In auto racing, speed is everything, both on and off the track
Date: 03/19/2010
Robby Gordon Motorsports, the only single-car, owner-driver
team on the premiere NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit,
competes with teams three times its size. To increase its
ability to compete, the company upgraded to Windows Small
Business Server 2008 beta software, deployed on an HP
ProLiant ML350 G5 server. The organization’s efficiency and
collaboration have been significantly increased, making a
positive impact on the increasing communications and
operating more efficiently.
Medical school improves communication and data transmission using mobile solution
Date: 03/18/2010
Students and residents at the Northern Ontario School of
Medicine (NOSM) often train at distant rural clinics. They
needed to reliably transmit clinical activity data and
communicate better with NOSM. Using Windows Mobile phones,
hosted Microsoft Exchange Server, and mobile access to
healthcare applications, NOSM learners communicate better
and can transmit data directly from the field, helping NOSM
track clinical activity and maintain accreditation.
Wine and Spirits distributor empowers employees with new mobility solution
Date: 03/17/2010
M.S. Walker is a wholesaler of wines and spirits in the
American Northeast. A rapidly expanding, midsize company, it
needed to provide sales reps and executives with mobile
messaging and collaboration technologies, but M.S. Walker
wanted to do more than just distribute cell phones. The
company chose Windows phones because the latest version of
the Windows Mobile operating system provides a rich platform
for third-party applications that can be used to automate
paper-based business processes. With this move, M.S. Walker
has cut yearly paper consumption by 2.5 million sheets,
reduced warehouse staff overtime by 75 percent, and trimmed
the average cost per order from U.S.$2.20 to just five
cents. Employees are empowered with mobile access to
information for better collaboration, smarter decision
making, and greater agility in capturing sales
opportunities.
Cleaning service cuts days off response time, boosts compliance with mobile solution
Date: 03/16/2010
Metropolitan Building Services, Inc. (MBS), a cleaning
service, needed a better way for its staff to collect and
transmit information from the field. With handheld devices
that run Windows Mobile software, and a partner
line-of-business (LOB) solution based on Microsoft SQL
Server 2005, MBS has improved company oversight, helping the
company meet its service level agreement. MBS has cut days
off the time it takes to address cleaning issues.
Mobile phones provide fast, reliable environment for medical application
Date: 03/15/2010
LifeWatch uses smartphones to run the software that
continuously monitors the heart rhythms of its patients and
sends abnormal electrocardiogram data to LifeWatch for
analysis and follow-up. The company needs extremely stable
and high-performing smartphones, so it is deploying Windows
phones with Windows Mobile 6.5 for longer battery life,
faster processing speed, and reduced risk of failures.
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