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Protect Information, Control AccessProtect Information, Control Access Manage Complexity, Achieve AgilityManage Complexity, Achieve Agility Advance the Business with IT SolutionsAdvance the Business with IT Solutions Amplify the Impact of Your PeopleAmplify the Impact of Your People BASIC IT is a cost centre STANDARDISED IT is an efficient cost centre RATIONALISED IT is a business enabler DYNAMIC IT is a strategic asset

Move from physical to logical Managed by models & policy State-aware, self-healing Available, secure and real-time Federated, composite, service-based Connected & user-focused experiences On-premise, off-premise, hosted Efficient Dev-to-IT operations

BETTERPERFORMANCE ENHANCED SECURITY EASIER DEPLOYMENT with Service Pack 1

Secure & Trusted Platform Virtualisation Business Intelligence Web And Developer Productivity

NZ’s best known website First tested Windows Server 2008 in August 2007 and plan on full production deployment of web servers and listing\search servers in March Currently using Visual Studio 2008 for development Testing SQL Server 08 for backend database performance -specifically Filestream, Transparent data encryption and extensible key management. Tighter integration between IIS7 and.NET allows even richer functionality into applications Fast time to deploy Windows Server 2008 and have seen a reduced CPU load on servers which will extend Hardware lifecycle Trade Me

Up to 60% reduction in patching through Server Core Up to 10% power savings on identical workloads ISV& Partner Momentum Over 80 Certified apps today Over 1000 Global partners ready Continued security focus * Record performance on TPC-E** & SAP-SD*** benchmarks A leading IDE provider (48%) +.NET LEADERSHIP H2 FY07 + Forrester “IDE Usage Trends”, Jeffrey S. Hammond February 12, 2008 *NIST National Vulnerability Database ** Results as of 2/27/08. NEC Express5800/1320Xf (32 SMP), 1126 tpsE, 2771 $/tpsE, available 8/30/08. Source: Transaction Processing Performance Council ( *** Highest performance on 4-socket Industry Standard Servers. Certification Number xxxxxxx: SAP SD standard SAP ERP 6.0 (2005) application benchmark in 3-Tier configuration certified on 02/26/08 For more details, see

Tonkin & Taylor provides engineering, design, and consulting services. The organization needed to better manage security for its remote data centres. It also needed to improve the time-consuming file replication and backup process at these remote sites Tonkin & Taylor deployed the Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise operating system in October 2007, to simplify remote administration and improve file management. Tonkin & Taylor

“Virtualisation without good management is more dangerous than not using virtualisation in the first place.” – TOM BITTMAN, GARTNER VP & ANALYST, 9 MAY, 2007 Virtualisation Will Drive Major Change in IT Infrastructure and Operations in the Next Three Years, Tom Bittman, May 8, 2007

One of NZ’s largest IT infrastructure service providers. Provides a catalogue of services based around its Datacentre operation. Holds capacity for 40,000+ virtual servers in a single centre First true Type-R Datacentre in NZ Revera

Nathan Mercer IT Professional Advisor

Kiwibank is the fastest growing bank in the NZ market with 1 in 8 of all New Zealanders now being customers Visual Studio and SQL Server were used to extended an International Banking Application into a smart client. Project provided a single interface to administer back office functionality across a range of systems in a manner that can be easily extended as new products and services are introduced in the bank. The Smart Client pattern provided a structured approach to development and Windows Workflow Foundation to manage human workflow and service interaction. Kiwibank

Nigel Parker Web Development Advisor

Scott Allen Solution Specialist – Business Intelligence

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