Two weeks after launch, we have a lot of interesting case studies on how organisations around the world are using Office 2010. While I had the opportunity to go deep and dirty with some of our Australian customers, it is really interesting to see the wide range of uses that people have found. I guess it goes to reinforce that anecdote that people only use 20% of Office, but each person uses a different 20%.

I am particularly proud of the fact that we have two great local case studies (that’s a draw against Germany, not that we are counting though). I’d love to hear your story… and help us take World Cup revenge!

• Associated Press develops a new publishing solution with Word 2010 and SharePoint 2010.
• Creation Technologies top 18 executives use co-authoring to speed development of planning documents.
• Brazil airline Gol Linhas Aéreas uses Visio 2010 to improve tracking of its numerous IT projects.
• New South Wales Dept of Education deploys Office 2010 to teachers and students, who use OneNote and co-authoring.
• hhpberlin fire safety engineers use OneNote 2010 and SharePoint Workspace 2010 to record and share customer site data.
• pmOne develops Excel applications for its customers in Germany and Austria faster than ever before with Excel 2010.
• Dell uses Excel and Excel Services to track customer complaints, and OneNote 2010 for SCRUM software development.
• Inetium has built a solution using InfoPath 2010 to record examples of past work in order to win new business.
• Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientists use Office 2010 applications in combination with partner Forensic Advantage software to complete its cases more quickly.
• Connolly Consulting auditing firm ensures security of its customer’s data with a new, simplified security breach tracking system built with Access 2010.
• Global Crossing RFP and contracts teams use co-authoring in Word 2010 to speed proposal development, allowing them to do more business.
• Mediterranean Shipping Company uses Excel 2010 and PowerPivot to analyze its data for millions of cargo shipments, allowing for self-service BI.
• KPN and Getronics, ICT company in the Netherlands, deploys Office 2010 in an upgrade from Office XP in order to better serve customers.
• ResMed core engineering team uses OneNote 2010 to track Continuous Improvement ideas in order to cut costs and remain competitive.
• Infosys business strategy team advises the board better now with new email tools in Office 2010.