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Join us for an interactive session on strategies to plan your company’s “Next Generation Desktop”
· Date – Tuesday, January 27th 2009, 10am – 4pm. Registration from 9:30am
· Location – Microsoft Corporation,
201 Jones Road, 6th Floor, Waltham MA 02451
· Register today – Email Microsoft Northeast VIP Registration
Microsoft invites you to hear from Benjamin Gray, Forrester Research, whose research, and advisory work helps clients to develop and improve their strategy around client operating systems and hardware.
You should attend this invitation-only forum if you are responsible for influencing or developing your company’s desktop operating system strategy and support lifecycle. This seminar will provide a valuable opportunity to network with peers, exchange best practices, and get the latest information directly from Microsoft customers and partners engaged in deploying the most current desktop operating system, Windows Vista. This event will provide a invaluable opportunity to understand why other customers are deploying today, what their return on investment is and their best practices.
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Meet the Expert… |
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Bring your questions or feel free to submit your questions in advance via email: As Windows XP reaches the end of mainstream support, what are my options? Should I deploy Vista now? Or should I just wait for Windows 7? How does my desktop TCO compare to my peers? If I decide to virtualize my desktops, will it enable me to reduce costs and increase the productivity of my remote workers?
According to Forrester Research*: IT operations teams are at a “critical inflection point and should deploy Windows Vista to:
1) stay current with Microsoft's and independent software vendors' (ISVs') support life cycles;
2) help minimize today's security, management, and productivity challenges; and
3) better position your business to eventually embrace "Windows 7," because Windows Vista investments will ultimately pay off with better compatibility for this next release.”
AGENDA OVERVIEW
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9:30am – Registration and Continental Breakfast
10 am – Welcome and Introductions |
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Keynote, Benjamin Gray, Forrester
Building a Business Case for Windows Vista |
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Customer Experience Presentations – Gain an understanding of the compelling reasons Microsoft customers are deploying Windows Vista today! |
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Panel Q&A – An interactive dialog, moderated by Forrester’s Benjamin Gray, with Microsoft customers who are actively deploying Windows Vista.
Topics covered will include: Application Compatibility, Best Practices, Challenges, Rewards, Deployment timelines, Return on Investment (ROI) and many more…. |
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Microsoft Consulting Services – Onsite Deployment Specialists share their real life Vista deployment experiences. This session will explore the lessons learned over the past 2 years of Vista deployment. |
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Preview of Windows 7 – In this exclusive preview, hear more about how Windows 7 builds on Microsoft’s key investments in Windows Vista, and what you can do to get ready today. |
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4 pm – Closing with Evaluations and Drawing for an XBOX 360 ELITE
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Space is limited. Register today!
To RSVP – Just email nedvip@microsoft.com
*EXTRACT FROM Forrester Report: Corporate Desktop Operating System Trends, Q4 2007 Through Q2 2008 |
Benjamin Gray serves IT Infrastructure & Operations professionals. He is a leading expert on business-class PCs and desktop operating systems, and also researches business-class mobile devices, and mobile device management solutions. Benjamin helps Forrester clients develop and improve their strategy around client operating systems and hardware.
In his research, Benjamin covers such topics as when, why, and how businesses should migrate client operating systems. He writes about the state of the North American and European enterprise and SMB PC, business-class desktop, laptop, and mobile device hardware, desktop and mobile operating systems, and mobile device management.
Benjamin's research and analysis have been widely cited in the press, including business media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg, USA Today, and The Associated Press and industry media outlets such as InformationWeek, Computerworld, NetworkWorld, eWeek, and InfoWorld. |
