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SharePoint Tools for Energy & Utilities Companies

SharePoint Tools
for Energy
and Utilities Companies

Unleashing the Power of Microsoft SharePoint for the Energy Sector

In the competitive world of energy generation and utilities delivery, operational efficiency is vital. Utility and energy companies must develop sustainable business strategies to succeed, and critical to any such strategy is a fully optimized enterprise content management system and knowledge-worker collaboration platform. For thousands of energy and utility companies worldwide, Microsoft SharePoint is this platform. Incredibly powerful, easy to use, and imminently scalable, SharePoint has become the de facto collaboration portal for much of the energy/utilities sector.

However, to fully leverage the platform for success, several issues related to platform management, protection, and compliance must be addressed.

Data Protection and Platform Availability
Business-critical information residing on the platform must be robustly protected. Organizations must have the ability to restore accidentally deleted or corrupted data with speed, precision, and full fidelity. The platform itself must remain available at all times, so as not to hinder business operations and end-user productivity. All this must be achieved in a cost-effective manner that does not overburden human and technology resources.
Compliance with an Ever-Changing Regulatory Framework
The energy and utilities sector is one of the most heavily regulated industries in the market. Myriad regulations govern how business is conducted, and how information maintained by companies is handled and audited. When utilizing Microsoft SharePoint as a mission-critical collaboration platform and digital asset repository, organizations must have the tools they need to satisfy these constantly evolving regulations comprehensively and with procedural rigor.
Peak Platform Performance
Energy and Utility companies must perform at the highest levels to remain competitive, and so must their SharePoint platforms. Slow application response and platform instability are simply unacceptable in today’s competitive atmosphere. Therefore, it is vital that SharePoint and its associated SQL servers are optimized via appropriate off-load archiving, geo-replication, and platform availability strategies.

AvePoint provides the comprehensive tools modern Energy and Utility providers demand to ensure their Microsoft SharePoint deployment is optimized, protected and compliant. AvePoint’s DocAve Software Platform offers 16 independently deployable modules – all piloted via a single, browser-based interface – so organizations can craft exactly the solution they need. From item through platform level protection and centralized administration, to comprehensive reporting and compliance solutions, DocAve delivers the vital tools organizations need to fully leverage the platform for business success.

Below is a representative sample of AvePoint’s current customers in the Energy and Utilities sectors.