Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Customer Solution Case Study Japanese Cellphone Provider Streamlines Processes and Improves Collaboration With SharePoint Server “Simply installing a Notes/Domino bulletin board Overview Country or Region: Japan required skills unique to Notes/Domino system Industry: Communications designers, so figuring out how to continue with such a Customer Profile system was an ongoing problem.” The NTT DoCoMo, Inc. Shikoku Branch is an NTT DoCoMo branch office that Shinsaku Iwaida, Section Chief for IT Infrastructure Systems, Information Systems provides a cell-phone carrier service for Department, NTT DoCoMo, Inc. Shikoku Branch the Shikoku region. Starting out as a provider of pager services in the Takamatsu area in 1972, its services has The NTT DoCoMo, Inc. Shikoku Branch office oversees gradually expanded. services for the Shikoku region. This office recently migrated to SharePoint Server 2007 after using Notes/Domino Business Situation The office introduced Lotus for a long number of years. The major incentive was the Notes/Domino in the latter half of 1990, using it as an IT infrastructure for reduction of system maintenance costs. Another benefit information sharing and workflows. was the use of versatile and easy-to-use Microsoft products However, it was not without its problems which would make it easier to secure staff needed to operate such as high maintenance costs and difficulty in securing and training and develop the system. The company was already using more technical staff. than 150 Notes/Domino databases but a pre-migration Solution inventory helped to consolidate the number of databases for NTT DoCoMo deployed Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Active migration to 14. Finally, the migration to SharePoint Server 2007 Directory, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, and was achieved by installing 50 templates. This simplified the Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007. composition of applications and improved the overall Benefits transparency of office systems. Notes Maintenance Costs Eliminated Easier To Secure Staff For System Management And Development Low-Cost Development Of New Apps
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Customer Solution Case Study Japanese Cellphone Provider Streamlines Processes and Improves Collaboration With SharePoint Server Overview Country or Region: Japan Industry: Communications Customer Profile The NTT DoCoMo, Inc. Shikoku Branch is an NTT DoCoMo branch office that provides a cell-phone carrier service for the Shikoku region. Starting out as a provider of pager services in the Takamatsu area in 1972, its services has gradually expanded. Business Situation The office introduced Lotus Notes/Domino in the latter half of 1990, using it as an IT infrastructure for information sharing and workflows. However, it was not without its problems such as high maintenance costs and difficulty in securing and training technical staff. Solution NTT DoCoMo deployed Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, and Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007. Benefits Notes Maintenance Costs Eliminated Easier To Secure Staff For System Management And Development Low-Cost Development Of New Apps “Simply installing a Notes/Domino bulletin board required skills unique to Notes/Domino system designers, so figuring out how to continue with such a system was an ongoing problem.” Shinsaku Iwaida, Section Chief for IT Infrastructure Systems, Information Systems Department, NTT DoCoMo, Inc. Shikoku Branch The NTT DoCoMo, Inc. Shikoku Branch office oversees services for the Shikoku region. This office recently migrated to SharePoint Server 2007 after using Notes/Domino for a long number of years. The major incentive was the reduction of system maintenance costs. Another benefit was the use of versatile and easy-to-use Microsoft products which would make it easier to secure staff needed to operate and develop the system. The company was already using more than 150 Notes/Domino databases but a pre-migration inventory helped to consolidate the number of databases for migration to 14. Finally, the migration to SharePoint Server 2007 was achieved by installing 50 templates. This simplified the composition of applications and improved the overall transparency of office systems.
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