Recent Resources
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Microsoft Windows 7 and Office Key Initiative Overview
To avoid disruptions, CIOs and IT leaders must position their organizations to complete a migration to Windows 7 in a timely and cost-effective manner. But, as they work through the preparation and deployment processes, they will be confronted by a host of challenges and risk. In this research paper, Gartner research presents tools, best practices and policies to reduce Windows 7 and Office 2010 migration costs by as much as 50%.
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Dell ProConsult Windows 7 Readiness Assessment
To capitalize on the benefits of Windows 7, you must make sure your computing environment is ready for the upgrade. The Dell Windows 7 Readiness Assessment is designed to identify application compatibility, hardware compatibility and migration readiness, and to provide the recommendations needed to help make your transition to Windows 7 as smooth as possible.
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CIO Strategies for End User Computing: Maximizing Productivity without Sacrificing Security
Advances in mobility and client computing technology combined with the ubiquity of social media are creating a culture of constant connectivity and anywhere access to information. As these trends extend into the work place Dell recommends CIOs proactively respond by creating a cost effective 3-5 year strategic plan for end user computing that enables increased end user productivity while maintaining IT control, and helps mitigate security threats.
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Windows 7 migration challenges and best practices for large enterprise and public sector - Dell Whitepaper from Forrester Research
Today, IT managers worldwide are accelerating their efforts toward planning for and migrating to Windows 7, and the next 12 to 18 months will be critical. In fact, Forrester Consulting recently completed an online survey of 200 large enterprise and public sector organizations in the US, Canada, and the UK with 1,000 or more employees, commissioned by Dell, concerning their migration plans for Windows 7, and the study found that 93% of firms planned on completing their enterprise-wide migrations before 2014. But firms are facing a number of migration challenges. To learn more about ways to overcome these challenges and to find out what the study revealed about how to increase chances for a better Windows 7 migration, read this whitepaper.
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CIO Strategies for Consumerization: The Future of Enterprise Mobile Computing
IT consumerization, workforce mobility and flexible computing are changing the relationship between enterprise IT, knowledge workers and end users. For the CIO, IT consumerization represents the confluence of a difficult set of challenges (security, technology policy, data protection, end-user technology) and business strategy (new business models, talent strategy, corporate brand and identity). Learn about five trends that are shaping the future of enterprise mobility, and get nine recommendations for the new era of enterprise mobility. Finally, learn how Dell is uniquely prepared to help customers embrace and manage consumerization and the challenges and risks that come with consumerization-related changes.
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Avoiding the 8 Common Mistakes of Windows 7 Migration
The recession put important things on hold for many organizations, like upgrading to new client systems. Now organizations such as yours are ready to upgrade and gain from better performance and efficiency by purchasing new laptops and notebooks with Windows 7 factory-installed. Before you move dozens - or hundreds - of important business applications into a new environment, find out how other organizations tackled this challenge. Download "Avoiding the 8 common mistakes of Windows 7 migration," an informative white paper that explains how to make the most of a Windows 7 migration and PC refresh to enhance performance, security and manageability.
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Corporate Desktop Operating System and Browser Trends
In this report, Forrester analyzes more than 400,000 client PCs to determine the latest corporate OS and browser trends. What did we find? Windows 7 has quickly become the standard for new hardware, and IE's corporate dominance is slowly eroding in favor of Firefox, Google's Chrome, and Apple's Safari.
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SAS Strengthens Sales and Streamlines Global Operations with Windows 7 on Dell Client Systems
SAS, a leader in business intelligence and data analytics solutions, wanted to increase sales and enhance the efficiency of its worldwide operations. It decided to deploy Windows 7 on Dell client systems to meet the needs of developers and sales teams. Find out how SAS used Dell™ Premier Global Portal and Windows® 7 Enterprise 64-bit to improve performance factors of not only the IT staffers, but also of the developers and the sales people.
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Rogue Peripherals & Applications – Controlling the Chaos
One of the most vexing management problems for end-user support staff is when an unauthorized application or peripheral causes a conflict or malfunction. In the past, there was little that could be done proactively. Windows 7, however, changes the whole game. See how you can rein in the "outliers."
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