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Black Marble Limited
United Kingdom | Systems Integrator
Solution Summary
• Black Marble offers customers solutions, based
on Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 technology,
that enable growth gradually across the
business, which eases adoption. Additionally,
solutions are interoperable across the Microsoft
family of products, increasing productivity
through easier access to resources and
knowledge.
• Black Marble has developed targeted
SharePoint 2010 portal enhancements,
including Skills Tracker, to easily verify staff
skills across the organization, saving money and
time.
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About the partner
Black Marble is a Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner
specializing in Custom Development and Collaboration
Solutions. Black Marble uses the Microsoft Visual Studio®
Team System to provide a full ALM solution, implementing
best practices and knowledge developed through years of
experience with the Visual Studio family of products. As well
as obtaining industry-level qualifications and recognition
(including two Microsoft Valued Professionals), all our
technical staff are members of the British Computing Society.
―SharePoint 2010 enables us to create exciting and
innovative solutions for our customers in a reduced time,
starting with small savings that collectively amount to
huge improvements in efficiency and give much greater
value to the organisation.‖
- Rik Hepworth, IT Director, Black Marble Ltd.
Black Marble Favorites
Access Services | Sandboxing | Activity Feed |
Managed Metadata | Content Type Publication
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ClearPeople
United Kingdom | Systems Integrator & ISV
Solution Summary
• ClearPeople‘s SharePoint 2010 ECM solutions as
well as products, such as CorpCast and
PeoplePoint, focus on providing business
productivity solutions for information workers.
• Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 will enhance the
ClearPeople value proposition for its customers
with capabilities such as Managed Metadata
Service, Content Type Hubs, and Content
Organizer, which will reduce the cost of
managing data and improve content structure.
• For companies with remote workforce,
ClearPeople offers improvements to the offline
experience through SharePoint Workspace and
integration with Office 2010.
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About the partner
ClearPeople is a London-based technology services
company and a Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner,
specializing in the consulting, development, and support
of Microsoft SharePoint solutions and integration with
Microsoft Office with an emphasis on ECM and
document management.
―SharePoint 2010 is now truly the ECM platform of the
future on which we can deliver best-of-breed
solutions. Our clients will without a doubt benefit
greatly from the new and enhanced features, both in
terms of productivity and ease-of-use.―
- Gabriel Karawani, CTO / Director of Technology,
ClearPeople
ClearPeople Favorites
Managed Metadata Service | Content Type Hubs|
Content Organizer | SharePoint Workspace
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Content and Code United Kingdom/Worldwide | Systems Integrator
Solution Summary
• Content and Code offers customers end-to-end solutions to
meet their collaboration needs and help them realize
measurable benefits from their Microsoft investment.
Content and Code also delivers complimentary and attached
services and products to cover all areas of the Microsoft®
SharePoint® platform, including Sites, Communities,
Content, Search, Composites, and Insights.
• Using Microsoft Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010
technology, Content and Code can bring its customers the
most connected platform and integrated set of tools,
delivering an enhanced and consistent user experience
across applications, ultimately allowing businesses to
perform collaboratively and effectively.
• Content and Code‘s SharePoint 2010 offerings include a
community-driven intranet for education and a My Site–
focused collaborative intranet for retail.
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About the partner
Content and Code is a Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner
specializing in building solutions based on Microsoft
SharePoint® technology. With more SharePoint
customers than any other company in the U.K., Content
and Code was awarded the Microsoft 2009 Worldwide
Partner of the Year in Information Worker Solutions,
Portals, and Collaboration. Content and Code primarily
provides consultancy services, hosting, and Web parts,
as well as a full range of professional services, including
design, development, systems integration, and training.
"From end-user empowerment to social networking, BI
improvements to composite applications, new
development tools, and new hosting options, Content and
Code is very excited to bring our solutions to the
SharePoint 2010 platform.”
- Tristan Watkins, Infrastructure Architect,
Business Practices Team, Content and Code
Content and Code Favorites
Search | Social Networking (Communities) | Business
Intelligence (Insights)
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Dell
U.S./Worldwide | Systems Integrator
Solution Summary
• Dell will deliver its SharePoint Standardized
Consulting IP set to help customers migrate to
Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 from earlier versions. In
addition, Dell intends to offer services including
enhanced SharePoint engagements, a fixed scope, high-
value health-check service, and updating IP around
existing workloads such as collaboration, content
management, search, and intranet.
• Dell also will help customers extend IP to cover
additional workloads, including social computing,
extranets, portals, Business Intelligence, governance and
information architecture, and integration with ERP or
CRM systems.
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About the partner
Dell Infrastructure Consulting draws upon vast experience,
utilizes innovative tools, automated analysis, and our own
intellectual property to give customers insight into what is
driving IT complexity. We can deliver a set of practical,
executable plans for simplifying IT infrastructure, helping
reduce operating costs while freeing up resources for new
business initiatives. Our goal is to improve upon traditional
service models based on our belief that solutions should not
consist of armies of people. Our unique approach to services
gives you the flexibility to select only those point services that
meet your needs or choose our end-to-end solution.
“I‘m really excited at the prospect of building on our success in the
communications and collaboration market and look forward to the new
opportunities that the SharePoint 2010 platform will provide Dell customers.
―Used as the foundation of a Unified Infrastructure, SharePoint 2010 and Dell
products can deliver new and innovative ways for information workers to find
each other, connect, and collaborate, while at the same time realizing cost
efficiencies.
―Following our recent acquisition of Perot Systems, Dell Consulting Services are
ideally placed to leverage this platform, enable additional business insight, and
empower customers to respond to new opportunities.‖
- John McVay, Microsoft Alliance & Product Development, DELL
Dell Favorites
Business Intelligence (BI) Features | REST-Based URL |
PowerPivot for Excel® 2010
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Dimension Data
Australia/Worldwide | Systems Integrator
Solution Summary
• Dimension Data‘s Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010
and Office 2010 consulting business will focus
on unified communications and collaboration,
enterprise content management, and search—
for the mobile workforce, intranets, extranets,
and corporate Web presences, infrastructure
dashboards, and private cloud service portals.
• Dimension Data will use Office 2010 and
SharePoint 2010 to help customers refine
important business processes, such as
collaboration and content management, and
also to introduce new ways to search for
information, connect with colleagues and
clients, and support the way people need to
work today.
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About the partner
Dimension Data is a specialist global IT services and
solutions provider that helps clients plan, build, support,
and manage their IT infrastructures. Today we are
positioned at the forefront of communications and
collaboration in 47 countries around the world. We see
people at the heart of any business—and a key focus
we have is the deployment and adoption of all the
elements of Microsoft® Office and Microsoft
SharePoint®.
"Dimension Data believes Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010
are at the core for allowing organizations the ability to
collaborate in an efficient, agile way and be more
adaptable to change."
- Peter Menadue, Group General Manager, Microsoft
Solutions at Dimension Data
Dimension Data Favorites
Integration with OCS and MOC | FAST |
PowerPoint® Broadcasts | Co-authoring | Excel® BI
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Getronics
Netherlands/Worldwide | Systems Integrator
Solution Summary
• As a workspace company, Getronics has aligned
its solution offerings around Microsoft® Office
2010 and SharePoint® 2010, which are key
enablers of information worker productivity,
providing enterprise customers with business
results. Future Ready Workspace is the
flagship workspace management solution from
Getronics based on the SharePoint 2010 and
Office 2010 platform.
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About the partner
Getronics is one of the leading ICT service providers in the
world, with 14,000 employees. As an expert in workspace
management services, connectivity, data centers, and
consultancy, Getronics helps organizations and their
employees to improve performance. To do this, Getronics
has a complete portfolio of integrated ICT services for the
large enterprise market and works according to a Global
Service Delivery Model, ensuring that services are provided
for clients throughout the world that are of consistent quality.
Since October 23, 2007, Getronics is part of KPN, the main
provider of telecommunication services in The Netherlands.
Getronics Favorites
Outlook® Social Connector Integration | Enhanced Enterprise
Content Management | Enterprise Search | Co-authoring Using
Office 2010/Office Web Applications | Business Connectivity
Services (integration with LOB systems)
―As part of the ongoing development of our global IT
infrastructure, Getronics invests in the innovative SharePoint
platform to facilitate collaboration, social ‗person to person‘
communication, and search functionality throughout the
enterprise. Together with the unique features of the full
Office 2010 suites such as co-authoring and social media
capabilities, we see big benefits by enabling our workforce
to generate more and better business results.‖
- Paul Slot , CIO, Getronics
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HP U.S./ Worldwide | Systems Integrator, ISV, OEM
Solution Summary
• HP offers Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 solutions
spanning next-generation HP ProLiant Servers
and HP Converged Infrastructure, with HP
Sizer for SharePoint—a complimentary
performance and configuration tool for resource
planning. HP provides HP TRIM for SharePoint
software for records management and site
archiving for all SharePoint content as well as
compliance with U.S. DoD 5015.2 V3. HP also
delivers consulting and integration services for
Internet sites, portals and collaboration, content
management, and Unified Communications
and Collaboration—including consolidation,
migration, governance, and performance—
featuring the HP SharePoint Framework,
integrating methodology, process, and design.
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About the partner
HP offers a complete solutions portfolio of platforms,
software, and services to help you use Microsoft®
technologies successfully for outcomes that matter. HP
is the largest Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, leading
server and storage platform, four-time Global Enterprise
Partner of the year, and only Microsoft-recognized Prime
Integrator. Together, HP and Microsoft share 100,000
customers, with HP managing 2,000 new engagements
annually. With 25,000 Microsoft-skilled and 16,000
Microsoft-certified professionals, HP offers one of the
world’s largest, most specialized forces for Microsoft
environments, totally dedicated to customer satisfaction.
―Our customers want enhanced productivity, communication,
and collaboration with their customers, partners, and
employees. HP is a trusted advisor and offers converged
infrastructure, software, and services that enable customers to
deploy Microsoft Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 with
consistency, simplicity, and demonstrable ROI.―
- Meg Shea-Chiles, Managing Director, Microsoft Global
Alliance, HP
HP Favorites
SharePoint Best Practices Analyzer | FAST Search
and Indexing | Multifarm Administration | Social
Networking and Office Support | PowerPivot for Excel
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Infosys Technologies
India / Worldwide | Systems Integrator
Solution Summary
• Infosys has a dedicated Microsoft® SharePoint®
practice of more than 600 architects and consultants
to help clients define and implement strategies for
Collaboration, Content Management, and Search &
BI solutions, both inside and outside the firewalls.
• Infosys also has migration solutions that help
customers move from Lotus to Microsoft SharePoint
technology; from previous versions of SharePoint
software to SharePoint 2010, and from other portals
to SharePoint portals.
• Infosys also offers mGov for SharePoint Governance,
frameworks like iKnow for collaborative workspaces,
integration with SAP, Oracle ERP, and ECM products,
reference architectures, and UXD templates, and has
a repository of reusable components to help
customers reduce implementation timelines up to 35
percent and overall cost up to 30 percent under
different workload situations.
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―With our own experience of connecting a global
workforce of more than 100,000 and the experience with
some of our Fortune 500 clients, we believe SharePoint
2010 and Office 2010 are the best technologies for
enterprise adoption. The integration of multiple
workloads like ECM, Search, and BI with SharePoint 2010
offers immense opportunities for building business
applications that allow enterprise customers to make
better and faster decisions—to improve business
productivity and react to market changes quickly.‖
- Rajesh Gupta, AVP – Microsoft Practice,
Infosys Technologies
About the partner
Infosys provides business consulting and strategic IT
services outsourcing to Global 2000 companies. A
leading technology service provider, Infosys has more
than 100,000 employees in 50 countries worldwide, with
revenues of more than U.S.$4 billion. Infosys Technologies Favorites
Portals | Enterprise Collaboration I Self-Service BI |
FAST Search | Self-Service and Social Media Capabilities
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Logica
U.K. / Worldwide | Systems Integrator
Solution Summary
• The Logica Business Process Improvement
Service takes full advantage of Microsoft®
SharePoint® 2010 Business Connectivity Services
(BCS) to provide clients with closer integration
between their core business processes. Using
predictable workflows to drive consistent execution
across business units and systems, improves
operational performance and reduces waste.
• As one of the leading Microsoft global enterprise
search partners, Logica uses FAST Search for
SharePoint 2010 to provide services that offer deep
insights across the newly streamlined business.
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About the partner
Logica is a business and technology service company,
employing 39,000 people. It provides business
consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing to
clients around the world, including many of Europe's
largest businesses. Logica creates value for clients by
successfully integrating people, business, and
technology. It is committed to long-term collaboration,
applying insight to create innovative answers to clients’
business needs.
―Together with Microsoft, we can help our customers build
their businesses for the future. We‘ve created a service
around increasing the value of core ERP systems. And it‘s
based on the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 platform, which
means that quality and reliability are built in.‖
- Andy Green, CEO, Logica PLC
Logica Favorites Visual Studio® 2010 Integration with SharePoint 2010 |
Managed Enterprise Metadata | Business Connectivity
Services | User Interface Enhancements | Community-Led
Social Networking for the Enterprise
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Hitachi Consulting
U.S./Europe | Systems Integrator
Solution Summary
• Technical expertise is a hallmark of Hitachi Consulting, and its
architects have already gained extensive expertise and thought
leadership with Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010, having created
a widely used demo for customers and for use by Microsoft.
• The SharePoint 2010 Horizontal Solutions from Hitachi
Consulting enable greater efficiency for strategic business
processes in the Finance, Sales and Marketing, and Human
Resources areas. Packaged solutions include Automating
Financial Close using SharePoint 2010 and Return on
Marketing Investment with SharePoint 2010.
• Hitachi Consulting takes advantage of its deep industry
expertise to develop industry-specific solution accelerators in
the areas of Aerospace/Defense, Consumer Products,
Communications/Content, Financial Services, High Tech,
Industrial Products, and Public Sector. Example solutions
include: Continuous Innovation and Ideation for Financial
Institutions, Marketplace GPS, and Student/Faculty
Performance Management in Education—all powered by the
unique features of SharePoint 2010.
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About the partner
Hitachi Consulting is a recognized global leader in
delivering proven business and IT strategies and
solutions to Global 2000 companies across many
industries. Hitachi works with companies to understand
their unique business needs, and to develop and
implement practical business strategies and technology
solutions to help clients quickly realize measurable
business value and achieve sustainable ROI.
―SharePoint 2010 builds upon the great momentum we‘ve
seen from Microsoft in the enterprise content
management, search, and collaboration arenas. Hitachi
Consulting will be a market innovator in deploying
industry-based solutions built on the SharePoint 2010
platform, helping our customers adopt SharePoint to drive
real business value.‖
- Drew Naukam, Managing Vice President,
Microsoft Platform Practice
Hitachi Consulting Favorites Social/Community Capabilities | Improved Connectivity
Through Composites | Enhanced FAST Integration
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Orckestra Conseil Inc.
Canada/ Worldwide | Systems Integrator
Solution Summary
The next generation of the Overture E-Commerce
Platform from Orckestra will seamlessly integrate
Microsoft® Commerce Server 2009, SharePoint®
2010, and FAST Search for Internet Sites 2010,
which will provide a powerful and self-service
environment for marketers and merchandisers.
The solution will utilize the SharePoint 2010
collaboration, connectivity, and authoring
features, to empower business users with
interactive site management capabilities. This will
allow them to better connect with customers,
while reducing the level of IT involvement.
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About the partner
Orckestra, a Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner, is a
privately held, Montreal-based information technology
services company that delivers quality and innovative
online business solutions to its North American and
European clients. Orckestra’s offerings use and
integrate the technology capabilities of the Microsoft
product lines to provide E-Commerce, Enterprise
Content and Collaboration, as well as Search-based
solutions to businesses that are either establishing—or
strengthening—an online business model.
―Our early involvement and internal adoption of SharePoint
2010 has allowed us to confirm the strengths of the
platform and our commitment to working with the new
release. We are confident that the 2010 version of Overture
will meet our customer‘s needs and exceed their
expectations. We are very excited to go to market with this
new platform, powered by SharePoint 2010.‖
- Vincent Trépanier, Executive Vice-President,
Orckestra Conseil Inc.
Orckestra Favorites
Improved Web Content Management | Business
Connectivity Services | Managed
Metadata Service | Web and Enterprise 2.0
Feature | Composite Extensibility Model
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Synergy Corporate Technologies
U.S./Worldwide | Systems Integrator
Solution Summary
• Synergy has developed an integrated
Microsoft® Office 2010 and SharePoint® 2010
solution called Synergy Accelerated
Deployment and Governance imitative to
drive the process of initial SharePoint Enterprise
deployment and governance practices around
its use within the organization.
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About the partner
With offices around the globe, Synergy provides top-
quality consulting services for the Microsoft®
SharePoint® platform. With globally recognized
consulting and governance services, SharePoint training
offerings, branding solutions, and custom development
capabilities, we stand ready to deliver all that SharePoint
2010 has to offer.
Synergy is a field-managed Microsoft Gold
Certified “Go To” Partner for SharePoint.
―The SharePoint 2010 platform is going to transform our
clients‘ ability to interface and gain business advantage
from their own data through the use of the vast feature set
now available to them. We feel the 2010 wave is truly
designed to empower users at all levels of proficiency. ―
- James Beck, Managing Principal,
Synergy Corporate Technologies
Synergy Favorites
Visio® Data Visualization | Ribbon | Document Sets |
FAST Search for SharePoint
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Tata Consultancy Services
India/Worldwide | Systems Integrator
Solution Summary
• TCS has gained early insights on the Microsoft®
Office 2010 and SharePoint® 2010 platforms.
Having witnessed significant customer confidence
in the SharePoint 2010–based POCs, TCS is aware
of areas that are of immediate interest to
customers, and has been proactively showcasing
the potential benefits that the platform brings.
• TCS has identified specific opportunities for
customers in SharePoint 2010, such as BI
capabilities—Excel® Services, PerformancePoint®
Services, PowerPivot, Social Computing, Enterprise
Search, Office Integration, and Mobility
enhancements. With a dedicated team of
experienced consultants, TCS is aligned to provide
innovative productivity solutions utilizing Microsoft
Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 that will help
customers save time, cut costs, and better manage
resources.
About the partner
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an IT services,
business solutions, and outsourcing organization that
delivers real results to global businesses. TCS offers a
consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-enabled
services delivered through its unique Global Network
Delivery Model, recognized as the benchmark of
excellence in software development. A part of the Tata
Group, India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has
over 140,000 of the world's best trained IT consultants in
42 countries.
“TCS is poised to be one of the first systems integrators to
provide end-to-end solutions and services on SharePoint 2010
and Office 2010 to clients worldwide. We view these
technologies as a significant opportunity to provide true
business value, while accelerating the pace of business
productivity.”
- Krishnan Ramanujam, VP and Global Head, Enterprise Solutions
and Technology Excellence, TCS
TCS Favorites
Social Networking | Taxonomy/Folksonomy | Tags |
Rating | Noteboard | BI capabilities | Enhanced Search |
Visio® Services
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Waterstons Limited
United Kingdom | Systems Integrator
Solution Summary
• Waterstons offers business and IT consultancy
services. In addition, Waterstons will offer the
Bespoke installation, configuration, and
development solution to help clients upgrade
to Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 technology
from previous versions.
• Products such as SharePoint 2010 and
Exchange Server 2010 help to enhance
Waterstons‘ user productivity by allowing rich
collaboration experiences.
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About the partner
Waterstons is a business and IT consultancy providing a
unique blend of creative and proactive services to
customers nationwide. We possess ever-evolving
expertise in both business and information technology,
using these skills to achieve performance through the
use of technology for our customers. Based in Durham
City, Waterstons also has a London office servicing
customers in the South.
―Using the experience gained through our early adoption
and deployment of the 2010 platform, we are developing
relationships with new customers and educating existing
customers about new capabilities with a comprehensive
seminar program."
- Andrew Kershaw, Technical Director, Waterstons Limited
Waterstons Favorites
Managed Metadata | Visio® Integration