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Every mid size and large organizations in the world have implemented their share of backend systems like ERP, CRM and other transaction support applications and solutions - which has resulted in a sprawl of information and data silos that are inflexible, cumbersome to use and cost prohibitive to make the information and data available within the systems in a secure fashion across the enterprise. These systems fail to deliver the applications and solutions that will allow for fostering a productive and efficient workforce. The need of the hour for these organizations is to make these systems work together and provide services that go beyond transaction support to the business users. |
We have come to believe that Microsoft SharePoint is the core platform that can help organizations to rationalize the investments that are made in the backend systems and technologies and demonstrate benefits to the business of these systems and technologies along with increasing the return on investments on the platforms. As a business and technology platform, SharePoint can be utilized to integrate information, content, data, and bridge the gaps that existing in these systems in terms of collaboration, flexible processes, self service and turnkey tools and applications that add value to the organization in terms of improved productivity, efficiency and immediate realization of cost savings.
| For example, one of our mid size customers had implemented a plethora of backend systems that took care of different data and information needs like contacts management, marketing, legal among others. In spite of these systems, the customer had big time issues with email based collaboration, non centralized documents, delays and miscommunications, tracking of information in a holistic manner and lack of centralized, self service based support for pan enterprise, cross departmental processes. We helped the customer by implementing SharePoint as the core platform for orchestration, business intelligence, workflows and collaboration solution among others that delivered holistic information and functionalities by integrating with the existing systems through integrated business dashboards and solutions. |
The first and foremost task that needs to be carried out is the successful deployment of SharePoint. This involves not only installing and configuring SharePoint, but deploying it in a way so that it seamlessly integrates within your existing infrastructure and be able to integrate and communicate with your existing systems. If this is not taken care of , then the SharePoint installation will be just another silo that would not help you realize any value or benefit - immediately, or even in the long term. |
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| Key concerns that need to be addressed when deploying SharePoint |
| Managing complexities and cost effectiveness of your SharePoint infrastructure deployment |
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Mid Size and large enterprise SharePoint implementations can get really complex with multi server farms, security configurations, content management, collaboration, workflows and other aspects. Moreover, for enterprise wide adoption of SharePoint, it is very essential to make sure that SharePoint fits seamlessly within your existing infrastructure of ERP systems and solutions in a flexible, scalable and highly available configuration.
If your SharePoint deployment is not planned and architected properly, you will always run the risk of implementing an infrastructure that under performs or is an overkill for your business needs. In either cases, costs can run amok either upfront during the implementation, or at a later point of time when you realize that the current architecture needs more to be added to it. Also, managing and maintaining a non optimal implementation of SharePoint can also incur unnecessary costs on a continual basis.
| Download our case study Implementing multi server SharePoint farm deployment for a large institution based out of the United States. |
With more than 100 SharePoint deployments, we have the experience, best practices and the processes to ensure the most optimal implementation of SharePoint infrastructure and environment for your organization – not only for your current needs, but also for your future vision of SharePoint for your business, and takes into consideration the complexities involved and the ongoing costs of your SharePoint implementation for your organization.
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| Delivering to the critical need of implementing an integrated enterprise |
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One of the critical needs that we have come across with many of our mid market and large enterprise customers is the need to implement SharePoint as an integrated platform for the enterprise. To achieve this, it is very essential to plan and deploy SharePoint within your existing infrastructure so that it can seamlessly communicate with the existing systems like ERP, CRM and others and deliver holistic set of solutions and functionalities that integrate information, data, content, documents, processes and people in a centralized and secure fashion. The biggest issues that organizations face in delivering an integrated enterprise with SharePoint is due to a lack of developing a clear strategy and roadmap upfront leading to the SharePoint implementation being another silo of information and documents within the enterprise infrastructure landscape.
We have helped many of our customers in the process of implementing SharePoint to deliver to the vision of an integrated enterprise. For any SharePoint deployments, we start with a comprehensive envisioning process that is focused on understanding and mapping the business needs to the technology implementation and integration needs - helping us to architect the SharePoint deployment so that SharePoint seamlessly integrates with your existing infrastructure landscape and delivers to the vision of the integrated enterprise to your organization.
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| Managing the roll out for graceful acceptance of SharePoint across your organization |
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The first impression is always the best impression. Whether you are doing an enterprise roll out, or just a quick deployment so that users can start using SharePoint for their day to day activities, it is very essential create and manage to a roll out plan. The roll out plan can consist of a single phase, or involve multiple phases with phases like pilot roll out, departmental roll out, business unit roll out and enterprise wide roll out. Moreover, for graceful acceptance of the platform by business users, each of the phases should have the right type of features and functionalities that provide value to the business users in terms of enabling them to execute their everyday tasks in an efficient manner. Well planned roll outs are the pathways to successful adoption of SharePoint by the business users of your organization.
We have helped several of our customers to envision, plan and manage to the SharePoint roll out process within their organization leading to successful adoption of SharePoint as the platform for collaboration, communication, business processes, information and self service by business users. This involves understanding the key pain points and priority needs from a collaboration, process automation, document management, content management and business intelligence among others of the business users, developing the plan and setting up the expectations of the users, communicating the value delivered to the business users in each of the phases, deploying the functionalities in a phased manner and training among other activities.
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| Making sure that the SharePoint infrastructure is stable, always available and well oiled |
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Managing to a sound and healthy infrastructure is key to attaining long term benefits and ROI of your SharePoint investments. The environment has to be continuously monitored, databases have to be optimized and other maintenance and governance activities have to be carried out. Achieving these goals is extremely difficult without a clear approach and defined next steps.
We have helped our customers to manage their SharePoint infrastructure and solutions environment by developing governance, security, administrative and operational policies and procedures which lay out the strategy and approach for management of their SharePoint investments. Moreover, we provide administrative training as well as SharePoint support services which our customers can take advantage to ensure continual and smooth operation of the SharePoint infrastructure and solutions environment.
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| Where are you in the process of deploying SharePoint? |
| Hover over the bubbles in the image below and learn how we can help you at different stages of your SharePoint deployment initiatives. |
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| Our offerings |
| We have helped several of our mid market and large enterprise customers to successfully deploy SharePoint within their organizations. With our turnkey SharePoint deployment offerings, our customers can pick and choose the type of implementation that best suits their organizational requirements. The following are the services that we offer for SharePoint deployments- |
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Envision Your Solutions
We have helped several of our mid size and Global 2000 customers to develop a clear vision, concept and roadmap for implementing Enterprise 2.0 solutions infrastructure with SharePoint. Our workshops are collaborative and involve the key stakeholders right from the early stages – making it possible to design, architect and implement a collaboration infrastructure that is fine tuned to the business vision of your organization.
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