Vista Business Launch

Live on location at the Docks in Toronto, Canada.

- Interview with Phil Sorgen - President - Microsoft Canada:

- Consumer Launch of Windows Vista will be January 30, 2007.

- 3 Parts for the Consumer :
1) Refining Data
2) Security
3) Work and Communicate Together

- Windows Vista Beta 2 had 5 million public testers.

- Killer New Features: search and security capabilities.

- Interview with Emma Da Silva - Director, Information Worker Group - Microsoft Canada:

- Office 2007 built from the ground up.

- Office 2007 New Features :

- Simplified Communication

- Protection of Content

- Better Search Capability

- Interview with Jill Schoolenberg - Director, Windows Client - Microsoft Canada:

- Today's business launch of Windows Vista, Office 2007, and Exchange Server 2007.

- Features of Vista: Embedded Search Tool, Enhanced Security, and Synchronization

- Security: BitLocker - Microsoft's full drive encryption.

- Interview with Nauman Haque - Research Analyst - Info Tech:

- Well timed release for Microsoft Vista.

- Recommends to businesses to not adopt until Service Pack 1 of Vista.

- Microsoft Windows Vista:

Businesses = Half Thumb

Consumers = Thumbs Up.

- Microsoft Office 2007:

Initially thumbs down and then a gradual thumbs up.

- Microsoft Exchange 2007:

Big thumbs up in the long run.

- As a general rule of thumb, Microsoft's products don't actually get good until at least service pack 1.