Now is the time to start your evaluation and migration planning to upgrade to Windows Vista SP1. With Windows Vista SP1, significant improvements include: Measurable performance improvements for key scenarios like file and network copy Significant reliability improvements Continued security improvements Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption support for all local volumes in Windows Vista Enterprise Reduced functionality mode removed
Furthermore, the Windows Ecosystem is constantly making strides and now includes: 2,700 Certified for Windows Vista applications for Windows Vista (ten times more than existed at launch) More than 200 enterprise applications are now Windows Vista compatible
Hear what others are saying. Wipro Technologies recently interviewed 73 midsize companies that have deployed Windows Vista. Major findings include: Depending upon the deployment method chosen, Windows Vista ROI can be very strong—ranging from 81 percent to 104 percent for midsize organizations. With widespread application availability, the release of Service Pack 1, and more than half of all U.S. companies either running or evaluating it, Windows Vista has entered the mainstream adoption phase. Delaying the Windows Vista upgrade process can result in deployment costs that are twice as high as those organizations using a timely refresh-based upgrade, while foregoing the productivity benefits of Windows Vista. Running an outdated operating system may result in additional risks and costs as software suppliers drop application support, drivers for new hardware become unavailable, and PC vendors no longer ship the prior operating system pre-loaded.
Read the complete whitepaper. Download as XPS (7.0 MB) | Download as PDF (1.30 MB) Windows Vista SP1 offers you benefits that you simply can't achieve with an older-generation operating system: Security benefits are significant. Windows Vista-based PCs are almost three times less likely to be infected with potentially unwanted software than Windows XP-based PCs. PCs running Windows Vista have 60 percent fewer malware infections than Windows XP SP2 PCs.
Windows Vista provides substantial cost savings compared with Windows XP for both users and IT departments, totaling U.S. $192.00 per PC each year.
New user tools like on-the-fly Search and the Windows Meeting Space collaboration tool can add an additional U.S. $59.00 per year for each user or more in productivity benefits.
With each new or existing PC you equip with Windows Vista, you'll be helping to streamline and improve your IT operations for years to come! Cover your new desktop software investments with Microsoft Software Assurance (SA) and you'll enjoy the convenience of payments spread over three years and greatly simplified management of your software licenses as you grow. Plus, you'll get an automatic upgrade to Windows Vista Enterprise—an exclusive benefit of the Microsoft Software Assurance program that offers tools not available in Windows Vista Business. These tools can help enhance IT security even more while reducing the cost and complexity of managing your enterprise infrastructure: Enhanced data protection for desktops and laptops with Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption in case a PC is lost or stolen Support for advanced Application Compatibility solutions with support for four virtual operating systems and the Subsystem for UNIX Applications (SUA) Lower deployment and image management costs with the ability to deploy a single operating system image for multiple languages and hardware types through the Multilingual User Interface (MUI)
When you purchase SA through an Open Value, Select, or Enterprise Agreement, you’ll also have access to the subscription-based MDOP—a dynamic desktop management solution that contains a suite of applications that help: Reduce application deployment costs.
Enable the delivery of applications as services.
Allow for better management and control of the desktop environment.
When deployed together, Windows Vista Enterprise and MDOP enable you to take a major step forward toward the Optimized Desktop—a more streamlined, secure, and productive IT infrastructure that can not only make your job easier, but improve your business’s bottom line as well.
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