Microsoft in Government: Economic Climate Guide

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November 12, 2008 In This Issue: Improve decisions Contain IT and operations costs Cut travel and commuting costs Get control of records Not yet a subscriber? • Sign up! Special Edition: Economic Climate Proceed with confidence. Leverage your existing IT investments to reduce IT and operational costs and increase productivity. View this newsletter in a Web page. Improve decisions Improving business intelligence infrastructure can save hours of labor previously spent building periodic and one-off reports. Not only that better, integrated data may help you reduce the cost of goods and services your agency uses on a regular or occasional basis. Solution: . Business Intelligence Case study: . The Illinois Department of Transportation saves lives, cuts costs with Microsoft Business Intelligence Solution Tools: . Assess your business intelligence capabilities More info: . Try out a business intelligence virtual lab Contain IT and operations costs Standard desktop configuration and server virtualization can reduce maintenance costs and IT oversight, leaving more time for application development. In addition, fewer physical servers combined with energy-saving computing practices can drive substantial cost reductions in agency-wide operations. Solutions: . FDCC . Server Virtualization Case studies: . State of Indiana saves $14 million, boosts IT reliability, offers new services for residents . County agency eases compliance, reduces desktop support by 40 percent with software upgrade . Public utility reduces hardware, software, and staffing costs and improves customer services with virtualization . City of Miami upgrades PCs to improve security, reliability, productivity, and costs Webcasts and tools: . Accelerate desktop deployment with the Microsoft Desktop Deployment Optimization Pack . Core infrastructure optimization self-assessment . Microsoft Assessment Configuration Pack for Energy Star Power Management for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista More info: . IDC White Paper: Optimizing Infrastructure - The Relationship Between IT Labor Costs and Best Practices for Managing the Windows Desktop . Sustainable Computing: Conserving Energy with Group Policy Cut travel and commuting costs With a widespread workforce, travel costs can eat into the bottom line. Even employees are feeling the pain of higher fuel costs. Cut travel and commuting costs dramatically with virtual meetings, telecommuting, and collaboration solutions. Solutions: . Telework . Microsoft Citizen Service Platform . Unified Communications Case study: . State agency improves communication and productivity with new software Webcast: . Microsoft Citizen Service Platform MP3 (23 MB) | Windows streaming media More info: . Microsoft helps government accelerate telework . FREE 30-day evaluation of Microsoft Unified Communications technologies Get control of records How much time and money does your staff spend managing physical and online records? Reduce physical record space and management and accelerate record location with an electronic records management solution. Solution: . Records management Case study: . County clerk's office saves $400,000 in first year by integrating accounting with cashiering and document management Webcast: . Compliance and Records Management (Level 200) More info: . TechNet: Records management guide . White paper: Moving beyond traditional records management To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the Subject line. You can also unsubscribe at the Microsoft.com web site. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal Information. This newsletter was sent by the Microsoft Corporation 1 Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington, USA 98052 Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile | Microsoft Government Home © 2008 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement