Sanofi is a leading global pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative healthcare solutions and serving patients. To get the most revenue out of patent lifespans, the company sought to streamline its complex clinical documentation processes. With the help of Microsoft and two Microsoft Partner Network members, it implemented a Structured Content Management platform that is built on a foundation of Microsoft solutions, including the Intelligent Content Framework for regulated industries. The company’s proof of concept addressed one part of the documentation compendium, the creation of patient narratives, which summarize patient results in a clinical study—saving the company 22,000 hours of work on 4,000 documents. Sanofi also benefits from easy-to-use, industry-leading tools that generate high-quality and consistent messaging. The cost savings has already reached US$2 million.

Fresenius Medical Care sought a business solution that would make it easy for employees to work together, visualize data, and access information. It adopted Microsoft SharePoint 2013 and used Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 data management software to convert third-party data into business intelligence reports. The company benefits from a self-service solution that improves productivity and streamlines data viewing and access to resources.

DSME has developed a next generation EDMS. Use of the next generation EDMS will allow centralized control over all documents created by its entire workforce operating out of various locations including the Seoul headquarters and Okpo Shipyard. The new DSME EDMS was developed based on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. The EDMS development in which SK C&C and Neoplus took part focused on implementing features including document lifecycle management, redundancy removal, enhanced data sharing and leak prevention. DSME reinforced the search function alongside development of the EDMS. It also distributed Office 2010 enterprise-wide to increase convenience and productivity in document creation and promote collaboration. DSME expects that the new EDMS will attract more users through its simplicity as compared to the old system.

Samsung SDS is well-known as a knowledge management leader. It has received several awards including the Asian MAKE (the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise) Winner (10 times) and Global MAKE (2 times) presented by Teleos, a world-class UK knowledge consulting firm. The extraordinary passion of Samsung SDS for knowledge management was once again recognized both domestically and internationally in 2011 with its ARISAM innovation. Why does Samsung SDS promote ARISAM innovations? Samsung SDS conducted a pilot survey and technology verification for almost 2 years and completed designing a new concept of platform with collaboration and communication in mind. And in November 2011, Samsung SDS launched its next-generation ARISAM based on SharePoint Server.

With 9,000 employees working in multiple locations and searching through terabytes of documents to make daily decisions, Aéroports de Paris wanted to make it easier and faster for people to find the information they need. Aéroports de Paris is upgrading to Microsoft SharePoint 2013 to take advantage of enhanced search, social computing, and other features that employees will use to find higher-quality information and better serve customers and partners.

Before it moved into a new headquarters and adopted a new way of working, ASB Bank needed to develop a comprehensive workflow and social collaboration environment. ASB deployed Microsoft SharePoint 2013 to contribute to an innovative work environment where employees can discover, share, and organize information and ideas, which will boost collaboration and productivity companywide.

Staff at Hunter TAFE wanted to make their public web site a more powerful marketing tool. This called for a consistent brand feel across the site, better search functionality and more intuitive navigation. They also wanted to ensure that information on up to 500 courses remained fresh. In a high-speed deployment Computer Systems Australia helped build a new web site, using Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites Enterprise as the content management system. It includes a sophisticated search engine that enables staff to hone search results, and simple page-building tools that enable faculty staff to design, edit and upload branded content themselves. Today, Hunter TAFE has an attractive, intuitive web site, full of compelling and up-to-date content. Staff can now upload stylish, rich-media content quickly and easily, helping to keep the site fresh, focused and compelling.

When staff at St Catherine’s independent girls school developed their one-to-one learning strategy, they envisaged each pupil using one dedicated tablet device – at home, in the classroom and during independent study. In 2011, IT staff trialled the newly released Samsung Series 7 Slate PC, which uses the Windows 7 operating system. With touch-screen and digital-stylus capabilities, the slate PC enables students to hand write notes, comments and equations directly into Microsoft OneNote 2010 files. By deploying Microsoft Lync onto teachers’ computers, they can monitor each other’s presence, and start instant messaging, voice and video calls with one click. With these applications, students and teachers are pioneering innovative techniques to drive 21st century learning.

Sports New Media specialises in offering integrated social media management services to high-profile sports stars and organisations. It wanted to launch a cloud-based social media management tool to minimise upfront investment and rapidly gain market share. For its award-winning Syocial media management system, Sports New Media chose Windows Azure, making its service accessible around the clock through the web to more than 70 million fans.