1. Application Services Strategic Business Unit The way we see it
SharePoint 2010
implementation
Don’t set out on your We also see great demand from new
journey without a map clients who have already deployed
SharePoint and struggle to deliver full
By getting more out Some organisations have already value. We work with these clients to
implemented Microsoft Office identify value opportunities, prioritise,
of SharePoint, SharePoint Server to great effect. then deliver full value using our
Capgemini can help Others, though, have struggled to SAFER (Structure, Analyse, Facilitate,
Embed and Review) framework.
you reduce costs by deliver their organisational goals;
others again are still contemplating
10-30% for limited where and how best to start. Choosing the right start point and end
additional spend point for a SharePoint implementation
The arrival of SharePoint 2010 has is critical to delivering business value.
prompted renewed interest. Clients Capgemini will collaborate with you to
are asking us what’s different about help you to define your goals, identify
SharePoint 2010, how it can help meet how to deliver value and plot your
their goals, and whether it’s better to delivery route map.
implement on-premise or in the cloud.
Implementing SharePoint can be a
Many clients, too, are asking for our complex journey. Let us guide you
help in getting more value from an straight to your destination.
existing implementation. For example,
some companies are seeing good user
uptake of SharePoint but have not
achieved their desired business goals
in terms of governance, control and
compliance.

2. SharePoint has more Prepare for success with
power than you may think Capgemini
A UK government Most organisations we talk with We can help you identify the business
have yet to appreciate the depth and goals SharePoint could help you
agency has achieved breadth of capability that SharePoint achieve, using features like those listed
annual cost savings now provides. For example: above. Whatever those goals, it is vital
to have the right road map specifying
of over £9m by using n it can spearhead your application the start and end point for your
SharePoint and modernisation and rationalisation particular objectives.
Kofax to streamline programme
its record centre capability With our global SharePoint delivery
its document n
delivers robust corporate records capabilities and experience, we have
management management, supporting information a strong track record in helping our
compliance and risk management clients design the right route map, and
then in working with them to ensure
n it enables efficiency savings by
that they stay on the right road.
implementing workflow and
ensuring repeatability in business
Also key to successful SharePoint
processes
implementations is the design of the
n it can underpin a flexible, mobile SharePoint information architecture:
and geographically distributed the processes surrounding information
workforce (including home workers) governance, the retention policies, the
n with its FAST search engine, it business rules, the site provisioning
provides an enterprise-level portal and metadata design.
and search capability
n it delivers rich business intelligence Provide too little governance, and
capabilities the implementation will run out of
n it can manage your organisation’s control; make the architecture too
digital assets complex or rigid, and your users
will reject SharePoint. We can show
n it provides a platform for
you how to find the right balance;
collaboration and social business,
SharePoint 2010 makes it easier too.
integrated with Microsoft’s unified
messaging
n it can be used as a portal to
business-critical systems such as Success factors in SharePoint
SAP, enabling user self-service and implementation
unified presentation of disparate Capgemini will work with you to
systems achieve:
• A clear understanding of business
SharePoint is excellent for all these objectives, goals and benefits
purposes. It’s also more readily • The right organisational governance
model and team
available to your organisation than
• Investment in SharePoint capability
you may realise. Companies who and skills to make the solution
are licensed for Windows Server sustainable
(which most are) will already have a • An appropriate SharePoint
SharePoint licence. The SharePoint Information Architecture – easy to
platform can be accessed through govern, deploy and maintain
Lotus Notes email clients, and can also • Removal of paper from your
search Lotus Notes repositories. organisation
• A focus on quick wins and
prototype candidate solutions
With all these advantages, it’s not
• The right business change
surprising that the installed base programme, with easily digestible
for SharePoint Server will grow at training
an average annual rate of over 30%
for the next four years, according to
analysts Radicati.
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3. Application Services Strategic Business Unit The way we see it
SharePoint can do even Your SharePoint partner of
more in combination with choice
other products
Capgemini can help you:
SharePoint plus Kofax – dealing ndeploy SharePoint 2010 through an
with the paper mountain on-premise solution
Clients are often interested in ndeploy SharePoint Online through
eliminating paper from offices the cloud (including secure private
or processes, though they may cloud) e.g. using Amazon EC2
underestimate the complexity of doing services, or
so. To help achieve that objective, n achieve a combination of both
we combine SharePoint with Kofax
software, which automatically Incidentally, Capgemini also operates
captures content in any format, the greenest data centre in the world,
paper or electronic. Kofax separates, referred to as Merlin.
classifies, extracts and validates
information from varied content With the help of Capgemini, Microsoft
sources (paper, fax, email, XML, PDF , and Kofax, organisations are already
Office documents, and more), using obtaining tangible business value from
SharePoint as the system of record and SharePoint and, where applicable,
enabling straight-through processing. Kofax business solutions.
Together, Kofax and SharePoint drive Kimberly-Clark
out costs and improve productivity Needing to measure performance in
by the elimination of data entry its global manufacturing and supply
and reduction in error rates, while chain management, Kimberley-Clark
delivering improved controls and consolidated disparate reporting solu-
compliance. tions across manufacturing facilities
into a central SharePoint system. With
SharePoint plus SAP – enriching the one major customer, the company
end user experience realised $10m of enhanced revenues
Capgemini recognises the power of that it would have otherwise lost.
connecting people to ERP solutions
such as SAP through a single portal, BAE Systems
facilitating self-service and data BAE Systems Global Combat Systems
consumption from many disparate Vehicles wanted to expand its after-
systems. That’s why, jointly with SAP market business by servicing the vehi-
and Microsoft, we have invested in a cles it manufactures throughout their
solution called ERP+, which connects lifecycle. Microsoft Office SharePoint
Microsoft and SAP technology to help Server helped it create an information
users maximise their assets. portal that has significantly increased
the support offered to customers, and
With ERP+ in place, your staff can the resultant revenue.
use Microsoft tools to increase their
efficiency and productivity in working UK Ministry of Defence
with SAP accessing a wide range of Since 2000 Capgemini has provided
SAP data through Microsoft tools an online collaboration managed
such as MS Excel: because those tools service for the UK Ministry of Defence
are familiar, training time is reduced and its industry partners to over
and more people can use SAP. At the 15,000 users across 750 organisations.
same time, ERP+ lets the enterprise Document management, record
centralise data and demonstrate good management and workflow capability
governance. The net result is an are based on SharePoint and operate
increase in the return on your SAP on a trusted and secure infrastructure,
investment. accredited to hold information up to
and including UK RESTRICTED.
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Severn Trent Water Do you need to understand
Severn Trent relied on email and
SharePoint better?
decentralised data stores for content
management and collaboration,
Perhaps you’re planning an investment
resulting in lengthy and expensive
in SharePoint 2010, or are about
business processes. A solution based
to undertake a rollout, upgrade or
on SharePoint Server 2010 has
enhancement. Or perhaps you’ve
significantly speeded up the process
already installed it, but have yet to see
of content publication, encouraged
business value from your investment.
innovation and promoted a culture of
collaboration.
At the same time, you may be
wrestling with an expanding set
Toshiba
of requirements and thinking that
To become more globally competitive,
you will need to invest in specialist
improve communications across
packages that you can ill afford. You
the group and save costs, Toshiba
may even feel that your business can’t
deployed Microsoft Office products
afford to deploy SharePoint at the
including Exchange Server 2010 and
moment.
SharePoint, replacing 48,000 Lotus
Notes databases. Benefits included
In all these cases, it’s worth talking to
better information sharing, closer
Capgemini.
collaboration and savings estimated
to be worth over $21m on server,
hardware, licensing and operational
costs.
Premera Blue Cross
Case managers were coordinating
complex patient treatment
About Capgemini
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using paper-based processes
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and multiple computer systems.
SharePoint helped them develop a Capgemini, one of the to get the right balance of the best talent
system that could set priorities, track world’s foremost providers from multiple locations, working as one
work, and show outstanding tasks. of consulting, technology and outsourc- team to create and deliver the optimum
ing services, enables its clients to trans- solution for clients.
Benefits included a 25% increase
form and perform through technologies. Present in 40 countries, Capgemini
in efficiency, a 17% increase in case Capgemini provides its clients with reported 2010 global revenues of
manager job satisfaction and expanded insights and capabilities that boost their EUR 8.7 billion and employs around
management capacity worth $9.6m. freedom to achieve superior results 110,000 people worldwide.
through a unique way of working, the More information is available at
UK government agency Collaborative Business ExperienceTM. www.capgemini.com
A solution based on SharePoint and The Group relies on its global delivery
Kofax has delivered annual cost model called Rightshore®, which aims Rightshore® is a trademark belonging to Capgemini
savings of over £9m. Documents are
now centrally stored, easily retrievable
and accurately labelled. Employees
can quickly retrieve information
from a wide variety of documents to
provide better customer service. The Andy Appleby John Crosbie
solution has been rolled out to 11 Private Sector – Application Services Information Management Solutions Director
Strategic Business Unit john.crosbie@capgemini.com
sites.
andrew.appleby@capgemini.com 0870 905 3310
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