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Business Critical Applications

Business-critical applications are the essential programs on which your organization depends to get work done. These applications directly affect the company’s ability to generate revenue and stay in business.

They play a key role in making employees more productive and in keeping customers satisfied. For these reasons, your organization must carefully decide which platform to use for running these vital applications.

As IT organizations evaluate these alternatives, they often make a decision by weighing each platform against a common set of requirements: Will it help reduce total cost of ownership and improve ROI? Will it be reliable in demanding scenarios and scale as usage grows? What applications and partners are available to assist with planning and implementation?

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Arcelik

"With the new Microsoft Application Platform and HP infrastructure our SAP system performance is 3 times faster than our previous Sun/Solaris/Oracle solution."

Ahmet Ihsan Ceylan,
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Technical Guidance
Benefits of UNIX migration
Shattering old myths about migration from UNIX, this Pique Solutions' study offers compelling reasons for enterprises to consider migration from UNIX® to the Windows Server®. Read more here.
Windows Server 2008 R2 TDM White Paper
Building on the features and capabilities of Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 allows you to create solutions that are easier to plan, deploy, and manage than previous versions of Windows Server. Find out how.
LiveMigration White Paper
Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper-V™ builds on the architecture and feature set of Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™ by adding multiple new features that significantly enhance product flexibility. Get the details.

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Improved performance and scalability for applications and services
Another key design goal was to provide higher performance for Windows Server 2008 R2 running on the same system resources as previous versions of Windows Server.

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