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- Facebook mentality coming to business apps
- I've been able to ignore Facebook and social engineering sites of that ilk for the most part. I know they're out there, and more power to the folks who use them, but they're just not for me. I just don't get it. So you can imagine my...
- Tags: Facebook, Corporate Communications, Portals, Web Conferencing, Recruitment & Selection, Games, Marketing, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Personal Technology, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio (2)
- WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio is an easy-to-use WYSIWYG builder that enables the drag & drop assembly of scalable, web-applications using Ajax widgets, web services and databases. WaveMaker Studio will look and feel especially familiar to client/server developers who are used to working with visual tools. WaveMaker's Studio enables data-driven and...
- Tags: Client-server, WaveMaker, WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio, AJAX, Productivity, Portals, Servers, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-05-02
- IT Solution Provider Streamlines Web Portal Access With New Security Solution
- Getronics, a global provider of IT solutions, operates dozens of Web portals as a service to its customers as well as its employees. One of the issues for users after they logged on to a Getronics portal was the need to repeatedly enter user credentials to access different sites inside...
- Tags: Web, Microsoft Access, Getronics, Information Technology, Web Portal, Portals, Web Technology, Strategy, Security, Internet, Management
- Case studies
- National University of Singapore Boosts Collaboration Internally and Externally
- The National University of Singapore NUS works hard to provide its students and staff with an up-to-date, efficient communications infrastructure. To achieve that aim, NUS deployed Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and Microsoft Office Communicator 2005. With this deployment, NUS has provided Instant Messaging IM capabilities internally, including within...
- Tags: Collaboration, University, Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005, Microsoft Office Live Communications Server, Microsoft Corp., Singapore, E-learning, Portals, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Office Suites
- Case studies
- Global Life Sciences Service Company: Portal Roadmap
- The client, an international clinical services organization, encountered serious challenges arising from decentralized organization. This decentralization caused confusion among its internal users, who had difficulty obtaining information critical to the review and tracking of proposals in the pipeline. Worse yet, customers perceived the enterprise as a loose collection of business...
- Tags: Life Science, Portals, Web Technology, Internet
- Case studies
- Business Intelligence Center of Excellence Builds Robust Reporting Portal With Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
- Microsoft's Business Intelligence Center Of Excellence team BICOE is a service organization dedicated to helping groups throughout the company benefit from the spectrum of databases and reporting tools available across the enterprise. A key challenge for users has long been the lack of a central, easy to use, integration point...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Portals, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Internet
- Case studies
- UEFA, Teaming With Verio and NTT Communications, Hosts Europe's Largest Football Web Portal
- Seeking a Web-hosting service that could support the Internet's largest football portal, Union des Associations Europeennes de Football UEFA approached Verio with a challenge. UEFA selected Verio to design, launch and manage an Internet infrastructure that could support heavy use, reach a global audience and grow with the site as...
- Tags: NTT Corp., Verio Inc., Web Portal, NTT Communications, Portals, Web Technology, Internet
- Case studies
- WHSmith Sets Up Shop on the Net
- WH Smith launched its first branded web site in January 1998. During that year a number of other UK booksellers including Heffers, Blackwells and Waterstone's also launched transactional web sites. WH Smith knew that it had to act quickly to take full advantage of the internet phenomenon. In April of...
- Tags: Internet, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Portals
- Case studies
- MyDanka.com Enhances Service Delivery, Increases Operational Efficiency Through Self-Service
- MyDanka.com is an Internet-based customer service portal for Danka Business Systems PLC, a leading independent provider of enterprise imaging systems and services. MyDanka.com wanted to implement a secure, customer-facing, user-friendly, single sign-on Web-portal to allow customers to manage multiple accounts and automate opening and closing of customer service requests and...
- Tags: Customer Service, Oracle Corp., MyDanka.com, Portals, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Web Technology, Internet, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Major Health Fund Improves Member Service With Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
- With ambitions to remain Australia's fastest growing health insurer, NIB Health Funds needed to improve the quality of, and access to, business information for its 580-plus employees to improve the quality of service to members and cut downtime. Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Dimension Data conducted a pilot project using Microsoft...
- Tags: Health Care, Microsoft Corp., NIB, Portals, Vertical Industries, Web Technology, Benefits, Healthcare, Microsoft Office, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Office Suites
- Case studies
- Rental Car Company Upgrades IT Environment for Increased Security, User Productivity
- With more than 64,500 employees worldwide, Enterprise Rent-A-Car always looks for new methods to keep its team supplied with tools that enhance efficiency and customer service. To that end, the company is making adjustments to several portions of its IT infrastructure - including the implementation of a new intranet portal...
- Tags: IT Environment, Security, Information Technology, Microsoft Exchange Server, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Groupware, E-mail Servers, Portals, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Management
- Case studies
- Intranet-Based Reporting Portal Provides Public Administration With Key Figures
- Over 120 different administrative procedures, innumerable auxiliary calculations, and various public enterprises and interests had turned the City of Salzgitter's reporting system into an exercise in patience. To streamline its reporting system, the City of Salzgitter opted to set up a data warehouse, which gathers information from all departmental applications....
- Tags: Administration, Microsoft Corp., Intranet, Portals, Web Technology, Microsoft Office, Internet, Office Suites, Software
- Case studies
- Forestry Commission Reduces Publishing Time by 98% and Cuts Average Document Search Time to 10 Seconds
- The Forestry Commission is responsible for managing the United Kingdom's 800,000 hectares of forests and woodlands and increasing their value to society and the environment. The Forestry Commission faced challenge in converting documents from their native format to HTML for publishing on the intranet which was an onerous and time-consuming...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Intranet, Forestry Commission, Portals, Web Technology, Middleware, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- Leading Food Company Increases Productivity, Reduces Costs With Integrated Portal
- With a powerful brand portfolio including Contadina, StarKist, College Inn, 9Lives, and Kibbles 'n Bits, Del Monte Foods products are found in nine out of ten American households. After a large merger, the new company needed to consolidate its IT infrastructure and provide a standardized desktop and electronic communication environment....
- Tags: Food, Environment, Microsoft Corp., Portals, Data Centers, Web Technology, Online Communications, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
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- Italian Web Portal Gives High Costs the Boot and Manages Growth Via HP Infrastructure
- Matrix S.p.A., a subsidiary of Telecom Italia Group, launched its Virgilio web portal in 1996 and has experienced double-digit growth annually ever since. Between 2003 and 2004, revenues from advertising, web services, and directory sales increased by more than 23 percent. This rapid growth placed tremendous strain on the portal's...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Portals, Microsoft Windows, Web Technology, Data Centers, Linux, Operating Systems, Servers, Internet, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
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- Greater Manchester Councils Adopt Portal Solution to Extend Collaboration
- The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities AGMA is a partnership between the 10 councils within the Greater Manchester Area and two associate members. Its aim is to cooperate in both statutory and non-statutory services, where there is scope to improve service delivery by collaborative working. In common with other councils...
- Tags: Collaboration, Council, E-government, Portals, Government, Internet
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- Allstate Deploys Portal and Collaboration Solution to Increase Investment Results
- The Allstate Corporation relies heavily on Allstate Investments, LLC to manage its corporate investment portfolios and report pertinent data to its investment officers. Without a way of coordinating its resources, Allstate Investments was making investment decisions with immense capital exposure using information that often took days to obtain. With millions...
- Tags: Collaboration, Allstate Corp., Portals, Web Technology, Internet
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- SPA Improves Collaboration, Information-Sharing, and Communications With New Portal and Web Site
- The State Phytosanitary Administration SPA wanted to make it easier to share information internally among SPA's employees and externally with the public and other government departments. The challenge was to create a single intranet portal to let employees publish and share information quickly and easily and speed process for publishing...
- Tags: Web, Collaboration, Oracle Corp., Web Site, Intranet, SPA, Portals, Web Technology, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing
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- AHA Cures Information Delivery Challenge With HospitalConnect
- Founded in 1898, the AHA today represents and serves more than 5,000 hospitals and health care networks as well as 37,000 individual members. Despite its commitment to supplying members with accurate, up-to-date information, until recently the AHA lacked the means to provide a single point of access for all information...
- Tags: Affiliate, Health Care, Interwoven, Portals, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Web Technology, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
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- Unified Portal Cures Complex IT for Customers, Employees and Partners
- Agis Healthcare Insurance is one of the leading providers of health insurance in the Netherlands. One of the fundamental challenges facing a company that has grown through acquisition is to seamlessly integrate people, processes, and systems into an efficient and cohesive organization. A second major challenge for Agis is the...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Partnership, Information Technology, AGIS, Agis Healthcare Insurance, Portals, Insurance, Financial Planning, Web Technology, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
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