Microsoft said the Scottish government is to adopt Windows 8 tablet PCs.
The government will take delivery of Samsung Series 7 Slates, Dell Latitude 10s and Samsung ATIVs running Win8.
Trustmarque, an MS Gold Partner, created a proof of concept. Mark Garrity, head of the UK public sector at Trustmarque, said that the success of the move underlines a strong partnership between his company and Scotland.
The deployment will include MS User Experience Virtualisaion which lets users log in to any computer on the same network.
Staff in the pilot project included 20 top government execs and 20 techniques.
No details were given of the value of the deal.
