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GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
A look at the latest from Microsoft
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
Business Results& New Value
End User Productivity
CustomerConnection
Keep BusinessUp & Running
SecurityCompetition
TechnologyChange
RegulatoryCompliance
CostReduction
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007Enabling IT Pros & Development Teams Across the IT Lifecycle
Process-Led,Model-Driven
User-Focused
Unified &Virtualized
Service-Enabled
Manage Complexity,Achieve Agility
Protect Information, Control Access
Advance the Business with IT Solutions
Amplify the Impact of Your People
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007“Testers give high marks to new features in SQL Server upgrade”
- ComputerWorld
“Windows Server 2008 heralds a new age in Windows computing”
–Information Week
“Windows Server Longhorn is a major upgrade, one that promises benefits and advantages for a wide swath of shops across the world..”
- Computer World
“Microsoft has been responding to customer demand for more security, more scalability, more granular management capabilities. Longhorn just takes it to the next level."
– Yankee Group“SQL Server 2008 will put the Microsoft product on an equal footing
with Oracle databases and IBM's DB2.“ - Gartner
“It's the most advanced, secure, and functional version of Windows Server yet created “
- WindowsITPro
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
• 2008 Launch Event in Your Country In March 2008
• Launch site - www.microsoft.com/gulf/2008launch
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
Virtualization
Web
Solid Foundation
Security
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
Networking & ManagementWindows Server 2008System Center Essentials
Messaging
Exchange Server 2007Forefront for Exchange
Security
ISA Server vNextExchange Server 2007
Application/ Database
Windows Server 2008SQL Server 2008
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
"Virtualization without good management is more dangerous than not using
virtualization in the first place.” – Gartner 9 May, 2007
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
Application
Physical Hardware
Database
OS
Virtualization
Monitor
DATACENTERS
BRANCH OFFICES
CLIENTS
Virtualization
Deploy & Configure
Backup &Disaster Recovery
Update
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
Enterprise Data Platform
Beyond Relational
Pervasive Insight
Dynamic Development
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
Office Business Applications
Services
2007
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
Ayman Sadek
Technology Solutions Professional
Information Worker
Microsoft Gulf
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
Communication Overload
Globally Distributed Customers and Teams
Disconnected Communications Systems
High Cost of Communications
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
Vertically-integrated communicationsHorizontal software-driven communicationsV
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GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
Software
Foundation
More Innovation
More
Choice
Reduced Cost
More Productivity
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
Connect the Right WayReduced Overload
User-Centric Communication Single User Identity
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
InstantMessaging
Application Integration
Team Workspaces
Across Networks
Across Devices
E-Mail/Calendaring
Conferencing VoIP
Identity and Presence
StreamlinedCommunications
OperationalEfficiency
Built-inProtection
Future-ReadySoftware
Foundation
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
Click to Communicate in Applications
“Anywhere Access” while Mobile
Enhanced Conferencing
“With presence awareness, I don’t have to call someone five times just to see if he is there. This is a huge benefit. Companies often underestimate how much time is lost in trying to initiate communication.”
– Ralf Kohl Director of Information Technology, Infineon
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
Extend Active Directory Investments
Improve Administrator Productivity
Reduce Infrastructure Costs
“With Office Communications Server 2007, we can capitalize on our existing IT investment. There is minimal training cost for users and engineers because of the familiar environment.”
– Xiaohui XuChief Information Officer, NorthTec
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
Protect Against Spam and Malware
Address Compliance and Governance
Provide Enterprise-Class High Availability
“Our users are excited at the capabilities to efficiently classify e-mail...as administrators we think the ability to set and manage message retention policies centrally is fantastic.”
– Robbie Roberts, IT Manager, Windrush Frozen Foods
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
Presence-Enable Applications
Extensible Development Platform
Plan For Your Future Voice Foundation
“OCS represents a compelling glimpse into the future of collaboration and information worker environments while setting the stage for a backend infrastructure where archaic hardware PBXs will be replaced by software and industry standard servers, potentially resulting in dramatic economic benefits.”
– Robert Sincavage, Section Manager, BMW
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
SERVICESSERVERCLIENT+ +
Rich FamiliarPersonal
Integration
AccessibleRapid Value
Communications
ManageableSecure
Compliant
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
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“UC will become a future standard for how businesses communicate effectively. UC is more than a technology upgrade: It’s a process to increase worker productivity and reduce the latency found in many business activities.”
– Unified Communications: Network and Communications Essentials" Forrester Research, Inc., February, 2007
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
2007The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted August 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
SOURCE: Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications, 2007”
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
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GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
Streamlined Communications for End-Users
Operational Efficiency from Common Infrastructure
Future-Ready Software Foundation for Extensibility
Built-In Protection for Communications Data
GAINING INSIGHT TOUR 2007
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