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SAP Support to Reduce Maintenance Cost and Increase Operational Efficiencies for a Large Global Food Retail Chain | 2008-01-24 | MindTree Consulting |
| The client is one of the world's leading quick service restaurant enterprise with more than 11,200 restaurants in 65 countries, and sales of over USD 11 billion. The key challenges in the project were: providing support for different time zones spanning 13 countries in north America, Latin America, Canada, Europe, and Asia pacific regions; and quickly meeting the existing needs and pacing-up with the growing it requirements of the business. MindTree was chosen for in-depth experience in SAP and the retail domain. This engagement involved providing technical, application, and enhancement support to users for various SAP R/3 modules including Financials (FI), Controlling (CO), Purchasing, Project Systems (PS), Investment Management, (IM) and Asset Accounting (AA); and custom-built applications like Real Estate Management System (REMS) and Restaurant Data Collection Center (RDCC).
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Privately Held Software Company Increases Instant Messaging Security, Productivity | 2006-11-08 01:00:18 | Microsoft |
| SAS is the world's largest privately held software company. SAS employees found instant messaging to be a quicker, more informal way to communicate, and about a third began to use public instant messenger services. However, the communications were not secure, and sensitive company information was at risk of being sent out over the Internet. To address this problem, SAS chose an instant messaging solution based on Microsoft Office Live Communications Server and Microsoft Office Communicator 2005. Now, SAS has an easy-to-use, real-time collaboration environment that helps protect the exchange of sensitive company information. In addition, Communicator 2005 has provided SAS with additional functions that the public instant messenger services lacked, and which have boosted employee productivity. | |||
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Unisys Boosts Productivity, Security With Enterprise-Grade Instant Messaging Solution | 2006-11-01 01:00:28 | Microsoft |
| Unisys, a global IT services and solutions company, was an early adopter of Instant Messaging (IM). As use of IM grew, the company needed an enterprise-grade solution that would provide high availability, scalability, and security. The company is upgrading to Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and plans to deploy it early in 2005. Live Communications Server 2005 uses a two-tier architecture that gives the company high availability, reliability, and scalability. Security is enhanced with message encryption and user authentication. Productivity is boosted by integrating IM into line-of-business applications - including Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 - and by extending IM to mobile and remote users without requiring the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). | |||
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National University of Singapore Boosts Collaboration Internally and Externally | 2006-11-01 01:00:29 | Microsoft |
| The National University of Singapore (NUS) works hard to provide its students and staff with an up-to-date, efficient communications infrastructure. To achieve that aim, NUS deployed Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and Microsoft Office Communicator 2005. With this deployment, NUS has provided Instant Messaging (IM) capabilities internally, including within its e-learning portal. And by using the federation feature of Live Communications Server 2005, NUS has also enabled its users to connect instantly to their counterparts at another university. Now, students and faculty find it easier to collaborate with each other and their peers, and the university has gained a communications system it can extend in the future. | |||
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Real Estate Firm Extends Communications Channel With Enterprise Presence Solution | 2006-11-01 01:00:29 | Microsoft |
| In the highly competitive real estate market in Hong Kong, Centaline Property Consultants has long relied on information technology to enhance its ability to serve clients and support the rapid growth of its mainland operations. Although employees were proficient with e-mail, Centaline decided to improve day-to-day contact among staff members in remote offices by using instant messaging. The company deployed Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and equipped staff in China with the Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 client. With presence awareness, staff can see at a glance the best way to contact colleagues. The solution is easy to manage and support, provides better network security, and has helped Centaline reduce costs. | |||
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IBM Helps Professional Services Firm Improve Collaboration and Automate Business Processes | 2006-10-20 01:00:16 | IBM |
| Chio Lim Stone Forest needed to improve its ability to collaborate on transnational projects; its IT subsidiary wanted to create custom collaborative applications that could be used both internally and packaged as service offerings for external clients. The CPA firm implemented a flexible infrastructure for e-mail, instant messaging, calendaring and scheduling, shared team spaces and custom collaborative applications using IBM Lotus Domino Collaboration Express software. | |||
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Microsoft Unified Communications Solution Helps Chinese Bank Handle Rapid Growth | 2006-09-20 01:00:17 | Microsoft |
| Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) is a fast-growing financial services company with hundreds of branches across China. In 2004, the bank adopted Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2003 to provide employees with Instant Messaging (IM), application sharing, document exchange and collaboration, and voice conferencing. SPDB was very satisfied with the results. Over the next two years, the bank expanded rapidly, and it wanted to ensure that its IT infrastructure, particularly the IM system, would scale to meet ongoing growth. In response, SPDB deployed Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and Microsoft Office Communicator 2005. The new solution continues to increase worker productivity and save on telephony and storage costs. | |||
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Siemens Reaches Consensus Faster With Unified Communications | 2006-09-14 01:00:16 | Microsoft |
| In 1998, Siemens, a global technology leader, formed the Siemens Workplace Architecture Team (SWAT) to develop common standards for technology deployments. But as its scope grew, the group struggled to communicate across multiple regions and time zones. Then, the company deployed Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2003, followed a couple of years later by Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005, which provided Siemens with instant messaging and presence awareness. SWAT also subscribed to Microsoft Office Live Meeting, a hosted multimedia Web-conferencing solution. With these real-time communication and collaboration tools, SWAT reached consensus faster, cut the number of in-person meetings - and their costs - by half, and took on more projects within the same budget. | |||
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Decision Analysis Firm Shortens Sales Cycle 30 Percent With Real-Time Collaboration | 2006-09-14 01:00:16 | Microsoft |
| As Fair Isaac capitalized on its success selling analysis tools to large financial and retail organizations by expanding into new markets, the company faced many communications challenges. The company looked to Microsoft to improve the flow of information within the company and to provide a real-time collaboration solution that would facilitate the efficient launch and sale of its products. With Microsoft Office Live Meeting the company can now engage thousands of prospective customers that it otherwise could not have reached - opening new markets, reducing the sales cycle, and lowering travel costs. Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 has enabled the instant messaging and presence capabilities to launch and support products. | |||
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Communications Technology Provider Enhances Collaboration With Video Conferencing | 2006-09-14 01:00:16 | Microsoft |
| Leading video-conferencing technology provider RADVISION employs 400 workers at 11 global branches. The company has relied on instant communication between employees, who are spread across huge geographical areas. Previously, the company used public Instant Messaging (IM), but this fell short of the company's business needs. There were security concerns over sensitive corporate data and employees felt the system failed to deliver enough interactivity. The company deployed a highly-secure IM and video-conferencing solution based on Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and its own technology. For staff, it means less travel and greater business efficiency while delivering financial savings for RADVISION. |