TechNet flash India: The Windows 7 saga continues!

Sign up for other newsletters  |  Unsubscribe  |  Update your profile Volume: 1, Issue: 04 - October 29, 2010 A Fortnightly Magazine for IT Professionals Dear Friends, We begin this edition of flash by commemorating an important milestone for Windows 7. When you think about this the most advanced Operating System today has seen the best possible reception from one and all and it seems like it has been around for a while.....but it's only been a year! We bring to you several great resources in this edition that can increasingly help you get the most out of your investment in Windows 7 infrastructure. Check out the 'Deployment learning portal' and the Springboard resource for more. Continuing our dialogue with you on the cloud conversation, we bring to you 'Virtualization best practices' in Technet on. Microsoft is committed to getting you ramped up the fastest on this paradigm compared to any other company and we have heard your feedback that you want to know more and more about how people are making the cloud come alive in their IT environments. Last but not the least, we wish all our amazing readers and your families a very Happy Diwali and look forward to seeing you all soon in the next edition, where we begin new series of conversations with people from our own IT pro community in India. Many thanks and happy reading... Chinmaya Saxena IT Pro Audience Marketing Manager Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd.     Volume Licensing: Get the most from your Microsoft Software. By Chakrapani Dasika Implementing and Managing a Private Cloud Infrastructure. by MS Anand Windows 7 completes one Year! By Arun Subramanian, Product Marketing Lead- Windows Client, Microsoft India It's been one year since General Availability (GA) of Windows 7. And what a year it has been. In this one year, Windows 7 has gone on to become the fastest selling Operating system in the world. As of early July 2010, we had sold worldwide over 175 million copies of Windows 7. That translates to approx. 7 copies of Windows 7 every single second!!! In India, a number of organizations have embarked on rolling out Windows 7 across the enterprise. Organizations such as Bangalore International Airport, Infosys, GMR, L&T, Tata Tele Services, among others are some of the early adopters of Windows 7, and have seen some very clear benefits from having deployed Windows 7. In a recent survey conducted among CIOs across India, approx. 80% of them indicated that their organization had either started or planned to deploy Windows 7 within the next 12 months. That to me is a resounding Yes to the new Operating System by Businesses in India. And I can only feel happy & excited about the times to come!     ATTEND WEBCAST - "Business Intelligence for Everyone" Time: 11 A.M. - 12 P.M. 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