LifeArc

Centralizing, Improve Accessibility, & Gaining Business Insights with Microsoft Office 365

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Client Profile

LifeArc is a medical research charity making life science life-changing and transforming promising life science ideas into medical breakthroughs which change patients’ lives. As a self-funding organization specializing in early-stage translation, the company has spent over 25 years advancing lab-based discoveries into next-generation diagnostics, treatments, and cures.

They aimed to migrate from their legacy ECM system to Microsoft 365 for centralized data, accessibility, and enhanced security functionalities in SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and Teams. LifeArc partnered with Proventeq because of our expertise in Microsoft 365 implementation to help address their challenges. Our team facilitated a smooth migration, which enabled them to collaborate efficiently with scientific and charitable partners while safeguarding intellectual property in their research.

LOCATION

UK

SECTOR

Research,
Non-profit Organization

SOURCE

Documentum

DESTINATION

SharePoint Online,
OneDrive, Teams

LifeArc's Unique Challenges

  • Restrictions and prerequisites around browser plugins and software.
  • The need to restructure the file systems and processes.
  • Issues around proprietary formats and labels from the original locations.
  • The business process relied on external systems that has a tight integration with documents stored within Documentum.
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Adopting & Deploying A Holistic Office 365 Migration Strategy

Business strategy

A clear and effective communications and training plan and necessary governance was set up within Office 365 to ensure that it was successfully adopted and implemented across the business.

Migration from multiple sources

All enterprise content was migrated from cabinets in the Documentum system to specially provisioned department sites on SharePoint Online. All user content was migrated to OneDrive locations.

Applying strict security standards

Content was made secure by translating security policies (in adherence with strict regulatory requirements for the Finance and HR depts) from Documentum to SharePoint.

Auto-tagging contents

A user-friendly interface was provided for all users to work with which included the ability to co-author documents and leverage integrated solutions to auto-tag content, especially for the Legal department.

Custom SPFx

A dedicated area for the Projects team to work on active and closed projects was created along with custom SPFx components to facilitate better working with projects. Deploying Microsoft Teams for these projects provided users the platform for better project collaboration.

Data security

To ensure data integrity, data corruption in the source was resolved using Proventeq Migration Accelerator and third-party systems integrating to Documentum (such as the Intellectual Property management platform) were updated.

The Results

Improved collaboration


Taking advantage of collaborative tools in SharePoint and Teams, as well as the Office 365 suite, Lifearc could create a virtual workplace where teams can meet, collaborate, complete tasks and work on documents centrally.

Significant cost savings


By transitioning to SharePoint Online, LifeArc has been able to make significant (up to 80%) cost savings by reducing licensing, infrastructure, and support costs.

Powerful data loss prevention


Easier but more powerful administration and management coupled with provisions for Data Loss Prevention to protect LifeArc’s academic research.

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Adherence to a strict migration timeline was mandatory to help prevent
additional costs due to renewal costs of Documentum license and support.

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