Microsoft Office 365 Case Study

BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc.

Group Communication Platform Renewed with Office 365 for Changing Work Style with Optimized Costs

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Front:From left Mr. Tsukamoto, Supervisor, Mr. Kawakami, Manager, Mr. Maruyama, Supervisor, in IT Environment Strategy Team, IT Strategy Section, Information Systems Dept. of BANDAI NAMCO Business Arc Inc. Back:From left Okamoto, Hazawa, Yamanobe, Hiraoka (Engineering Team), Suzuki (Sales) of JBS

The mission of the BANDAI NAMCO Group (Hereinafter BNG) is to provide “Dreams, Fun and Inspiration” through their products and services, and their vision is to become “the Leading Innovator in Global Entertainment.” BNG comprises BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc., which is a pure holding company, three strategic business units(SBUs), and affiliated business companies that support the work of the SBUs.

Toys and Hobby SBU

Manufacturing and marketing toys ,confectionery ,foods ,vending machine capsule toys ,cards ,plastic models ,apparel ,sundries ,and other products

Network Entertainment SBU

Developing ,marketing and distributing network content; developing and marketing home video game software, arcade game machines, and prizes for amusement machines; planning and operating amusement and other facilities

Visual and Music Production SBU

Developing and marketing visual content, visual package software and music software; distributing video on demand content; conducting live entertainment operations

Overview

BNG chose Office 365 for group common communication platform including overseas offices.

Currently 6,500 users are using the service in 15 major subsidiaries in Japan. BNG plans to add 2,500 users in Asia, North America and Europe.

Simaltaneously with Office 365 BNG implemented "Ping Federate" (by Ping Identity) for user identity management. Ping Federate together with Microsoft Active Directory runs on Microsoft Azure.

As for operation monitoring of Azure and maintenance, BNG utilizes "Managed System Service" by JBS.

Functions of Office 365 Currently Used

Functions Overview
Office Applications Microsoft Word、Excel、PowerPoint、OneDrive
Exchange Online Group common mail platform, schedule management platform, global address book
SharePoint Online Group common Portal (in plan), date sharing platform among groups or affiliated business companies
Skype for Business Online Presence check, chat, web-conference

Published: 2016.03.29

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