Unified Communications
Unified Messaging that serves your people, and your business.
Use the Unified Communications solutions within the Microsoft productivity platform to help streamline communications and collaboration. With Microsoft Lync, you'll be able to integrate your existing messaging and voice infrastructure and adapt to changing business needs. And, users will enjoy a familiar interface along with built-in enterprise-grade protection.
Find and communicate with the right person–anytime, anywhere, on any device.
Increase IT control and visibility to meet changing business requirements.
Simplify management and scalability while maximizing IT resources and budgets.
Extend investments and adapt to changing business needs.
Integrated communications can bring immediate savings.
Replacing separate e-mail, phone, audio and video conferencing, voice mail, and instant messaging systems with an integrated, Windows-based platform saves IT time and money. It also and helps users be more productive because the ability to communicate is integrated right into their desktops and the business applications they use every day. Unified Communications provides a seamless flow between the work your people do and the people they need to connect with to get that work done.
Products
Microsoft® Lync™ Server 2010 now delivers complete presence, instant messaging, conferencing and enterprise voice capabilities through a single, easy-to-use interface that is consistent across PC, browser, and mobile device. Administrators benefit from a single, consistent management infrastructure, new capabilities to increase availability, and interoperability with existing systems.
(Lync Server Table here)
Now, more than ever, your organization requires cost-effective and flexible communication tools. With Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 you can achieve new levels of reliability and performance with features that simplify your administration, help protect your communications, and delight your users by meeting their demands for greater mobility.
Microsoft Exchange Server, the cornerstone of Microsoft’s Unified Communications solution, is a flexible and reliable messaging platform that can help you lower your messaging costs by 50-80%, increase productivity with anywhere access to business communications, and safeguard your business with protection and compliance capabilities that help you manage risk.
(Exchange 2010 Table here)
Virtualizations
Hardware Virtualization uses software to create a Virtual Machine (VM) that emulates a physical computer. This creates a separate OS environment that is logically isolated from the host server. By providing multiple VMs at once, this approach allows several operating systems to run simultaneously on a single physical machine.
Rather than paying for many under-utilized server machines, each dedicated to a specific workload, server virtualization allows those workloads to be consolidated onto a smaller number of more fully-used machines.
Benefits
Consolidates multiple, under-utilized physical servers on a single host, running Virtual Machines
Reduces workforce/space/kilowatt by leveraging virtualization for server consolidation and agility
Helps save money because less managing, less space and less kilowatt hours are needed
Beginning with Windows Server 2008, server virtualization using Hyper-V technology has been an integral part of the operating system. Windows Server 2008 R2 introduces a new version of Hyper-V. Hyper-V makes it easier than ever to take advantage of the cost savings of virtualization through Windows Server 2008.
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 is a stand-alone product that provides a simplified, reliable, cost-effective and optimized virtualization solution that helps enable organizations to improve server utilization and reduce costs.
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 provides the virtual OS that lets you increase hardware utilization and rapidly configure and deploy new servers. Virtual Server runs on Windows Server 2003, and Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 provides a virtualization platform that can host most major x86 operating systems.
Business Intelligence
Extend your investments in the Office, SQL and SharePoint technologies.
Microsoft business intelligence expands the reach of your investments in the Microsoft productivity platform, data infrastructure and collaboration tools you already own. Our solution delivers business intelligence by integrating the strengths of these products on a single platform to empower informed business decisions.
We offer a full range of business intelligence solutions that work together to form a comprehensive, end-to-end solution with the scalability and vision to help you drive your business forward.
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Products
Leverage the familiar, easy-to-use Microsoft Office environment for rapid adoption.
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SharePoint Server provides all the tools your teams need to work together effectively, by allowing them to collaborate on and publish documents, implement workflows, and share critical information.
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(SharePoint Server Table here)
Integrate and store high-volumes of data securely with SQL Server.
SQL Server brings together all your data into a powerful, scalable, enterprise-ready engine that can store massive amounts of data and support high query loads and clustering.
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(SQL Server Table here)
Security
Meet customer demand–and exceed expectations–with Microsoft Forefront business security products. Protect your customers against threats with advanced security solutions that integrate with existing infrastructures.
Leverage Forefront technology and offer your customers solutions that are simple to set up and administer, help guard their systems against attack, and drive higher-value customer opportunities that can help you grow your business.
Infrastructure Solutions
Microsoft Forefront security products are part of Microsoft Core Infrastructure solutions. Find out how these solutions can help your customers drive down IT costs through infrastructure optimization and how you can take advantage of cross-selling and up-selling opportunities to grow your business. Learn More about Microsoft Infrastructure Solutions.
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Developer
Simplify your development process from design to deployment with Microsoft Visual Studio. With this integrated development environment, you can put your solutions–and a cutting–edge user experience–at your customers' fingertips.
And reap the rewards you deserve as a go-to solutions provider. Explore Microsoft development tools for creating and delivering sophisticated client and Web applications.
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