13/10/2026
Royal Ahrend, an international leader in commercial furniture, needed to modernise its legacy IBM FileNet environment and transition to a secure, cost-effective cloud platform.
With unstructured content, complex information architecture and rising infrastructure costs, the organisation set out to improve efficiency, enhance security and deliver a better digital experience for its teams.
Partnering with Proventeq, Royal Ahrend leveraged our Migration Accelerator and Content Insights tools to analyse, restructure and migrate their content to SharePoint Online. By redesigning the information architecture and simplifying content types, the move to Microsoft 365 created a secure and collaborative modern workplace foundation.
Project Results:
💰 Significant Licensing Cost Reduction: Legacy IBM FileNet successfully decommissioned and replaced with a modern Microsoft 365 platform.
🔎 Faster Document Retrieval: Streamlined content structure improved search and day-to-day access to information.
🚀 Improved User Experience & Collaboration: Reduction from 29 content types to just 5, simplified navigation and boosted productivity.
🔐 Enhanced Security & Compliance: Security mappings, metadata governance and structured libraries reduced risk and strengthened data protection.
“Without Proventeq’s support, we would not have been able to convert our highly complex historical data into a modern cloud application.”
— Gijs Boudens, ICT Director, Royal Ahrend
By modernising its content estate, Royal Ahrend reduced cost, improved operational efficiency and created a secure digital workplace built for long-term growth.
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