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Many customers are already using the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 operating system in production environments today—click below to see what customers are saying about the business advantages of the Windows 2000 platform.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/bge.asp"><B>Baltimore Gas and Electric Company</B></A><BR />
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.
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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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/wfofr.asp"><B>WFofR</B></A><BR />
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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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/brno.asp"><B>Brno University of Technology</B></A><BR />
The Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Technology (VUT) in the Czech town of Brno wanted to reduce the number of platforms it was using—which included Novell, UNIX, and Microsoft Windows—on the client stations and on the central servers controlling the network.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/christina.asp"><B>Christina School District</B></A><BR />
According to the New York Times, the average public school now has at least one multimedia computer for every ten students. In 1999, 90 percent of public schools had access to the Internet. Schools now face the question: "How are school districts going to support technology on a limited budget?"
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/compaq.asp"><B>Compaq Computer Corporation</B></A><BR />
As Microsoft's prime integrator of comprehensive enterprise solutions for the Microsoft Windows NT operating system, Compaq works closely with Microsoft through their Frontline Partnership to bring industry-standard solutions to market.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/dattelkabel.asp"><B>Dattelkabel, a.s.</B></A><BR />
The Dattelkabel entertainment network consists of single domain using two bandwidths: 100 megabits per second and 10 megabits per second. Overall, Dattelkabel relies on Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft software for security, efficiency, and compatibility with television network NSC administration and other software.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/donga.asp"><B>Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.</B></A><BR />
As Korea’s number-one pharmaceutical company, Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. is under constant pressure to maintain its leadership position. To modernize its IT operations, Dong-A decided to migrate to an infrastructure based on the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/dorsey.asp"><B>Dorsey & Whitney LLP</B></A><BR />
With the help of its technology partner Rainier Technology, Inc., a Minneapolis-based Microsoft Solutions Provider Partner, Dorsey & Whitney undertook an aggressive deployment plan for Microsoft Windows 2000.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/oklahoma.asp"><B>Oklahoma Supreme Court</B></A><BR />
The Oklahoma Supreme Court chose the highly scalable Microsoft Windows 2000 platform—including Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows 2000 Professional for clients—to handle massive amounts of data and provide easy, 24x7 statewide access to critical data for the courts, legal professionals, and the public.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/inacom.asp"><B>Inacom</B></A><BR />
Inacom is using Windows 2000 to solve critical remote access issues. In addition, Windows 2000 enables Inacom to have a very effective enterprise collaboration platform in a highly distributed environment.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/netreach.asp"><B>NetReach, Inc.</B></A><BR />
NetReach relies on Microsoft Windows 2000 products as the best tools to make development processes go smoothly, economically and with maximum efficiency.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/panel.asp"><B>Panel Processing</B></A><BR />
Panel Processing replaced its line of business applications and is also migrating to Microsoft Windows 2000. The reliability, central control, reduced costs, and scalability of Windows 2000 enhance the company's operations.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/peinc.asp"><B>Plant Equipment, Inc.</B></A><BR />
Plant Equipment, Inc. uses Windows 2000 Professional on all its sales engineers' laptops, and has developed the first public safety application based on the new operating system.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/siemens.asp"><B>Siemens</B></A><BR />
Siemens is implementing the Microsoft Windows 2000 platform on most of its 2,000 servers and 227,000 workstations because the company believes it is the best way to attain its vision of access for any employee or affiliate, anywhere, anytime, and to any resource.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/smartpipes.asp"><B>SmartPipes, Inc.</B></A><BR />
SmartPipes has built its service from the ground up on the Microsoft Windows 2000 infrastructure, and in particular on the Windows 2000 Active Directory service.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/srm.asp"><B>Shared Resource Management, Inc.</B></A><BR />
When Shared Resource Management, Inc. (SRM) migrated recently to the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system, it standardized on a single, efficient network platform. The new operating system improved performance and gained many integrated features—such as offline file synchronization and advanced power management—for its mobile workers.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/continental.asp"><B>Continental Airlines</B></A><BR />
As part of its overall deployment of Microsoft Windows 2000, Continental Airlines rolled out the operating system to two of its Level 1 airports in November 1999 to support vital applications at ticket counters and gates.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/cscreditsuisse.asp"><B>Credit Suisse First Boston</B></A><BR />
Global investment bank chooses Windows 2000 for high reliability, flexibility, and management tools.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/csdreamhouse.asp"><B>Dream House Software, Inc.</B></A><BR />
To ensure that DreamHouse Software can keep the products coming in the fast-growing market, the Silicon Valley startup depends heavily on the reliability and scalability of the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system for its product development efforts and for keeping in contact with outsourced service operations.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/csehome.asp"><B>eHome</B></A><BR />
Web-based real estate service eHome is changing the rules by offering flat-fee home sale services. To build this innovative business, eHome needed to reduce processing time to increase the number of transactions per agent. The company chose to implement Microsoft Windows 2000, with its built-in virtual private networking (VPN) gateway, to provide field agents with immediate access to the corporate resources they need remotely.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/csgetronics.asp"><B>Getronics, GetronicsWang, GetronicsOlivetti</B></A><BR />
In a networking consulting organization the size of Getronics, company server resources are chiefly devoted to making sure that customers have access to the resources they need wherever they are in the global network. Superior system administration and management are crucial. Getronics is upgrading its servers to Windows 2000 because Windows 2000 delivers superior remote administration, simplifies network management, and lowers network operating and support costs.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/csstriderite.asp"><B>Stride Rite Corporation</B></A><BR />
Until recently, Stride Rite's IT infrastructure was a patchwork of Novell networking and legacy systems that hobbled its efforts to remain a leader in a fiercely competitive market. Management worked with Microsoft to implement the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system throughout the enterprise—for servers, clients, and application development.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/univofleicester.asp"><B>The University of Leicester</B></A><BR />
The University of Leicester recently rebuilt its network using Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows 2000 Professional.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/donor.asp"><B>Donor Network of Arizona</B></A><BR />
Donor Network of Arizona depends on the Microsoft BackOffice Server family to meet its stringent information technology needs—accurately, reliably, and cost-effectively.
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<A HREF="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/platform/profiles/purple.asp"><B>Purple Solutions, Inc.</B></A><BR />
With its own operations founded on the BackOffice Server family, Purple builds around the same core BackOffice Server technology with easy to install, highly manageable products that allow customers to build scalable, powerful, enterprise systems.
