1. 1 © 2008 Venable LLP Case Study – Venable LLP Darrin Dyson Director of Development and Systems Integration Venable LLP June 17, 2010

2. 2 © 2010 Venable LLP Brief overview of our firm and our current environment Overcoming challenges Planning for silverlight and sharepoint 2010 The road ahead Q&A agenda

3. 3 our law firm AM LAW 100 7 Offices all located in the US 540 attorneys 600 support staff 65 it staff © 2010 Venable LLP

4. 4 our desktop environment Windows XP Office 2003 Opentext dm 5.1.0.5 MOSS 2007 Workshare Professional pdfdocs Over 50 additional apps © 2010 Venable LLP

5. 5 the problem © 2010 Venable LLP

6. 6 business drivers Dynamic and richer content Connectivity to lob data Entity categorization (directory of firm assets) Matter centric focus Common look and feel Engagement of practice areas, marketing constructs and staff Business process automation © 2010 Venable LLP

7. 7 transformation © 2010 Venable LLP

8. 8 how we got there Find a product that will address the technical requirements Target big wins out of the gate Establish phased rollout plan Partner with companies that have the same technical vision and a roadmap that is focused on our business goals Revamp and revise (iterate) © 2010 Venable LLP

9. 9 sharepoint environment Windows 2008 64-Bit (started 32-bit MISTAKE!!) Single Farm Web Front End (Virtual) Application Server (Virtual) 3 rd Party Application Server (Handshake) 3 rd Party Application Server (K2 BlackPearl) Dedicated SRS server (Virtual) SQL Server (Shared Metal) © 2010 Venable LLP

10. 10 what was successful Integration of lob systems (3 rd party tools played a significant role) Give us more, faster !! Time to market Client/matter portal Relevancy of content © 2010 Venable LLP

11. 11 oops!!! Where do I find…? We want OUR content on the home page Enterprise search YAY!! … wait, I can see ALL of these documents So, where did the Internet go? How do i print…? Classifieds, classifieds, classifieds… © 2010 Venable LLP

12. 12 challenges that surfaced Content is available but digesting it is sometimes difficult Search engine is too exacting Can you improve performance? Can you make it faster? MAKE IT FASTER !!!! Make it ‘shiny’ © 2010 Venable LLP

13. 13 next Revamp interface to leverage silverlight Sharepoint 2010 Executive dashboards Continue to leverage lob data Engage with business analyst to leverage K2 Blackpearl investment © 2010 Venable LLP

14. 14 silverlight Identified as a key technology early on in deployment Richness of design and access to.net framework Lob data access Huge community support 3 rd Party vendor support Sharepoint 2010 webpart © 2010 Venable LLP

15. 15 examples © 2010 Venable LLP

16. 16 sharepoint 2010 features that compel Silverlight web part Visual Studio integration Enhanced search (FAST) Social networking SharePoint Designer Business Data Services Managed metadata services Architecture decoupling © 2010 Venable LLP

17. 17 planned desktop Moving to VDI Windows 7 Office 2010 SharePoint 2010 DMS?? SQL Server 2008 R2 © 2010 Venable LLP

18. 18 summary Develop a strategy that leverages the firms strategic plan It’s about the data Open your mind and lose your inhibitions Partner with technology companies that share your vision Revamp and revise © 2010 Venable LLP

19. 19 © 2010 Venable LLP the road ahead for ABC CORPORATION Questions??