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10-12-2013, 02:40 PM
The Scottish Government plans to roll out Windows 8 tablet PCs to key civil servants in a bid to boost efficiency and improve public services.
Staff will be offered the Samsung Series 7 Slate, (http://www.pcworld.com/article/256616/samsung_series_7_slate_review_laptop_power_in_a_sl im_package.html?tk=rel_news) Dell Latitude 10, (http://www.pcworld.com/product/1252490/latitude-10-st-2.html?tk=rel_news) and Samsung ATIV, (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2046030/samsung-ativ-book-7-review-the-look-is-fine-the-feel-is-not.html?tk=rel_news) all running Microsoft's latest operating system.
It made the decision to go ahead with the deployment following a successful proof of concept with Trustmarque, which developed a fully-customized Windows 8 solution. Some 20 key government executives and 20 technicians took part in the pilot.
http://images.pcworld.com/images/article/2011/04/windows_tablets_302-5165645.jpgThe proof of concept also included Microsoft User Experience Virtualization, which provides roaming profiles for staff to log on to any computer on the same network and access their documents.
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Staff will be offered the Samsung Series 7 Slate, (http://www.pcworld.com/article/256616/samsung_series_7_slate_review_laptop_power_in_a_sl im_package.html?tk=rel_news) Dell Latitude 10, (http://www.pcworld.com/product/1252490/latitude-10-st-2.html?tk=rel_news) and Samsung ATIV, (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2046030/samsung-ativ-book-7-review-the-look-is-fine-the-feel-is-not.html?tk=rel_news) all running Microsoft's latest operating system.
It made the decision to go ahead with the deployment following a successful proof of concept with Trustmarque, which developed a fully-customized Windows 8 solution. Some 20 key government executives and 20 technicians took part in the pilot.
http://images.pcworld.com/images/article/2011/04/windows_tablets_302-5165645.jpgThe proof of concept also included Microsoft User Experience Virtualization, which provides roaming profiles for staff to log on to any computer on the same network and access their documents.
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