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Circadence® optimizes Microsoft SharePoint performance in the Cloud for BP

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries	Oil & Gas
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Process Control & Optimization
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	BP deployed SharePoint in the Azure Cloud for content management, collaboration and enterprise networking. During the course of their SharePoint deployment, BP encountered substantial delays as a result of Wide Area Network (WAN) latency and bandwidth constraints. These network performance challenges substantially reduced the benefits of SharePoint. In one particular case, BP sought to alleviate inefficiencies resulting from a SharePoint data center in Amsterdam connecting to an office in Australia. BP was faced with a number of challenges including extremely slow response times and a loss of productivity. Worker productivity was constrained as SharePoint documents took a significant amount of time to download. These network performance challenges created uncertainty and employee dissatisfaction, which substantially reduced productivity and the effectiveness of the company’s workforce, virtually making SharePoint unusable. Read More
About Customer	BP is one of the world's leading oil and gas companies. BP operates in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading as well as renewable energy activities in biofuels and wind power. Headquartered in London, England, BP employs over 83,000 employees in more than 80 countries and operates nearly 18,000 retail sites worldwide. Read More
Solution	BP installed the Circadence MVO WAN optimization solution. As a result, SharePoint users abroad were able to achieve up to 20x performance improvement transferring SharePoint files as compared to transfers without Circadence MVO, including files well over 200MB in size. BP’s SharePoint-stalled deployment was revived through MVO, which allowed BP to successfully achieve their business objectives. With Circadence MVO, BP was able to dramatically accelerate network performance, reduce operational costs and encourage the use of applications worldwide. Circadence empowered BP’s distributed workforce to use SharePoint to communicate, collaborate and connect in ways they have come to expect when directly connected to a local area network. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Process Control & Optimization

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

BP deployed SharePoint in the Azure Cloud for content management, collaboration and enterprise networking. During the course of their SharePoint deployment, BP encountered substantial delays as a result of Wide Area Network (WAN) latency and bandwidth constraints. These network performance challenges substantially reduced the benefits of SharePoint. In one particular case, BP sought to alleviate inefficiencies resulting from a SharePoint data center in Amsterdam connecting to an office in Australia. BP was faced with a number of challenges including extremely slow response times and a loss of productivity. Worker productivity was constrained as SharePoint documents took a significant amount of time to download. These network performance challenges created uncertainty and employee dissatisfaction, which substantially reduced productivity and the effectiveness of the company’s workforce, virtually making SharePoint unusable.

About Customer

BP is one of the world's leading oil and gas companies. BP operates in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading as well as renewable energy activities in biofuels and wind power. Headquartered in London, England, BP employs over 83,000 employees in more than 80 countries and operates nearly 18,000 retail sites worldwide.

Solution

BP installed the Circadence MVO WAN optimization solution. As a result, SharePoint users abroad were able to achieve up to 20x performance improvement transferring SharePoint files as compared to transfers without Circadence MVO, including files well over 200MB in size. BP’s SharePoint-stalled deployment was revived through MVO, which allowed BP to successfully achieve their business objectives. With Circadence MVO, BP was able to dramatically accelerate network performance, reduce operational costs and encourage the use of applications worldwide. Circadence empowered BP’s distributed workforce to use SharePoint to communicate, collaborate and connect in ways they have come to expect when directly connected to a local area network.

Impact #1	Dramatically accelerated network performance
Impact #2	Reduced operational costs
Impact #3	Encouraged the use of applications worldwide

Impact #1

Dramatically accelerated network performance

Impact #2

Reduced operational costs

Impact #3

Encouraged the use of applications worldwide

Benefit #1	Up to 20x performance improvement transferring SharePoint files
Benefit #2	Files well over 200MB in size were transferred faster

Benefit #1

Up to 20x performance improvement transferring SharePoint files

Benefit #2

Files well over 200MB in size were transferred faster

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Circadence® optimizes Microsoft SharePoint performance in the Cloud for BP

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