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Report:Thinking About Desktop Virtualization? Rethink Your Windows Licensing Strategy

As a desktop operations professional, you've managed to avoid getting down in the weeds with Microsoft licensing — unfortunately, times have changed. Desktop virtualization is forcing desktop...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Successfully Negotiating Microsoft Licensing Agreements

Negotiations with Microsoft can be a daunting challenge for a sourcing and vendor management team. Not only is it likely to represent a major financial commitment, but Microsoft's unique terminology,...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Case Study: Learning From GlaxoSmithKline's Cloud-Based Email Decision Process

How GlaxoSmithKline Decided To Move To Microsoft Online Services

GlaxoSmithKline is moving approximately 90,000 email users to Microsoft's Exchange Online, a cloud-delivered service. To make the decision, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) went through a rigorous internal...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Five New Microsoft Licensing Twists That Every IT Buyer Should Know

Buyers May Need To Refine Their Microsoft Licensing And Adoption Strategies

Forrester has studied Microsoft's recent pricing and licensing changes and found several that could have profound implications for enterprise IT departments, including price increases and repackaging...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Exchange 2010 — An Upgrade Worth Considering

Better Back End, Basic Archiving, And Bigger Mailboxes Lead The Benefits List

Email is business dial tone. Whether on computers or smartphones, email is the most popular application. And Microsoft Exchange is a popular choice for business email. Microsoft's recent release of...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Q&A: Licensing Microsoft Cloud Services

How Sending Your Infrastructure Into The Cloud Impacts Microsoft Licensing

Microsoft communication and collaboration customers are at a crossroads. How should they handle Exchange and SharePoint — keep running it themselves and try to manage the costs, or ship it off...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Q&A: SharePoint's Licensing Complexities

Licensing SharePoint, And How Federation And Virtualization Play A Role

Microsoft's SharePoint continues to spread like wildfire, making it difficult for IT to respond with efficient ways to deploy and manage it. SharePoint is a component in Microsoft's broader...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Inquiry Spotlight: Cloud-Based Email, Q3 2009

Interest in cloud-based email is rapidly rising. The promise of reducing operational costs and refocusing on their core competencies has many Forrester customers asking about the cloud. Cloud-based...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Inquiry Spotlight: Microsoft Licensing, Q4 2008

Of the more than 20,000 inquiries Forrester receives annually, a very regular stream comes from IT operations professionals and sourcing and vendor management teams about Microsoft licensing —...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Untangling Windows Server Licensing Issues

Windows Server 2008, formerly code-named Longhorn, is finally out in the wild. The new version delivers enhancements in virtualization, manageability, and security that will entice firms to the new...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Aligning Your VMware Licensing Strategy With Your Broader Virtualization Plans

It's not easy for enterprises evaluating their licensing options with VMware. In addition to worrying about the mechanics of how an enterprise licensing agreement (ELA) fits with your internal...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Case Study: What Enterprises Can Learn From Universities' Cloud-Based Hybrid Email

Faced with escalating costs in providing email and rising student needs, schools are looking for a better way than going it alone. Educational institutions like St. John's University and Hinds...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Plan Now For Licensing Windows 7

Analyzing Your Options For Upgrading Today Can Save You Down The Road

Windows XP has remained the corporate desktop operating system (OS) standard for most enterprises for several years, but its reign will end with the availability of Windows 7 to IT professionals as...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Update 2011: Q&A: SharePoint Licensing Complexities

Licensing SharePoint, And How Federation And Virtualization Play A Role

Microsoft's SharePoint has been a runaway success with many companies: so much so, that it tests the mettle of infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals who are charged with building and...

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