Customer Case Studies

Get valuable insight from customers who conducted their own analyses to compare the costs and benefits of Windows Server and other platforms. See what their evaluations revealed about total cost of ownership, reliability, security, support, and more.
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Indiana University
9/15/2009
To address its server growth needs, Indiana University turned to a Microsoft virtualization solution with Hyper-V™ technology. The school is now saving $85,000 per year in hardware costs, has decreased its number of servers from 150 to 32, and greatly trimmed server deployment times.
Indianapolis Colts
11/9/2007
Colts choose Windows over Linux for its Web technology based on complexity, potential compatibility issues, performance differences, and scalability.
Infinitum Technologies
2/12/2007
When Infinitum began offering Microsoft-based solutions almost exclusively, along with taking advantage of the Microsoft Partner Program, it realized faster installation times and increased its annual revenue by 10 percent.
Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)
8/1/2008
To deal with a suspected labor shortage, the ICTC in Canada redesigned their previously Linux based website to be more accessible to teachers and students by using Microsoft .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008.
Ingersoll Rand
2/16/2009
Ingersoll Rand chose a virtualization solution based on Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™ to help comply with IT optimization initiatives, boost business agility, and control costs.
Iniflux Network Security
2/1/2007
Iniflux added Microsoft security products to its offerings and has access to Microsoft training and guidance to help it expand; the firm anticipates that Microsoft security products will generate approximately 20 percent of its total revenue in the first year.
INRA
4/2/2009
The INRA moved away from its Linux system, deploying Windows® HPC Server 2008 instead. This reduced research application development time by one year and heightened researcher productivity.
Institute of Geology China Earthquake Administration
9/12/2008
The Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration (IGCEA) needed a high-performance computing environment that supported easy application development and management—unlike its existing Linux-based cluster.
intergenia
5/9/2008
integina is able to offer Windows Server 2008 without making major changes to its automated deployment system based on Linux.
Intermountain Healthcare
9/27/2007
After evaluating a Linux-based messaging application, Intermountain Healthcare selected Exchange Server 2003. It reduced software costs by 20 percent.
ISA Technologies
6/27/2008
By deploying Windows HPC Server 2008, ISA Technologies can support more line-of-business applications, and it has standardized its deployment processes.
Israeli Navy
1/27/2006
The Israeli Navy chose Microsoft technology for its new IT infrastructure, resulting in a major cost savings and an immediate return on investment through reduced IT administration.
Italian Ministry of Education, Universities, and Research
4/26/2007
The Italian Ministry of Education, Universities, and Research, with help from EDS, deployed a software framework using the Microsoft server product portfolio, resulting in streamlined administrative procedures and improved student access to services. Efficiency has doubled and costs have halved.
J.J. Taylor
3/2/2007
J.J. Taylor Companies migrated from an IBM AS/400-based system to the eoStar route management solution from Rutherford, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. J.J. Taylor benefited from immediate custom reports; faster, more accurate inventory tracking; and a 50-percent cost savings for the solution.
Jeulin
3/11/2009
Jeulin used Windows Embedded CE 6.0 to create a more user-friendly process than Linux. The Windows solution also cut time to market by between 45 and 50 percent.
Jih Sun Financial Holdings
5/29/2007
Jih Sun Financial Holdings adopted a new core banking system based on Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition, gaining competitive advantages in flexibility and resilience.
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
8/14/2008
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz wanted to offer high-performance computing to researchers who were using Windows-based workstations and implemented Windows HPC Server 2008. The solution improves productivity for researchers, who can connect to the HPC cluster from their own offices.
Johns Hopkins Institutions
5/2/2009
Johns Hopkins Institutions decreased the cost of managing its Windows, Linux, and UNIX operating system-based servers by deploying Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2.
JT International
2/5/2007
JTI deployed a Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 database solution on HP Integrity servers to enable a flexible environment with an enterprise-class database solution for a mission-critical SAP R/3 infrastructure, reducing TCO and improving scalability and growth potential.
Kandilli Observatory
6/1/2009
Turkey's Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute experienced faster computing speed, improved systems management capabilities, and decreased total cost of server ownership by choosing Windows® over Linux.
KAS Bank
3/10/2009
KAS Bank is one of the top 100 global users of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). It is deploying Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2006 with Microsoft BizTalk Accelerator for SWIFT to give institutional investors highly secure, reliable SWIFT connectivity. KAS Bank will benefit from a more agile environment in which to develop new applications and bring products to market faster.
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
12/24/2008
The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven used to rely solely on a Linux-based high-performance computing (HPC). The university decided to deploy Windows® HPC Server 2008, which is providing a pilot user group with an easy-to-use system as they conduct advanced academic research.
Keller Independent School District
8/12/2009
By switching from its unreliable Linux-based GroupWise Email system to a Microsoft solution, Keller Independent School District increased system uptime from 80 to 100%, and reduced support calls by 90%, saving the school U.S. $300,000.
Kelley Blue Book
2/16/2009
Kelley Blue Book chose a Windows-based solution over Linux because it offered less risk. Now their IT department has a reliable system with strong security, while still seeing reduced costs.
Kimball International
4/6/2009
Kimball International is a US furniture and electronics manufacturer. To reduce the total cost of ownership of its 10-terabyte SAP production infrastructure by more than $500,000 per year, Kimball migrated from the Oracle/UNIX stack to a Microsoft solution.
L-3 Vertex Aerospace
5/23/2008
Bidding on new contracts requires drawing on millions of rows of accounting and inventory data, which had been stored on an IBM 3090 mainframe computer that was difficult and expensive to maintain.
Lathian
4/3/2007
Lathian chose to build its one-stop Web-based marketing solution on a Microsoft Platform for its proven reliability, its speedy time-to-market, and its lower cost of ownership.
Latvian Procurement Monitoring Bureau
5/21/2006
The Government of Latvia considered multiple solutions for its new e-procurement system and chose a solution based on Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 and Microsoft Internet Information Services and saw an immediate cost savings as well as quick delivery.
Learning.com
8/3/2006
Learning.com moved from a co-location IT provider to Data Return, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, which provided the company with a new solution, based on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, which offers the growing room, agility, and affordability the company requires.
Leverage Software Inc.
9/17/2007
Leverage Software chose the Microsoft .NET platform to build its online social network solution because it provided both the ability to scale and the flexibility to move quickly.
Life Fitness
3/7/2007
Life Fitness turned to Applied Data Systems for a single-board computer system running the Windows Embedded CE operating system, resulting in the fitness industry's first virtual training system—connecting equipment, trainers, and users via an integrated wireless information network.
Likewise Software
8/15/2007
Likewise Identity uses the Active Director directory service from Microsoft to connect Windows and other systems like Linux and UNIX, with a common authentication infrastructure.
Lionbridge
1/8/2009
Lionbridge needed to centralize and streamline its process and create a more flexible, cost-effective, and secure way to build and manage its testing environments. It now uses Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise with Hyper-V™ technology, reducing hardware costs by 80 percent.
LionWise, LLC
2/16/2009
LionWise chose Windows® Embedded and the .NET Framework 3.5 managed code programming model because it offered a lower total cost of ownership than Linux.
Livermore Software Technology Corporation
6/20/2006
LSTC increased the computing power available to its customers, and simplified installation and maintenance of compute clusters by porting their LS-DYNA to Microsoft® Windows® Compute Cluster Server 2003, a 64-bit, high-performance computing platform.
Livraria Saraiva
2/5/2007
Livraria Saraiva adopted the Microsoft Windows Embedded for Point of Service operating system which, since it is retail-specific, requires little configuration for point-of-service equipment, and it has improved and speeded up the customer service experience.
Lloyd's Register
12/28/2005
Lloyd's Register, with 234 offices in 120 countries, decided to consolidate its diverse IT architecture, choosing Microsoft software over alternatives, such as Linux, and moving to Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, resulting in a 30-percent reduction in IT operating expenses.
Lockheed Martin
8/8/2006
Lockheed Martin's Missiles and Fire Control unit migrated the SAP infrastructure from RISC platforms running on UNIX to the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system, resulting in anticipated cost savings of up to 41 percent over the next 5 years.
LogicaCMG
12/19/2006
LogicaCMG, looking to deliver a hosted payroll service with global reach, built Global Paycare around mySAP Human Resources, using Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft SQL Server 2000, meeting its ambitious cost-cutting targets, and achieving outstanding scalability and stability.
London Borough of Newham
6/1/2005
Newham Council, with the help of Capgemini, evaluated ICT platforms for the borough, and the analysis showed that by using a Microsoft solution, including Microsoft Windows Server 2003, the borough could lower ICT operating costs, secure predictability, and double productivity.