JH, What do you think of these Windows2000 adoption rates?
Credit Suisse First Boston, a leading global investment banking firm with 60 sites in 30 countries, is
deploying Windows 2000 on more than 17,000 desktops and 2,500 laptops and plans to standardize its
operating system to the Windows 2000 platform.
"Credit Suisse First Boston is committed to using Windows 2000 as our standard platform because it
provides us with the tools to further expand our global reach while maintaining our high standards for
customer service," said Steve Long, co-CIO of Credit Suisse First Boston. "The multilingual features in
Windows 2000 have allowed us to standardize on a consistent framework worldwide, and, in addition,
provide our clients with the flexibility of choosing their preferred language no matter where they travel.
Windows 2000 has allowed us to create a win-win situation where employee productivity is increased and
IT costs are reduced."
Expanding Personalized Customer Services With Windows 2000
Full-service investment firms such as Merrill Lynch are realizing the need to broaden their service
offerings and respond quickly to changing customer needs and market demands. To address these
challenges, Merrill Lynch is deploying Windows 2000 Professional,
Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server to the more than 700 branch offices and
13,600 financial consultants throughout the United States that make up its Private Client Group.
Windows 2000 allows Merrill Lynch to reuse more components in multiple applications, minimizing the
amount of work that has to be done to release a new application and deliver enhanced customer services.
"The reliability, flexibility and centralized administration in Windows 2000 will enable us to efficiently
provide our financial consultants with new tools, so we can maintain a high level of quality and deploy
new applications and services far more easily than before," said Adam Schoenfield, director of Distributed
Systems Development, Private Client Architecture Group, Merrill Lynch.
Windows 2000 Increases Revenue Opportunities for Securities Institutions
The SWX Swiss Exchange ranks among the world's leading securities exchanges, bringing investors and
issuers together in a liquid and efficient securities market. To maintain its technological leadership, SWX
needs to ensure that its applications offer high performance and uncompromising security, as well as be
easy to upgrade and maintain. SWX's current UNIX-based trading system has proven reliable, but to
occupy a leading position in the competitive global exchange environment, SWX is adding the Windows
2000 platform.
SWX and Microsoft have developed the reference architecture for a new electronic trading system called
the Trading New Architecture, based on the Microsoft Windows DNA platform, using Microsoft Windows
2000 and Microsoft SQL Server™ 7.0. The Trading New Architecture will expand customer services
provided by SWX because it allows for full integration of the exchange participants' own trading room
applications. It will also serve as the basis for future developments, such as further expansion of trade
through the Internet and the creation of networks with other exchanges.
Increasing Customer Benefits by Boosting Productivity
Wells Fargo is the nation's seventh largest bank, and as a product of more than 1,500 mergers in 147
years it has become a highly decentralized financial services company. To meet its diverse IT challenges, it
plans to migrate its Microsoft Windows NT© Server 4.0-based infrastructure to the Windows 2000
operating system and utilize the Microsoft Active Directory™ service.
"It's easier to deploy new applications on the Windows 2000 platform," said Scott Hall, enterprise
architecture manager for Wells Fargo Services Co. "Windows 2000 allows us to design our network
directory according to our business needs, instead of mapping our business to a predefined architecture.
Windows 2000 will enable us to reduce the cost of administration while allowing for greater flexibility and
increased productivity, which will ultimately benefit the customer." |
