Hardware giant Dell has responded to the launch of
Microsoft’s Windows Vista by offering factory installation to speed
business adoption of the new operating system.
Dell said its latest server and storage products, desktops and
notebooks had been designed and optimised for Windows Vista, along
with Microsoft’s Office 2007 productivity suite and Exchange Server
2007.
Business users with volume licensing agreements from Microsoft
can now send their Windows Vista image to Dell for factory
installation through the hardware giant’s standard imaging
service.
Other manufacturers have also responded to the Vista launch with
new products and services.
IBM announced new provisioning software that to speed up Vista
deployments. The Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment,
based on technology gained from IBM's acquisition of Rembo, is
designed to help IT departments automatically install or upgrade
operating systems on thousands of servers, laptops and desktop
computers simultaneously.
Lenovo announced the integration of its ThinkVantage
Technologies suite of system recovery, wireless connectivity and
security tools with Vista.
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