Windows 7 Security and Compliance
Organizations today are under increased pressure to secure their computers, protect their users' and customers' data, and comply with new regulations. Download this paper to learn how Dell computers running Microsoft Windows 7 can help you make your operations more secure and meet compliance requirements.
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Addressing Windows 7 Application Compatibility
Making an operating system change can sometimes introduce problems. Business applications that are customized to work with a particular OS might not necessarily work smoothly with a new one. Download this paper to learn how to prepare for an OS migration, identify potential application compatibility problems, and what software compatibility options are available to you today.
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The Current State of Windows 7 Migration
2010 is widely considered the year in which companies of all sizes are going to refresh their hardware and software. Many companies are planning and executing Windows 7 migration strategies in an accelerated timeframe, and in this paper, we’ll discuss the factors driving that urgency and the practical and operational benefits of upgrading.
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Cost-planning for a Windows 7 Migration
When you’re planning an upgrade to Windows 7, one major factor is budget planning. This tech brief will discuss the three main - and sometimes overlooked - budget considerations every company should keep in mind.
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In With the New
Hoover City Schools wanted to update its 6,500 client systems to the latest Microsoft operating system. Read this case study to find out how the district saved months of testing time and accelerated Microsoft Windows 7 migration with Dell services.
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Automating Processes to Optimize a Windows 7 Deployment
A Windows 7 deployment will likely involve hundreds or thousands of PCs, with some in distributed and remote locations. This introduces several challenges. Read this white paper to learn best practices for reducing the costs associated with a Windows 7 deployment, improving the speed at which a deployment is completed, and reducing risks.
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With Windows 7's Arrival, Plan Migrations Now
Although Microsoft will continue supporting Windows XP through 2014, enterprises should begin migrating to Windows 7 soon to avoid losing support for their environments from independent software vendors. Get it here!
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Prepare for Windows 7 in Three Phases
Many organizations are skipping Vista and looking forward to Windows 7. This research provides the necessary steps to prepare for Windows 7 and ensure a successful migration with adequate operating system (OS) support. Get it here!
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Planning for the Security Features of Windows 7
With Windows 7, Microsoft has added and extended many security capabilities in its flagship Windows operating system (OS). Deciding which features to activate as well as testing will impact the planning for every Windows 7 rollout. Get it here!
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Plan to Implement Some 64-Bit Versions of Windows 7
Windows 7 is likely to be the last Windows operating system with support for 32-bit installations, and its arrival marks a decision point for organizations to examine whether to move to 64-bit computing. Although the move is less risky than in the past and can provide benefits, a number of caveats must be considered. Get it here!
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Baker Tilly Looks Forward to Running Windows 7 on Dell Clients
Baker Tilly is one of the largest firms of chartered accountants and business advisors in the United Kingdom, with 2,200 employees at 25 locations.
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Customer Success: Hoover City Schools Case Study
Hoover City Schools in Alabama wanted a solution that would give its faculty and staff more flexible ways to communicate as well as replace its current voice-mail system.
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How to Be Ready for Windows Teleconference
Today, IT professionals are mandated to lower operating costs, enhance security, and simplify both systems administration and management.
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Dell Talks Microsoft Consulting
As IT finds that complexity and unplanned implementations result in infrastructure that is costly to run, Dell ProConsult services help organizations optimize their Microsoft infrastructure and reduce costs and complexity.
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Windows 7 Upgrade Paths
This document will provide you with the details and information that you need to make the right decisions about how to migrate to Windows 7.
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Forrester Report: Windows 7 Adoption Outlook
Windows XP won’t be around forever, and the anticipation for commercial adoption of Windows 7 is reaching a boiling point.
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Making a Successful Migration to Windows 7: A Fireside Chat with the Experts
Windows 7 has arrived, and the plaudits for it are overwhelming. The decision to move is really about when, not if. To that end, the real questions for most IT professionals are how best to make the move to Windows 7, and how to simplify and streamline the migration process.
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Windows 7 and Optimized Desktop Volume Licensing
The Windows 7 operating system (OS) will help business users around the world become more productive and will help IT departments enhance security and control and streamline PC management.
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Enabling the Windows Optimized Desktop through Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 combine to deliver the best infrastructure to build the Windows Optimized Desktop.
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Dell ProConsult Application Compatibility Reporting Datasheet
Dell Application Compatibility Reporting (ACR) Assessment provides a detailed compatibility analysis of your application portfolio.
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Dell ProConsult Application Migration & Management
Dell has developed an efficient, cost effective factory approach to Application Migration that begins with assessment and reporting on the compatibility of your application portfolio.
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Plan Now for Licensing Windows 7
Planning your Windows 7 licensing strategy is not an exercise done in isolation. Your existing licenses and volume licensing agreements, the Windows 7 edition you plan on upgrading to and the timeline, and how SA impacts your deployment all factor into your plans.
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Windows 7 Tips and Tricks: Volume 1
Help the Help Desk Help You. Solving problems unique to a machine can be an arduous task for both the end-user and the help desk.
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Windows 7 Tips and Tricks: Volume 2
Put a "Pin Up" of the Folders You Use Most. Windows 7 allows you to "pin up" the folders you use most on your taskbar.
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Windows 7 Tips and Tricks: Volume 3
Change the Scenery. Windows 7 allows you to personalize your desktop background to suit your many moods with a new shuffle feature for your desktop.
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Windows 7 Tips and Tricks: Volume 4
Adaptive Display Brightness. The display on a typical mobile PC consumes more battery power than any other part of the computer.
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Best Practices: Safe and Secure Hardware Asset Recovery
It's estimated that more than 200 million PCs, notebooks, and servers are sold worldwide each year. Each of these devices comes equipped with some mix of monitors, printers, keyboards, external storage, and networking equipment.
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Mobility Redefined
As legions of employees take their work outside the office and to the far reaches of the globe, supporting the diverse needs of a highly mobile workforce has become a strategic business priority.
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Designing for the Road Ahead
Inspiring a sense of delight and lust from a business laptop that is effortless to use—that takes a lot of work. Ken Musgrave, director of industrial design and usability at Dell, reveals what happened behind the scenes when Dell went to the drawing board to design the new family of Dell Latitude laptops.
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Taming the PC Development Beast: Dell Automates Deployment Processes
The process of deploying PCs is, and will continue to be for years to come, a critically important challenge for larger enterprises. Despite the importance of PC deployments, however, the associated costs are often not fully understood by companies.
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Simplifying Image Management
Just as companies no longer build their own PCs by assembling motherboards, disk drives, adapter cards and memory, many organizations have moved away from installing numerous, individual, tailored software packages on every new PC.
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Connect and Protect Workers on the Go with Dell ProSupport Mobility Services
Dell ProSupport Mobility Services offers a comprehensive suite of professional support services designed to improve worker productivity with flexible, comprehensive asset and data protection services and global data.
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Staying connected with Dell Latitude ON
The innovative new Dell Latitude ON connectivity technology, designed to function as a system within a system can provide near-instant access to business tools such as e-mail and the Internet without having to wait for a full OS boot, while simultaneously helping provide enhanced battery life.
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The Dell Guide to Mobility
You want a laptop without compromise. You want to reduce downtime with systems that stand up to the harshest road warriors. You want to maximize end-user productivity with longer battery life. You want fewer help desk calls related to wireless connectivity issues.
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All-day Computing & Battery Life
Experience "All-Day-Computing" and how one user overcomes multiple obstacles while staying connected.
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Cube Warrior
Experience how the "Office Warrior" goes through the day with seamless transition from conference room to desktop via our new docks and stands.
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Heifer Project International: Customer Testimonial
Effective and efficient communication is critical for Heifer International, a global non-profit that works with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth. See how this "office anywhere" work force uses mobile technology to get the job done.
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The New OptiPlex 960: Serious Business
Dell's most technologically advanced, secure and environmentally friendly desktop. OptiPlex 960 is engineered for high user productivity, with a 24 month lifecycle including the latest Intel vPro technology for simplified remote management.
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Dell PC Deployment Optimization Model
PC prices continue to fall, yet the total cost of ownership (TCO) for PCs in business environments continues to be quite high. While the cost of PCs is part of doing business today, the cost of deploying new PCs can be daunting enough to persuade large enterprises to delay upgrading their PC environment and thus delay the benefits that technology upgrades yield. >> CLICK FOR MORE

Dell Automated Deployment
Dell enterprise customers face similar desktop-deployment challenges worldwide: High-volume desktop deployment and migration can be complicated and disruptive.
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Powering Business Productivity with Dell OptiPlex Desktops
Today's enterprise IT departments are under constant pressure to deliver high performance and advanced functionality to the desktop computers of end users. However, managing enterprise-wide desktop infrastructures can be a challenge.
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Flexible Computing: Advancing End-User Productivity with Centralized Control
Supporting an increasingly distributed workforce can be a huge drain on IT resources. By enabling a customized end-user experience with server-based control of data, settings, and applications, the Dell Flexible Computing Solutions suite of products and services is designed to simplify management, enhance security, and lower total cost of ownership.
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