configured to support dynamic inspections, the solution enables field inspectors to see only questions relevant to the type of asset being inspected. The information is collected using Windows Mobile-based handhelds and is then synchronized and integrated with an enterprise asset management (EAM) system to enable near real-time visibility of inspection data.

Managing and improving data center technology for business growth can be a daunting challenge. Accenture and Avanade, two technology service providers, use a Microsoft® Core Infrastructure Optimization approach and Microsoft products to provide flexible, long-term solutions that can help companies get the most out of their data centers, so they can foster business growth while controlling costs.

The main purpose of implementing an integrated client relations management system was to maintain a strong market position, and obtain a majority market share in chemical substances used for the production of generic medicines. Polpharma decided to use an IT solution which offered precise forecasts of product sales by time and place, and comparisons of forecasts with actual sales. Microsoft Dynamics CRM was installed and integrated with Oracle EBS application and Microsoft Excel.

Internet service provider LINKdotNET upgraded databases that support its mission-critical corporate services and hosted environments to Microsoft® SQL Server® 2005 and Windows Server® 2003. With the solution, LINKdotNET has sped database queries by 800 percent, improved data security, automated customer orders, and scaled to support rapid growth. The company also expects to reduce the number of hosted database server computers by 20 percent with Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

To continue to improve quality of care, El Camino Hospital recognized the need to implement technologies that capitalize on existing investments and provide a flexible foundation for current and future innovation. As part of this effort , El Camino Hospital embarked on an aggressive three-year initiative designed to achieve a top-five-percent ranking among U.S. hospitals across all of its service lines. As part of this initiative, the hospital needed a single, comprehensive view of disparate data systems. El Camino Hospital implemented the Microsoft® Amalga™ Unified Intelligence System (UIS) to build a scorecard for evaluating hospital units and individual clinicians in 12 areas of patient care. It will use Amalga UIS to aggregate real-time data on patients moving through the hospital to improve the quality and efficiency of operations.