Discover how Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1) helps deliver security and reliability for your business right now.
See how Timbercon uses Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption to help protect critical data on laptops and other mobile devices.
Windows Vista with SP1 is designed with powerful new tools and technology to help keep your information in the right hands.
| • | Stronger Security: Windows Vista has significantly fewer security vulnerabilities than Windows XP. PCs running Windows Vista in 2007 were 60 percent less likely to be infected by malware than those running Windows XP Service Pack 2. |
| • | Antiphishing Technology: Phishing attacks (when someone attempts to trick you into trusting a fake Web site) are now 25 times more common than new viruses. The phishing filter in Windows Internet Explorer 7—which is included with Windows Vista—stops about 1 million phishing attempts every week. |
| • | Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption: Help keep your corporate and customer data from falling into the wrong hands with Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption, available with Windows Vista Enterprise or Windows Vista Ultimate. Easy to set up and use, this full volume encryption makes it much harder for outsiders to expose and use your information.
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See how Silicon East uses Windows Vista with SP1 to make deployment and manageability faster and easier.
| • | Real-Time Protection: Isolate and eliminate spyware and other malware attacks with always-on protection from Windows Defender.
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| • | Automated Backups: Automatically back up critical documents, files, and programs to reduce management complexity and help secure data without the costly time and labor.
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| • | Automatic Updates: Help secure your company data and keep your computers up to date with timesaving automatic updates.
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| • | Remote Access: Establish a more secure virtual private network that enables your people to work on the network from home or the road, while enabling your IT department to manage your IT infrastructure from virtually anywhere with Remote Desktop.
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In the past, providing such a high level of protection for so many computers would have required two or three dedicated IT people, but thanks to Windows Vista, now it's one person's part-time task. Arlin Sorensen
Chief Executive Officer and President
Windows Vista with SP1 provides built-in comprehensive and more affordable security, helping eliminate complexity in the maintenance and management of your user base.
| • | TCO Savings: Reduce redundancies in the management and maintenance of your IT environment. |
| • | Stay Up to Date: Microsoft Software Assurance helps keep your network up to date with this comprehensive maintenance offering. Get the latest software with 24-hour phone support, and use partner services, training, and IT tools to help you deploy, manage, and migrate your software. Microsoft Software Assurance can help you increase worker productivity, accelerate organizational performance, and quickly realize a return on your software investment. |
| • | Enhance Manageability: The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) makes it much easier for mid-sized businesses to manage a mobile, dispersed workforce. Available to Software Assurance customers, the MDOP solution provides a set of tools that help improve end user productivity, simplify mobile user support, and reduce the risk associated with PC management. Windows Vista and MDOP help you enhance desktop reliability and security, minimize end user downtime while improving helpdesk effectiveness, and enable mobile users to work from virtually any location.
Watch this webcast to learn more.
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| • | A Growing Network: Over 1 billion personal computers around the world run Windows. With 745,000 diverse partners globally—providing consulting, proven technology expertise, product education and training, testing, technology adaptation, implementation, deployment, and support—you're part of a growing community. |
| • | Minimize Help Desk Calls: By enabling users to set up and configure Microsoft Office Outlook and mobile clients based on their network credentials and e-mail addresses with Windows Vista, you can simplify configuration and reduce help desk calls. |
Microsoft has made Windows Vista faster to deploy than any other release to date. It basically cut the time in half.Tony Caufield
Information Systems Manager
Built-in tools help optimize users' time by checking for and removing unnecessary or unused applications that can slow them down. Automated management tools drastically reduce IT busywork.
| • | Instant Search: Eliminate wasted time spent looking for the data and files you need to do your job. Use the Instant Search tool in Windows Vista to find and organize information on your desktop, and spend less time searching and more time being productive.
See how Instant Search can help you find and launch files quickly and easily. 
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| • | Streamlined Deployment: With simplified processes and free support throughout, your team can deploy Windows Vista with SP1 quickly and efficiently. |
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