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Call 1-800-342-9224 | | Welcome to Microsoft in Government, a monthly newsletter delivering information on issues, training, products and events exclusive to the federal and state & local government community. | | Make the most of your budget Now is the time to advance your mission With the end of the government fiscal year just around the corner, there's no better time to spend year-end technology dollars on today's important mandates: from creating an open, transparent government, delivering on the stimulus package, or just getting your agency to Gov 2.0-and so much more! Microsoft can help you with familiar technology and solutions today. Get Year-End Ready. | | | With the purchase of a single Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 license, your agency has the technology you need to create any number of custom applications that integrate into existing systems quickly, with minimal risk and cost. | | | Improve collaboration and communication, implement compliance processes, and provide access to information and reporting that is essential to meeting congressional standards and to advancing your Gov 2.0 objectives. Consider upgrading to Office SharePoint 2007 Enterprise, and get integrated reporting, search, and forms functionality. | | | Quickly incorporate presence, instant messaging, conferencing, and enterprise voice with the familiar applications you use every day, regardless of medium, device, or location. You can boost employees' responsiveness-whether they are on site or at a remote location-while minimizing disruption and helping to reduce the cost of delivering service. | | | Cut your costs and reduce your environmental impact. "Virtualize" your data center to centralize management of your IT infrastructure, consolidate underutilized servers, and minimize the number of physical devices you own. | | | Premier Support helps you maximize the availability and efficiency of your IT infrastructure, reduce your risks, and improve your IT staff's productivity. |
News & Highlights | | With Windows 7, PCs start up, shut down, resume from standby, and respond faster. Pre-order the newest version of Windows, but do it fast-this offer expires July 11, 2009. | | | The City of Bellevue deployed Microsoft Dynamics CRM to help its many lines of business respond to citizen queries, track service requests, and manage the city's knowledge base. | | | When key issues are in the news, this federal institution needs to support 60 million or more hits a day on its public Web site with complete reliability. The institution moved to a Web and database solution based on Microsoft SQL Server 2005 in an unusual, load-balanced, peer-to-peer configuration that provides scalability, reliability-and added security. | | | The BEA needed a flexible system to calculate the gross domestic product (GDP) faster so that it could incorporate the latest data submissions from external sources while giving economists more time to analyze and validate results. BEA developed a solution, using Microsoft SQL Server 2005, that makes it possible for the bureau to calculate GDP estimates 25 times faster. | | | Virginia will offer free technology training to displaced workers through Microsoft's Elevate America program. The program will distribute 11,250 vouchers for technology training and certification, and will provide students with career resources to find internships and permanent jobs. - American City and County |
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