Ballance Agri-Nutrients is the leading fertilizer manufacturer in New Zealand. The company wanted to improve the performance of its critical SAP applications to better serve customers. To do that, Ballance migrated its database to Microsoft SQL Server 2012, greatly improving application performance. Employees are more productive, and the company has cut storage costs by 60 percent. Also, Ballance can better handle business growth.

Singapore firm SATS, a leading provider of gateway services and food solutions, wanted to move its mission-critical SAP ERP environment to a more cost-effective and easily scalable environment. The company implemented a solution based on a Microsoft platform that includes Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise. As a result, the company cut operating costs by approximately 20 percent while increasing scalability about 30 percent. SATS can now expand its enterprise resource planning (ERP) capabilities more easily and affordably, provide remote real-time access to line-of-business software and cloud-based office programs, and streamline its IT environment and business processes.

The Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) business area of Lockheed Martin creates specialized products that range from missile defense systems and precision engagement weapons to heat rejection panels that protect those living aboard the International Space Station. MFC has long used SAP software for its enterprise resource planning processes. Since migrating its SAP infrastructure from a UNIX/Oracle solution to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, the company reports enhanced performance and reliability as well as lower total cost of ownership, including a significant savings in software and maintenance costs. The company’s internal testing has found that the new data compression features reduce database size by total 74 percent while enhancing performance of some runs by more than 80 percent.

Despite having SAP in place, major outdoor gear retailer, Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) used to spend an average of two hours per order generating retail allocation data for promotional product buys. As a solution, they designed a Microsoft SharePoint driven process to integrate with REI’s backend SAP system to create a Business-Critical SharePoint (BCSP) solution that reduced the average order allocation process to 17 minutes, improved productivity across the organization, and increased return on investment (ROI).

The Charles Machine Works (CMW) depends heavily on SAP data to run its business, but found it difficult to create business intelligence (BI) reports, let alone make broader use of SAP data. Rather than use SAP products, including SAP HANA, CMW chose Microsoft technology and Simplement Data Liberator. With this solution, CMW has broadened its use of SAP data, simplified and sped up SAP reporting, gained more time for IT to better support the business, and avoided huge cost increases.

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.

The largest gas distribution contractor in the US, NPL Construction Company (NPL) has replaced its manual, siloed, and paper-based processes with a Business-Critical SharePoint solution from MyOVS®, providing automation, self-service, and mobility for compensation related processes for all employees across the company. The solution maximizes the value of their Microsoft® Office SharePoint® 2010 and SAP® system investments.

Rapid growth at Saudi Electricity Company—the main electricity provider in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—meant the organization needed a versatile and easy-to-manage messaging environment. It chose to upgrade its Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 solution to take advantage of the enhancements in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Since the implementation, the organization has achieved many of its goals, including a more streamlined messaging infrastructure. This has resulted in a reduction in server numbers from 43 to 25 and operating savings of 40 percent. Most importantly, all 27,000 employees can access a consistent, reliable, and more efficient email and messaging service—whether they’re in one of the 400 offices or on the road. This helps them meet personal goals and dramatically improve customer service.

Omnicell needed to standardize how its field sales force captured customer data. It implemented Duet Enterprise for Microsoft SharePoint and SAP and extended the solution through an application that lets employees use tools in Microsoft Outlook to create records in its enterprise SAP CRM system. Now that it is able to capture customer information in a centralized system, Omnicell is better equipped to build precise, effective marketing campaigns.

MindTree, an IT services company that delivers affordable business and technology solutions through global software development, were in search of a system that would make it easier for employees to work together and share knowledge across geographic and business boundaries. The company chose Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 for building PeopleHub, a unified corporate intranet portal that extends to employees across the organization. There is now a single access point to all application content, transactions, and information sources. The portal offers a personalized user experience along with integration with SAP and knowledge management applications. It crawls about 8-10 TB of data and has an average of 1,500 hits per day. In addition, the integration with FAST Search helps deliver faster, accurate, and relevant information to employees.