Pleasanton, CA (Vocus) 28 September 2010

next window, a division of SMART Technologies announces that Microsoft has a used 103 “(261.6 cm) display with touch technology next window for use in the Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) in Chicago, Illinois . STA Global experts enable Microsoft closely to check with customers and partners to architect and show possible solutions. The new poster, MTC staff will be able, Microsoft demonstrate? s multi-touch capabilities and customers to show how they could technology to use their own jobs.

screens are used in the inner city of Chicago STA vision, a neighborhood of the prior art to business scenarios, which allows Microsoft and third-party technologies today. During these presentations, guests can take a look at Microsoft solutions for collaboration, unified communications, business intelligence, CRM and other technologies. With touch technology, presenters can now interact with information in a natural way. In 2010, Microsoft plans to bring more touch screen to the big screen in the STA in the world.

â? With the screen a supporting role is better? Moderators can get up and interact with the screen and not behind a PC or laptop, a meeting? Ed Mondek, technology architect, said at Microsoft Technology Center in Chicago. â? We can also show customers simplify the multiplier effect of a large touch-screen access to the context of previous meetings or drawings and establish video. “

Microsoft? s use of large-format touch screens a further indication of the growth of touchscreen technology in business environments, “said Al Monro, next window? s CEO. “The touch technology, supplemented by significant applications, it enables organizations to create stronger links with customers.”


About Microsoft Technology Centers


The Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) offers an integrated business approach, the gap between personal productivity and software for the automation of business processes and IT environments, allowing change to better support the business requirements. Microsoft has 22 facilities in major cities MTC worldwide, including Chicago, New York, Boston, Paris, Moscow and Tokyo. Around 50,000 people visit each year around the world. For more information about Microsoft Technology Centers at microsoft.com / MTC away.


About

NextWindow

next window, a division of SMART Technologies is a leading provider of touch screens and optical components for touch screen manufacturers. With precision, cost-effective solutions designed for easy integration into all-in-one computers, computer monitors and large screen sizes, developed NextWindow the necessary equipment to touch screen technology to bring to life. NextWindow has offices in New Zealand, Taiwan, the United States, Singapore, Korea and Japan, with production facilities all over

Asia.

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