Kancor deploys Windows 8 to improve IT efficiency

Kancor Ingredients has migrated some of its PCs to Microsoft Windows 8 to improve IT efficiency.

Microsoft Windows 8 enabled Kancor to build a secure environment that delivers a user-friendly interface and enhances IT management efficiencies, functionalities and capabilities in office products and cloud connectivity.

With the upgrade to Windows 8, Kancor is able to provide an exciting and improved platform to its employees to work on, which automatically helps in enhancing their productivity.

Microsoft says Windows 8 is suitable for Indian SMEs.

Amrish Goyal, director Windows Group, Microsoft said, “In the era of everyday new technology, companies need to upgrade their software and systems on a regular basis to take full advantage of the various features of Windows 8 and to bring ease to their employees.”

Besides the familiarity of the desktop, Microsoft Windows 8 offers better ways to interact with the line-of-business Windows Store apps, and support for more mobile form-factors.

In addition, Indian SMBs will benefit from increased productivity thanks to Windows 8.

“Windows 8 provides us with improved performance and system reliability and provides an effortless PC experience. While providing speed and security, Windows 8 improves on the basics of Windows 7,” said Rajesh MP, group leader – IT, Kancor Ingredients.

Kancor Ingredients’ IT head says the latest design is more intuitive and live tiles enable easy search of applications and files. The Live Tile mode is very helpful in organizing applications.

Kancor Ingredients will deploy Windows 8 on more laptops, in the next two months.
Some of features of Windows 8 for SMBs

Mobile Broadband and Metered Connection

The built-in mobile broadband features of Windows 8 integrate support for 3G and 4G telecommunication and are enabling mobile workers to connect to the Internet instantly.
Free Antivirus (Windows Defender)

Windows Defender is a free anti-malware software that is included with Windows.
Sky Drive

This provides 7 GB of free cloud storage to Kancor employees and is available from anywhere.
Windows Intune

This cloud offering enables Kancor to manage and patch its  remote devices.

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