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Windows 2000 Business Value Case Studies
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Today, information technology is viewed as a source of value and competitive advantage. This is prompting many organizations to evaluate IT investments based on the fact that success hinges on selecting the right set of technologies to deliver immediate return while enabling the dynamic growth of the organization. Microsoft and our customers and partners have conducted a number of independently validated studies to quantify the business impact of Windows 2000. For details on the REJ methodology used for these studies, please see http://www.microsoft.com/CIO/0200_it_value.html.
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Windows 2000 Professional Profiles |  |
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Credit Suisse First Boston
Credit Suisse First Boston reduces disruptions to the trading floor with Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Microsoft Office 2000.
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Eastman Chemical Company
Eastman Chemical Company required a global standard desktop that was stable and reliable, supported both new and legacy applications, and had a quick return on investment. A Total Cost of Ownership analysis, audited by GartnerGroup, predicts that Eastman can reduce desktop operational costs by 8 percent per annum by deploying Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional as its standard worldwide desktop operating system.
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Nabisco
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Microsoft Office 2000 provide key elements for Nabisco's strategic business goal of improving profitability by managing overhead costs.
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United Defense, Armament Systems Division
United Defense's Armament Systems Division (ASD) is one of the organization's state-of-the-art engineering centers. A Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis conducted by ENTEX Information Services and audited by GartnerGroup convinced ASD to accelerate its plan to upgrade more than 1,200 desktop and portable personal computers from Microsoft Windows 95 to Windows 2000 Professional.
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Panasonic
Panasonic worked with Alpha Technologies, Inc., a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider, to assess the business impact of Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional.
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United Defense, Armament Systems Division
United Defense's Armament Systems Division (ASD) is one of the organization's state-of-the-art engineering centers. ASD utilized ENTEX Information Services to conduct a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis of its current engineering environment, which consists of more than 650 high-end users who have both UNIX workstations and personal computers running Microsoft Windows 95.
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Windows 2000 Server Profiles | |
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Micronpc.com
MicronPC.com projects 26 percent cost reductions by upgrading to Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and implementing best practices.
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Barnes & Noble.com
A Rapid Economic Justification (REJ) analysis validated by the Giga Information Group determined that Microsoft Windows 2000 Server could help Barnes & Noble.com meet promised delivery dates to its customers and exceed its internal goal of 99 percent on-time delivery this past holiday season—even as the company saw a 300 percent increase in sales and fulfillment transactions.
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Lockheed Martin
As part of an ongoing drive to flatten its management infrastructure and improve productivity and profitability, Lockheed Martin intends to implement Microsoft Windows 2000 throughout the enterprise.
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Marks & Spencer
Marks & Spencer is a leading retailer with three hundred stores in the UK and more than six hundred stores worldwide. Rapid Economic Justification confirmed Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft BizTalk Server provide the flexibility and options needed for the project, and projected that Marks & Spencer could assess the Net Present Value of the system at £12m.
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VoiceStream Wireless
With the help of Mission Critical Software, VoiceStream Wireless has quickly prepared their current Windows NT environment for Windows 2000. As a result, VoiceStream will be deploying Windows 2000 less than 90 days from its release to take immediate advantage of the powerful management capabilities of the Active Directory service.
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Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
Deregulation of energy utilities means that Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) must look for new ways to achieve operational excellence. To support its rapidly changing business goals, the company will upgrade to Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Professional.
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Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc
As dramatic changes in the investment industry introduce a new scope of opportunities and competition, the Merrill Lynch Private Client Group is deploying the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system as part of its strategy to maintain its high level of client service and reduce internal costs.
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WFofR
To justify the move to the Microsoft Windows 2000 platform, WFofR used a Rapid Economic Justification (REJ) analysis, conducted by Halifax Corporation and verified by the Giga Information Group, to determine business value.
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Last Updated: Wednesday, March 22, 2000
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