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Why Windows Vista makes business sense for your company
After unprecedented anticipation, Microsoft's latest versions of Windows, Office and Exchange are finally hitting the marketplace. Although most businesses will migrate to Microsoft Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange Server 2007, many aren't planning to do it anytime soon.
And that's a golden opportunity for your small business to get a step ahead of the competition. As a matter of fact, according to a 2006 survey by Forrester Research, only about 29 percent of small businesses said they plan to start deploying Windows Vista within 12 months.
Why are most companies holding off on migrating to Windows Vista? A general line of thinking appears to be: "We're excited about the new technology, but let's see how it shakes out with the other guys before we invest the time and effort to migrate to Windows Vista."
It's a classic example of erring on the side of caution. And it's also a tremendous opportunity for your small business to get a leg up on the competition. How? By migrating your systems to Windows Vista now, you can start taking advantage of the many benefits the new operating system offers months - and perhaps years - before your competitors do.
The bottom line is that there is no time to be timid. The fact is that migrating to Windows Vista makes good business sense for your company. Why? Keep reading.
Windows Vista can improve your company's productivity
Windows Vista has a host of new features designed to improve your company's productivity. Among the ones you'll first notice is the integrated Windows Desktop Search, which can slash the time your employees currently spend trying to hunt down specific documents and presentations on their hard drives, network drives and in applications. With Windows Vista's new Windows Desktop Search function, you can also obtain a thumbnail preview of the documents, which means your team members can view the found documents instantly without opening them.
Another feature that can improve your company's productivity is the new Aero graphical interface, found in Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate. The Aero experience is designed to be intuitive and lifelike by showing translucent windows, a 3-dimensional perspective, rich textures, advanced colour mixes and animations.
Windows Vista is proactive about security
Of all the operating systems Microsoft has developed over the years, Windows Vista is the first one that assumes it's going to be attacked. Because of this proactive approach to security, Windows Vista's threat profile is designed to be minimal. And the Windows Vista Firewall can protect against both inbound and outbound threats making Windows Vista tough on security.
Windows Vista takes a new approach to application compatibility
When businesses consider a new operating system, they're often most concerned about how compatible that system will be with other software, especially applications from independent vendors or their own applications. Even though Microsoft's guidelines for creating applications that will run on Windows is a decade old, a lot of software is nevertheless created with little, if any, consideration of the guidelines. That's the reality, and Vista has been designed to manage it. This means the old days of independent vendors' software butting heads with Windows are numbered.
Windows Vista can fix itself and cut your downtime when it does
Windows Vista is loaded with self-healing and support features that share a common goal: To resolve common support problems on its own, which can result in less downtime and fewer help-desk calls from your company. Though hard-core techno-geeks may disdain them, Windows Vista has features that are significantly more user-friendly than previous Windows versions, including easy-to-understand descriptions on all sub-menus and configuration functions, and the ability to combine common tasks and functions into one place.
Dell makes migration easy
Dell has laid the foundation for an easy and fast transition to Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 through engineering expertise, customer tools and tailored services. For example, companies with a volume licensing agreement from Microsoft can send Dell its Windows Vista image and have Dell factory-install it through its standard imaging service.
Dell's people, processes and tools are in place to help customers successfully complete the transition. In fact, Dell engineers have invested more than 100,000 man-hours during the past two years testing and validating Windows Vista to help ensure that customers' customized hardware works as soon as they power up systems with the new operating system.
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