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 These Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 case studies provide background on the different ways organizations use SharePoint to improve productivity and
enable collaboration and information sharing via a portal or intranet.
Title: Legal Firm Invests in Service Quality with Client Extranet and Collaboration Tools
Company/Organization: Blank Rome
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: Blank Rome is a rapidly growing legal firm that is passionate about providing its clients with the highest level of customer service. Through simplified attorney collaboration and the implementation of a robust client extranet, Blank Rome has dramatically improved its ability to serve its clients quickly, conveniently, and with the personal touch that Blank Rome clients have come to expect.
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Title: Builder Improves Access to Information and Expertise with Enterprise Search Capabilities
Company/Organization: Skanska USA Building
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: Skanska USA Building needed to help its employees more easily find information on the company’s enterprise wide intranet portal, which spans back-end, line-of-business systems, directories, and more.
The New Jersey based company chose Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 with Enterprise Search capabilities, for their 3,800 employees, which provides comprehensive search capabilities across the companywide intranet and enterprise content management system.
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Title: CPA Firm Optimizes User Experience for Gains in Security, Productivity, and Staffing
Company/Organization: Gronewold, Bell, Kyhnn & Co.
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: With the increase in tightening security procedures and standards, this Iowa-based CPA firm's main concern was security and staffing. With a company of 13 on its payroll, Gronewold serves clients both across Iowa, as well as other states. Employees required a system that would allow their employees to work remotely, while safely transferring data between workstations and the firm’s central server.
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Title: Council Improves KPI Monitoring with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Company/Organization: Maroochy Shire Council
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: Maroochy Shire Council in Queensland, Australia, employs 1,300 people, providing services such as managing quarries to aged care services to operating the Sunshine Coast Airport. With an organization that is growing rapidly, Maroochy found that reporting systems to measure performance indicators could not collaborate with other information systems. Staff had no way to evaluate data or share notes with one another. This system allows instant messaging between employees, a dashboard to display current performance, as well as an automatic workflow for department heads.
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Title: Global Law Firm Uses Search Solution to Improve Access to Information
Company/Organization: Covington & Burling LLP
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: Employees at Covington & Burling had struggled to find information on the company’s intranet. Many of the 650 employees were unable to take advantage of the resource which could have increased productivity. When employees complained that the only reason they used the intranet was to utilize the phone book, the company decided to build a new intranet using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
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Title: Law Firm Increases Functionality and Reduces Costs with a New Intranet
Company/Organization: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: With offices ranging from New York to Shanghai, and a staff over 1,000, this California based law firm needed a solution to their failing and expensive company intranet. With an intranet with enterprise search capabilities and workflow tools, Sheppard Mullin is saving money, conserving resources, while offering a greater responsiveness to clients.
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Title: Global Power and Control Specialist Uses Internal Expertise
Company/Organization: Schneider Electric
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: With employees stretching across 106 countries, this construction equipment manufacturer was struggling to keep employees communicating. Critical knowledge and designs were found in the heads of the engineers in the field, not at headquarters. Recognizing that it made more sense to build a dynamic system to integrate with other applications, Schneider built a Generic Application Package Solution (GAPS). Because GAPS can be fully integrated with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, the choice was simple. Now, employees can create, review, comment on, and publish design documents; in any country.
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Title: Portal Empowers Charity Staff
Company/Organization: FUNDAMED
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: FUNDAMED supports international volunteer teams to provide healing and hope to the people of Maranhão, Northeastern Brazil. To accomplish their goals, FUNDAMED needed to connect people with the organization, each other, and the information they require. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 became the centerpiece of FUNDAMED’s solution to expand its ability to better serve its volunteers and the people they serve.
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Title: Microsoft Sales Force Uses Social Computing to Share Expertise, Drive Sales
Company/Organization: Microsoft Corporation
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: Microsoft sales reps are usually out of the office selling. So what’s the problem? Unfortunately, this posed a challenge for these sales professionals: they could not find the time to attend sales and technology courses. To facilitate the exchange of knowledge and best practices, they used Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
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Title: Content Management Improves Workflow and Collaboration
Company/Organization: Ministry of Health Kingdom of Bahrain
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: The Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Bahrain, needed an easy-to-use intranet. They also needed a content management system that would facilitate better internal communication for their more than 2,500 key users in the ministry’s medical, administrative, and financial departments. They used Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to build an efficient work environment with improved communications and rationalised workflows.
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Title: New Portal Yields Big Dividends for Bank
Company/Organization: VTB 24
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: VTB 24, a leading Russian bank, had more than 10,000 employees spread across multiple business locations. They wanted to establish an internal communication portal where users could publish information quickly and easily. Additionally, they wanted employees to feel more involved in the organization and felt that this could be accomplished through sharing information on activities across the business. Read this case study to learn how they achieved their goals.
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Title: Health Insurer Saves $2 Million Yearly with Enterprise Content Management Platform
Company/Organization: Independence Blue Cross
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: As an insurance provider servicing over 3 million customers, Independence Blue Cross faced the challenge of providing secure online access to policy booklets. They needed a content management and portal system that would enhance its strategic-planning processes, integrate with a UNIX-based application and offer enterprise search. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 helped them save money, provide better customer service and streamline employee productivity.
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Title: MTV: I Want My SharePoint!
Company/Organization: MTV Networks International
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: MTV Networks International (MTV) uses SharePoint to standardize its portal solution. Among the results are increased collaboration and efficiency for the media giant.
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Title: NetApp Speeds Decision Making by 300 Percent with Collaboration Solution
Company/Organization: NetApp
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: As NetApp grew, so did the challenge of enabling its global workforce to find information quickly and to collaborate effectively. NetApp employed SharePoint to help them make decisions in one third the time.
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Title: General Mills Chooses SharePoint for Comprehensive Records Management
Company/Organization: General Mills
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: General Mills needed to develop a coherent records management system to store, prioritize, and manage its very high volume of electronic records while minimizing disruption to the way people worked. SharePoint helped devise flexible solutions to accommodate the multiple records-retention scenarios needed.
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Title: Jones Lang LaSalle Saves $500K with Collaboration Solution
Company/Organization: Jones Lang LaSalle
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: Real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle now saves $500,000 yearly and sees international Web traffic go up 100 percent!
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Title: Healthcare Services Company Fosters Rapid Adoption for New Collaboration Environment
Company/Organization: McKesson
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: McKesson wanted to improve collaboration among its dispersed business units and achieve maximum return on its investments in collaboration technologies.
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Title: State Agency Streamlines Processes and Lowers Costs
Company/Organization: The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity faced integration and collaboration challenges in its mixed IT environment. The agency also struggled with an inefficient, paper-based grants process.
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Title: Architecture Firm Builds a Stronger Foundation with Much Needed Support
Company/Organization: HOK
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: Leading architecture firm HOK was seeking a powerful and consistent approach to collaboration.
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Title: Dawson County Expands Services, Cuts Costs with Hosted Records Management Solution
Company/Organization: Dawson County
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: A county in Georgia uses Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) to automate its records management processes at a reasonable cost.
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Title: Tyson Foods Improves Collaboration and Business Insight, Creates Process Efficiencies
Company/Organization: Tyson Foods
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: Tyson Foods integrates Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) to reduce preparation time and organize data, while saving money, with dashboards and other business intelligence (BI) tools.
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Title: Financial Firm Empowers Global Staff with Flexible, Multilingual Search Solution
Company/Organization: Russel Investments
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: Russell Investments wanted search solutions to keep up with the requirements of a multilingual workforce. Russell chose Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for its strategic value as an enterprise-scale information management solution and for its integrated search capabilities.
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Title: Florida Gives Teachers Secure Access to Terabytes of Student Data
Company/Organization: The Florida Department of Education
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: The Florida Department of Education uses Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 (MOSS) to launch a Web portal providing teachers, students, and parents with secure access to confidential data.
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Title: Italian Car Maker Forms Stronger Customer, Fan Connection with Top-Performing Web Site
Company/Organization: Ferrari S.p.A.
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: Ferrari S.p.A migrated from a Java-based infrastructure to Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 to streamline development, simplify content management, and improve the user experience.
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Title: Teachers Health Improves Customer Service with SharePoint
Company/Organization: Teachers Federation Health
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: To meet industry compliance requirements and to achieve cost savings, Teachers Federation Health, a not-for-profit health fund, needed to find a better way to share information and ensure consistency in all member communications. SharePoint not only provided the platform for sharing, it also helped ensure compliance with regulations.
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Title: Manufacturer Implements New Global Web Presence to Serve Customers, Help Drive Sales
Company/Organization: KONE
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Snapshot: KONE, based in Helsinki, Finland, provides elevators, escalators, and solutions for modernization and maintenance. They implemented a new Web content management solution using Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 to improve their outbound marketing and communications.
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