Airtel Limited

IBM FileNet ECM Modernization

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50% times faster finding documents
reduction in document search time
users benefited from improved efficiency
users benefited from improved efficiency
of data migrated
of data migrated

Client Profile

Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company in 18 countries across Asia and Africa. With over 403 million customers across its operations, they offer wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line services, high-speed home broadband, DTH, and enterprise services to carriers.

We were required to migrate their departmental documents from IBM FileNet object store (HRSS) into Microsoft SharePoint. This transition encompassed over 110 terabytes of data, using our Migration Accelerator’s inbuilt features. The migration was phased over two weeks, aligning with departmental availability to ensure minimal business disruption.

LOCATION

India

SECTOR

Telecommunication

SOURCE

IBM FileNet

DESTINATION

SharePoint Online

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Airtel' Unique Challenges

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Complex legacy system

With a large volume of unstructured documents in their legacy system, it was required to review the metadata, taxonomy and security permissions to understand and address any errors before migration.

Data inconsistencies

Files were stored in inconsistent formats with invalid characters, broken URLs, duplicated items, long item names and more. This made it difficult for users to identify relationships between documents, creating redundancy and affecting user experience.

Inefficient content retrieval

The complexity and lack of classification in the company's legacy system made content difficult to access. Finding specific documents became time-consuming and required extensive manual effort.

Data security concerns

The gaps in content structure and data quality raised concerns about the security of our client's long-term business content and the need to safeguard their data to help meet compliance requirements.

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Proventeq's Solution

Discovery & analysis

Pre-migration checks were performed to identify and mitigate potential content issues. We discovered which high-value content needed to be migrated over and built a strong case for migration.

Data validation

Using predefined customer inputs, our experts implemented standard file formats, consistent naming rules and intuitive folder structures to provide a more efficient user experience.

Data classification

Our team created a taxonomy and logical folder structure that aligned with the company’s workflow, mapping it to SharePoint's information architecture. We also implemented relevant metadata and tags for documents to facilitate easy retrieval of information for users.

Applying security policies

Following a successful validation and audit of information, data was migrated in full fidelity to SharePoint. Retention schedules for various document types were defined to help the company meet regulatory requirements.

The Results

Improved team collaboration

Establishing a classification framework in SharePoint has enabled users to easily locate and share documents. Additionally, Microsoft Teams has enhanced document collaboration using features like co-authoring.

Increased productivity & efficiency

With improved document findability, employees are able to focus on higher-value strategic tasks instead of spending time manually organizing and searching for documents, enhancing productivity and efficiency.

Enhanced security & compliance

SharePoint's advanced access controls and retention policies have empowered the company to meet compliance standards while safeguarding sensitive data. By consolidating, enriching and validating content before the transition, stakeholder concerns about
long-term data integrity has been addressed.

We utilized automation to reduce manual effort for complex phases, saving time and causing minimum impact on business.

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Our team implemented an audit trail throughout the migration process to ensure all the items in the scope of migration had been migrated successfully and met the client's requirements.

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