Auto dealer achieves greater security with Windows 7 Professional upgrade - Case Study

1. Windows 7
Customer Solution Case Study
Auto dealer achieves greater security with
Windows 7 Professional upgrade
Overview “Due to its intuitive user interface, our staff found it
Country or Region: India
easy to get accustomed to Windows 7.”
Industry: Automotive Mr Muddassir, Head of IT, Simran Motors
Customer Profile
Simran Motors is an automotive dealer that
sells over 4000 cars every year. It has 350
employees across sales, marketing and Simran Motors Pvt. Ltd. is a dealer of a leading brand of cars and
service departments.
has their sales, service and spares showroom in Raigad, in the
Business Situation Western region of India. Established in 2008, the company sells
The company used Windows XP in all its 60
desktops and 5 laptops until November about 4000 cars a year and employs about 350 people across their
2010. To have a better security of its sales, marketing, and service teams. The auto dealer was looking to
information, the company sought to an
upgraded operating system of Windows. upgrade all their computers to an operating system that provided
more security and functionality.
Solution
Simran Motors switched to Windows 7
Professional edition. The additional
features and better capacity of this
operating system meet the company's
requirements better.
Benefits
 Enhanced data security
 Easy installation across 65 system
 Possibility of quicker adaption
 Compatibility with other applications
 Increased productivity

2. Situation enhanced security, and better features and
Simran Motors, one of the leading automobile functionality in this new operating system.
dealers in the Raigad region of Maharashtra, The company had an installed base of HP
India, was looking to upgrade their IT machines with 1 GB RAM and Core 2 Duo
infrastructure comprising 60 computers and processors. “Since we had already upgraded
5 laptops so they could better meet the our hardware, moving to Windows 7 was
demands of their growing business. ”We were simple, seamless, and required minimum
looking for an operating system that was effort. It took us under one month to move to
flexible enough to support our in-house and the new environment,” says Muddassir.
industry-specific application, and for a new-
generation operating system that would Benefits
enable greater security while being easy for The customer benefited from the Windows 7
users to get accustomed to,” says Mr Professional upgrade in the following ways:
Muddassir. All computers in the company’s
local network were initially running on Enhanced Security
Windows XP in a peer-to-peer configuration, Their LoB application accessed information
and were set up so that their line of business from a centralized server and distributes it to
(LoB) application accessed data locally and several diverse users in their local network,
from a centralized external server. so their primary requirement in the new
operating system was the ability to securely
For Simran Motors, their key LoB application and reliably store, centralize, manage, and
is DMS—their Dealer Management Software distribute data. The upgrade to Windows 7
that helps manage all automotive service Professional was able to provide the company
centre-related functions including sales, with better security—an area that they faced
service, marketing, and customer challenges with previously, in terms of virus
communications. For other related business and Trojan attacks. With the new Microsoft
processes, they use Microsoft Office 2007— Security Essentials bundled with Windows 7
specifically Microsoft Excel and Outlook. Professional, and compounded with their
After having analyzed the requirements and existing antivirus software, “we experienced
the advantages of the new operating system, enhanced security that made sharing data
Simran Motors was confident of their across the network more easy and
decision to upgrade to Windows 7 convenient,” claims Muddassir.
Professional.
Easy Implementation
The process of upgrading Simran Motors
Solution computers’ hardware and installing Windows
The company was looking for an operating 7 Professional was seamless—from start to
system that is reliable, enables users to finish it took just one month.
instantly and easily find and launch
applications, offers stability while running Simplicity and Flexibility
"Desktop Search in multiple applications, and with secure and The revamped and intuitive Windows 7 user
Windows 7 makes it user-friendly networking. interface made it easy for their users to adapt
quickly to the new operating system without
easy to find files Having used Windows XP for over 3 years, it much of a learning curve, and with virtually
quickly.” was only natural for the company to look to a no specific training needed.
Microsoft product. The clinching factors for
Mr Muddassir | Head of IT | Simran Motors selecting Windows 7 Professional included Better Compatibility

3. For More Information With the ability of Windows 7 Professional to Windows 7
For more information about Microsoft run almost all applications that are Faster and more reliable: Window 7 will help
products and services, call the Microsoft compatible with previous Windows versions, your organization use information technology
Sales Information Center at (800) 426- the customer was able to seamlessly to gain a competitive advantage in today’s
9400. In Canada, call the Microsoft continue to use their DMS application after new world of work. Your people will be able to
Canada Information Centre at (877) 568- the upgrade. be more productive anyway. You will be able
2495. Customers who are deaf or hard-of- to support your mobile work force with better
hearing can reach Microsoft text telephone Greater Productivity access to shared data and collaboration
(TTY/TDD) services at (800) 892-5234 in The enhanced Desktop Search functionality tools. And your IT staff will have better tools
the United States or (905) 568-9641 in in Windows 7 Professional enabled their and technologies to enhance corporate IT
Canada. Outside the 50 United States and users to obtain instant results when security, data protection, and more efficient
Canada, please contact your local searching network-based file shares and local deployment and management.
Microsoft subsidiary. To access information hard drives, with live results appearing in real
using the World Wide Web, go to: time. This feature tangibly benefitted them in
www.microsoft.com terms of real-world time savings on a daily For more information about Windows 7, go to:
basis. Coupled with the current hardware, the www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7
more efficient multitasking capabilities in
Windows 7 Professional also made it easier
For more information about Simran Motors for them to run multiple applications and
Pvt. Ltd products and services, call (022) switch between them.
2746-7999, fax (022) 2746-4409, or
email sales@simranmotors.com.
Software and Services
 Products
− Windows 7 Professional
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Document published December 2010