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whitepaper Leading Telecommunications Provider Bridges Departmental Divide With Intranet Solution2008-10-01 Microsoft
  With 34 million customers, Vodafone Germany is one of Europe's biggest telecommunications providers. To stay competitive, it needs to keep up-to-date with the latest sales information and market trends. In 2007, the company decided to implement a solution to improve its internal communications. Vodafone Germany now relies on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to offer employees an easily accessible portal solution and forum to act on the latest sales information.

Tags: Portals, Collaboration Tools		   
whitepaper Major Technology Provider Cuts Sales Cycle2008-09-18 Microsoft
  Technology provider CDW supported its sales organization with a small intranet site that complicated the effort of sales professionals to find and use sales-related information - adding to the length and cost of the sales cycle. The company addressed this issue with an intranet sales portal based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The new site provides centralized access to comprehensive product information, proposal templates, and sales status; enterprise search that indexes a third-party sales application; and dashboards and reports for at-a-glance insights into sales performance.

Tags: Collaboration Tools, Portals		   
whitepaper Alibris, Inc. Enables Business Growth and Diversification With Flexible Web Platform2008-09-01 Oracle
  Alibris, Inc., an online marketplace for new and used books, music items, and movies, as well as rare and out-of-print titles, has grown rapidly since it was founded in 1998. As is the case with most high-growth companies, the technology evolved over time as the business grew and changed. Unfortunately, this evolution led to growing complexity. Alibris, Inc. needed a Web platform that could not only scale with them but enable growth by providing the flexibility necessary to bring new applications to market quickly. Alibris selected Oracle WebLogic Portal (previously known as BEA WebLogic Portal), which offered a flexible platform and a large developer community.   
whitepaper Missionpharma Streamlines Documentation Procedures and Ensures Customer Satisfaction2008-09-01 Oracle
  Missionpharma wanted to support the increasing demand for high-quality products and supply and allow the organization to more effectively track goods through the supply chain and estimate their time of arrival. The challenge was to streamline processes for order management documentation and adopt an IT solution with the ability to work with small bandwidth. Missionpharma worked with Oracle Partner Scott/Tiger Group to implement Oracle Portal to provide customers with a constant view of the location of their goods via the track and trace functionality as well as provided an overview of documents relating to individual orders, including certificates of analysis and transport documents.

Tags: Supply Chain Management		   
whitepaper Audio System Maker Drives Innovation Through Online Dealer Community2008-09-01 Microsoft
  A subsidiary of Japanese audio system manufacturer Pioneer Corporation, the Pioneer Electronics (USA) Mobile Business Group sells Pioneer and Premier after-market car audio, navigation, and accessories through a 4,000-dealer network across the United States. Relying on its dealers to correctly install its increasingly complex after-market car audio products, Pioneer Electronics began to look for ways to better support the dealers, many of whom had no way to collaborate with peers for help. So Pioneer deployed social networking technologies in a business context, building a dealer portal based on Microsoft software. Now dealers have a vibrant online community where they can share their knowledge, take training, promote their stores, and build allegiance to the Pioneer brand.

Tags: Web Development and Design		   
whitepaper Greif, Inc. Automates and Improves Efficiency of Global Transportation Management2008-08-01 Oracle
  Greif, Inc. wanted to centralize and automate transportation planning and procurement to enhance operating efficiency. The challenge was to improve visibility into detailed freight data at the Stock-Keeping Unit (SKU) level and control escalating fuel and freight costs. Greif, Inc. worked with Oracle Partner Capgemini to implement Oracle Transportation Management to automate and standardize transportation scheduling and management processes, thereby driving improved operational efficiencies as well as deployed a Web portal, enabling suppliers and customers to enter orders into Oracle Transportation Management for centralized freight planning by business unit, region, and/or mode.

Tags: Supply Chain Management		   
whitepaper RSM Enhances Access to Vital Information With Powerful Search Capabilities2008-08-01 Oracle
  The Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) wanted to consolidate search engines, eliminating the need for separate engines for internal and external Web sites and enhance access capabilities, preventing external users from accessing information and ensuring that internal users can search only information for which they are authorized. The challenge was to deploy a search engine that is easy to administer by nontechnical personnel and gain the ability to add information and sources quickly to the search engine. RSM implemented Oracle Secure Enterprise Search as RSM's new search engine and integrated Oracle Secure Enterprise Search as a portlet in a single-enterprise Oracle Portal installation, allowing external and internal users to use the same portlet and search engine.

Tags: Portals, Search Strategies		   
whitepaper Global Heating Systems Business Improves Employee Collaboration Worldwide With Solution From IBM and DREGER Information Technology2008-08-01 IBM
  A worldwide heating systems company required the company's 7,000 employees to collaborate closely and exchange technical data across 10 factories and 112 sales agencies in 39 countries. Managers knew that IBM Lotus Notes is an unquestioned leader in groupware and that IBM WebSphere Application Server is a leader in J2EE portal and database integration. But employees at far-flung locations needed the technology platforms to work seamlessly and easily - with a minimum of IT support. The company integrated Lotus Notes and WebSphere using D-BUSINESS Portal Information Integrator from DREGER which gave company users a single-browser portal for all applications.

Tags: J2EE, Mobile - Wireless Communications		   
whitepaper University Launches Online Courses, Measures Learning Outcomes With Education Portal2008-07-01 Microsoft
  North Carolina's Queens University of Charlotte wanted to better support its community's need for online education. Queens knew that online offerings and Web-based support for faculty would enhance the school's ability to attract faculty and students. Queens deployed Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, the Microsoft Learning Gateway portal, and the Microsoft SharePoint Learning Kit to create a portal with customized sites for every course offered at Queens. Faculty can now easily create online courses and better communicate with students. Queens is using Office SharePoint Server 2007 technology to collect student work and better measure learning outcomes over time, expand enrollment through online offerings, and acquaint students with collaboration technology used in the professional world.

Tags: Portals, Collaboration Tools		   
whitepaper Food Company Automates Processes and Predicts 30 Per Cent Increase in Productivity2008-07-01 Microsoft
  A leading food service provider in Kuwait, Kout Food Group wanted to support its fast-expanding operations with effective information and business process management. It worked with a Microsoft partner to build an intranet portal based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. As a result, employees can share information within seconds, compared to days previously. With automated business processes, each employee saves up to one hour a day, resulting in an expected productivity increase of 30 per cent within six months.

Tags: Portals, Collaboration Tools		   


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