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Office SharePoint Server – multiple capabilities
Province of British Columbia: The Province of BC is now working on a number of new initiatives to automate workflow and enable greater collaboration, knowledge management, and information sharing throughout its offices. They plan to pilot an integrated enterprise portal and content management solution based on Office SharePoint Server 2007. The portal will serve as a centralized document repository with role-based security to allow for quick retrieval of case information in a secure environment.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools: The Miami-Dade County Public Schools needed to deliver information to more than one million students, parents, teachers, and administrators. The district considered several options for implementing a Web portal solution but selected Microsoft software, because of its cost advantages and its ability to fit with the district's existing IT infrastructure and skill set.

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Collaboration
Del Monte: Del Monte will implement a product life cycle management solution for its formula change using the workflow capabilities of Office SharePoint Server 2007. Del Monte’s current product life cycle management process stipulates manual tracking of formula change, and the company is in need of an automated, centralized system for managing and archiving its comprehensive list of formulas.

CGI: CGI is using Office SharePoint Server 2007 to provide a collaborative workspace solution where staff can jointly work on proposals using the document life cycle management capabilities.

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Portal
AXA: AXA Tech will use Office SharePoint Server 2007 to support intranet access to the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution across the company's global operations.

United Properties: United Properties plans to use Office SharePoint Server 2007 to set up a corporate portal that will provide a centralized location where employees can locate and access documents and other corporate information across the enterprise.

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Search
Monsanto: Monsanto Company, a global agricultural company, faced a license renewal deadline for the search engine it used in more than 20 public Web sites and numerous intranet sites. Search results did not live up to expectations, and the tool was costly and cumbersome to manage. Monsanto evaluated Google and Office SharePoint Server 2007. It chose Office SharePoint Server 2007 for its feature set, and for the value of a search solution that extended enterprise search capabilities from traditional corporate information to people and expertise. Integration between Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the familiar Microsoft Office system programs was another reason why Monsanto decided on Microsoft technologies. Monsanto saved U.S. $250,000 in licensing fees and gained an easily deployable search solution — it took 45 minutes to migrate www.monsanto.com — that is expected to boost productivity.

Mary Kay: Mary Kay Inc, one of the largest direct-selling skin care and color cosmetics companies in the world, was without a viable enterprise search application. After moving its U.S. portal to Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003, the company decided to upgrade to Office SharePoint Server 2007 to leverage the content indexing and search platform functionality. The company now has robust, easy-to-use search functionality that will scale along with its global IT improvement and integration efforts.

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Enterprise Content Management
Miami-Dade County Public Schools: The fourth-largest public school district in the United States built a Web-based portal based on Office SharePoint Server 2007. The district has improved learning potential for children, enhanced parents' ability to participate in the education of their children, and improved the effectiveness and productivity of teachers and school administrators.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car: Enterprise Rent-A-Car implemented a new intranet portal based on Office SharePoint Server 2007. The adjustment in IT infrastructure will increase collaboration and the overall manageability of the knowledge-worker computing environment.

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Business Process Management
CGI: CGI is using Office SharePoint Server 2007 to create workflow scenarios that enable staff to better manage proposals in development. New Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 Forms Services technology within Office SharePoint Server 2007 uses server-based electronic forms to streamline and automate business processes. This technology will enable IBS staff to more effectively manage the collection, distribution, and integration of customer information during the proposal process.

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Business Intelligence
ACNielsen: Using Office SharePoint Server 2007, ACNielsen intends to provide its customers with the ability to interact with spreadsheet data through any Web browser. Customers will be able to access and analyze rich market information using enhanced visualization schemes to spot exceptions and discern trends.

Johnson & Johnson: Using server-side Excel Services technology in Office SharePoint Server 2007 will allow data to be automatically refreshed, recalculations performed, and results rendered in HTML format while role-based authentication can help safeguard information irrelevant to specific users or groups.