The Best SharePoint Consulting Companies

Name	MindShift Technologies
Headquarter	Waltham, MA With Nationwide Presence and Services
Founding year	1999
Number of employees	375
Revenue	$60 million

SharePoint Customer Cases

1. Company/Organization: Blank Rome
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Snapshot: Blank Rome is a rapidly growing legal firm that is passionate about providing its clients with the highest level of customer service. Through simplified attorney collaboration and the implementation of a robust client extranet, Blank Rome has dramatically improved its ability to serve its clients quickly, conveniently, and with the personal touch that Blank Rome clients have come to expect.

2. Company/Organization: Skanska USA Building
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Snapshot: Skanska USA Building needed to help its employees more easily find information on the company’s enterprise wide intranet portal, which spans back-end, line-of-business systems, directories, and more. The New Jersey based company chose Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 with Enterprise Search capabilities, for their 3,800 employees, which provides comprehensive search capabilities across the companywide intranet and enterprise content management system.

3. Company/Organization: Gronewold, Bell, Kyhnn & Co.
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Snapshot: With the increase in tightening security procedures and standards, this Iowa-based CPA firm's main concern was security and staffing. With a company of 13 on its payroll, Gronewold serves clients both across Iowa, as well as other states. Employees required a system that would allow their employees to work remotely, while safely transferring data between workstations and the firm’s central server.

4. Company/Organization: Maroochy Shire Council
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Snapshot: Maroochy Shire Council in Queensland, Australia, employs 1,300 people, providing services such as managing quarries to aged care services to operating the Sunshine Coast Airport. With an organization that is growing rapidly, Maroochy found that reporting systems to measure performance indicators could not collaborate with other information systems. Staff had no way to evaluate data or share notes with one another. This system allows instant messaging between employees, a dashboard to display current performance, as well as an automatic workflow for department heads.

5. Company/Organization: Covington & Burling LLP
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Snapshot: Employees at Covington & Burling had struggled to find information on the company’s intranet. Many of the 650 employees were unable to take advantage of the resource which could have increased productivity. When employees complained that the only reason they used the intranet was to utilize the phone book, the company decided to build a new intranet using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

6. Company/Organization: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Snapshot: With offices ranging from New York to Shanghai, and a staff over 1,000, this California based law firm needed a solution to their failing and expensive company intranet. With an intranet with enterprise search capabilities and workflow tools, Sheppard Mullin is saving money, conserving resources, while offering a greater responsiveness to clients.

7. Company/Organization: Schneider Electric
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Snapshot: With employees stretching across 106 countries, this construction equipment manufacturer was struggling to keep employees communicating. Critical knowledge and designs were found in the heads of the engineers in the field, not at headquarters. Recognizing that it made more sense to build a dynamic system to integrate with other applications, Schneider built a Generic Application Package Solution (GAPS). Because GAPS can be fully integrated with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, the choice was simple. Now, employees can create, review, comment on, and publish design documents; in any country.

8. Company/Organization: FUNDAMED
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Snapshot: FUNDAMED supports international volunteer teams to provide healing and hope to the people of Maranhão, Northeastern Brazil. To accomplish their goals, FUNDAMED needed to connect people with the organization, each other, and the information they require. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 became the centerpiece of FUNDAMED’s solution to expand its ability to better serve its volunteers and the people they serve.

9. Company/Organization: Microsoft Corporation
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Snapshot: Microsoft sales reps are usually out of the office selling. So what’s the problem? Unfortunately, this posed a challenge for these sales professionals: they could not find the time to attend sales and technology courses. To facilitate the exchange of knowledge and best practices, they used Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

10. Company/Organization: Ministry of Health Kingdom of Bahrain
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Snapshot: The Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Bahrain, needed an easy-to-use intranet. They also needed a content management system that would facilitate better internal communication for their more than 2,500 key users in the ministry’s medical, administrative, and financial departments. They used Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to build an efficient work environment with improved communications and rationalised workflows.

11. Company/Organization: VTB 24
Solution: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Snapshot: VTB 24, a leading Russian bank, had more than 10,000 employees spread across multiple business locations. They wanted to establish an internal communication portal where users could publish information quickly and easily. Additionally, they wanted employees to feel more involved in the organization and felt that this could be accomplished through sharing information on activities across the business. Read this case study to learn how they achieved their goals.