Computime have been working with SharePoint since its earliest days (2001), with deployments using SharePoint Portal Server (SPS 2003) and in recent years with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS 2007). The introduction of workflow in the latest version of SharePoint has driven large scale adoption of SharePoint by companies to tap into the functionality of the product to create fast, low turnaround time solutions to a variety of problems, including but not limited to Document Management, Searching, and Collaboration between teams using Tasks, Calendars, Discussions, Workflow, Email Alerting, and more.
Computime have been at the forefront of the technology both having implemented major project both locally and internationally. Amongst our major projects there is a 3 server farms (Development / Testing / Production) project for a major UK client with the production farm supporting 5500 users, and a local 70 user deployment where SharePoint is the sole repository of mission critical information, including a Disaster Recovery farm.
We offer a full range of SharePoint services, including, Administrator / Infrastructure and Power User Training (typically over a week), or consultancy services on a case by case basis.
Our range of services starts from a simple 5 day deployment, to 60 days plus full scale deployment and anything in between. A project which offers most value would be a 15 to 20 day project, where we implement a solid infrastructure for the client to kick off the SharePoint project (including setup both of the software and major configurations as per client requirements), and enough training to be able to keep on developing on the infrastructure, with our support as necessary.
Functionality implemented typically depends on the licences available since SharePoint comes in various flavours with the most popular being:
- Windows SharePoint Services
- MOSS 2007 with Standard CALs
- MOSS 2007 with Enterprise CALs
Examples of solutions deployed by Computime using SharePoint:
- Deviations Management solution – monitoring of Manufacturing Deviations and Corrective actions, with parameterized reports to be able to issue trending reports
- Document Management / Collaboration for a number of banks, and other clients using Document Management functions
- Extranet solutions where restricted information is exposed to selected users
- Forms Server functionality (business-rich forms deployed on a thin client interface)
- Enterprise Search solutions, crawling and indexing content not only within SharePoint but also information stored on Network drives, on specific websites, and other content sources as necessary
- Business Intelligence Dashboards, Key Performance Indicators and Reporting Services Integration, powered by SQL Server Standard Technology (no additional licenses required)
- Excel functionality including complex PivotTables, PivotCharts and CubeValue functions, rendered on a thin client
- Project Server (an additional component deployed on SharePoint)
- Custom .NET based solutions, wrapped within SharePoint, such that quick turnaround times are achieved
- Vertical Solutions for Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry
- Document and Email Archiving solutions based on SharePoint
Some SharePoint benefits -
- Provide a simple, familiar, and consistent user experience - Office SharePoint Server 2007 is tightly integrated with familiar client desktop applications, e-mail, and Web browsers to provide a consistent user experience that simplifies how people interact with content, processes, and business data. This tight integration, coupled with robust out-of-the-box functionality, helps you employ services themselves and facilitates product adoption;
- Boost employee productivity by simplifying everyday business activities - Take advantage of out-of-the-box workflows for initiating, tracking, and reporting common business activities such as document review and approval, issue tracking, and signature collection. You can complete these activities without any coding. Tight integration with familiar client applications, e-mail, and Web browsers provide you with a simple, consistent experience. Modifying and extending these out-of-the-box workflow processes is made easy through tools like Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 (the next release of Microsoft Office FrontPage);
- Help meet regulatory requirements through comprehensive control over content - By specifying security settings, storage policies, auditing policies, and expiration actions for business records in accordance with compliance regulations, you can help ensure your sensitive business information can be controlled and managed effectively. And you can reduce litigation risk for your organization. Tight integration of Office SharePoint Server 2007 with familiar desktop applications means that policy settings are rendered onto client applications in the Microsoft Office system, making it simpler for employees to be aware of and comply with regulatory requirements;
- Effectively manage and repurpose content to gain increased business value - Business users and content authors can create and submit content for approval and scheduled deployment to intranet or Internet sites. Managing multilingual content is simplified through new document library templates that are specifically designed to maintain a relationship between the original version and different translations of a document;
- Simplify organization-wide access to both structured and unstructured information across disparate systems - Give your users access to business data found in common line-of-business systems like SAP and Siebel through Office SharePoint Server 2007. Users can also create personalized views and interactions with business systems through a browser by dragging configurable back-end connections. Enterprise-wide Managed Document Repositories help your organizations store and organize business documents in one central location;
- Connect people with information and expertise - Enterprise Search in Office SharePoint Server 2007 incorporates business data along with information about documents, people, and Web pages to produce comprehensive, relevant results. Features like duplicate collapsing, spelling correction, and alerts improve the relevance of the results, so you can easily find what you need;
- Accelerate shared business processes across organizational boundaries - Without coding any custom applications, you can use smart, electronic forms-driven solutions to collect critical business information from customers, partners, and suppliers through a Web browser. Built-in data validation rules help you gather accurate and consistent data that can be directly integrated into back-end systems to avoid redundancy and errors that result from manual data re-entry;
- Share business data without divulging sensitive information - Give your employees access to real-time, interactive Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets from a Web browser through Excel Services running on Office SharePoint Server 2007. Use these spreadsheets to maintain and efficiently share one central and up-to-date version while helping to protect any proprietary information embedded in the documents (such as financial models);
- Enable people to make better-informed decisions by presenting business-critical information in one central location - Office SharePoint Server 2007 makes it easy to create live, interactive business intelligence (BI) portals that assemble and display business-critical information from disparate sources, using integrated BI capabilities such as dashboards, Web Parts, scorecards, key performance indicators (KPIs), and business data connectivity technologies. Centralized Report Center sites give users a single place for locating the latest reports, spreadsheets, or KPIs;
- Provide a single, integrated platform to manage intranet, extranet, and Internet applications across the enterprise. Office SharePoint Server 2007 is built on an open, scalable architecture, with support for Web services and interoperability standards including XML and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). The server has rich, open application programming interfaces (APIs) and event handlers for lists and documents. These features provide integration with existing systems and the flexibility to incorporate new non-Microsoft IT investments.
To find out how Computime can help you with SharePoint solutions, please contact us on 21490700.