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whitepaper RE/MAX International Lowers Cost of Ownership for Affiliate Extranet by 75 Percent2009-07-20 Microsoft
  Global real estate franchisor RE/MAX International wanted to update its aging, externally hosted, custom-developed extranet site to save costs, increase development control, enhance system agility, and provide better resources for its affiliates. The company invested in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to redesign and administer the extranet, and expects to recoup its upfront investment in the software within one year. The company also expects to save 75 percent annually in maintenance and administration costs. In addition, RE/MAX has improved its communications and strengthened its connection with brokers and agents through expanded extranet capabilities such as an enhanced search function, custom alerts, networking tools, and easier access to marketing and training resources.

Tags: Internet and Web, Office Suites		   
whitepaper Victoria University of Wellington Empowers Budget Holders With IBM Cognos2009-07-01 IBM
  For more than a century, the Victoria University of Wellington (Victoria) has developed a tradition of strong international links in teaching, research and programmes of national significance and international quality. It needed to an easier way to manage budget preparation throughout multiple faculties, schools, institutes and centres of research in an intranet environment. It deployed an integrated IBM Cognos solution that provides a total package for performance management.

Tags: Data Tools		   
whitepaper Law Firm Wins Award for Intranet That Improves Access to More Productivity Tools2009-06-01 Microsoft
  Shook, Hardy & Bacon (SHB) is an international law firm headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm's aging intranet functioned more as a vehicle for corporate communications than as a collaboration platform for attorneys and support professionals. SHB wanted a more practical, useful intranet that would provide staff integrated access to all their research tools and resources. SHB migrated its intranet to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and deployed the Enterprise Search feature. The new intranet provides attorneys with logically organized information and the tools they need for efficient collaboration. Searchable intranet content has increased by 80 percent, increasing self-serve access to data by up to 70 percent. Increased productivity reduces nonbillable hours at the firm and drives a competitive advantage in a global market.

Tags: Internet and Web, Office Suites		   
whitepaper Coca-Cola Enterprises Tackles Competition With Microsoft Online Services2009-06-01 Microsoft
  Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is the world's largest marketer, producer, and distributor of non-alcoholic beverages, which they deliver with the industry's most effective marketplace execution. CCE's increasing competition was resulting in declining revenues. This required company executives to launch a new strategic direction, mandating a platform to communicate and engage with all employees. Microsoft deployed a hosted worldwide intranet, messaging and collaboration tools which are accessible to all employees from any device, enabling employees to boost productivity and time with customers.

Tags: Office Suites		   
whitepaper Northern Trust Increases Accuracy and Relevance of Intranet Searches With the Google Search Appliance and User-Added Results2009-05-30 Google
  Northern Trust is a global leader in delivering investment management, asset and fund administration, and fiduciary and banking solutions to corporations, institutions, and affluent individuals. Northern Trust's need to deliver the latest information and forms was especially important for compliance with government regulations. Risks escalated when employees created and stored personal libraries of information and then referred to those libraries rather than repositories that might contain newer versions of forms. Northern Trust deployed Google Search Appliance (GSA) which resulted to search accuracy improved immediately. User-Added Results also reduced content management burdens for staff.

Tags: Internet and Web, Internet and Web		   
whitepaper The Nature Conservancy Opens Up Information to User Communities, Speeding Search and Cutting IT Costs, With the Google Search Appliance2009-03-17 Google
  The Nature Conservancy (TNC), now a million members strong, works around the world to protect and preserve ecologically important lands and waters. TNC manages an extensive intranet to help employees conduct research, consolidate organization-wide communications, and run the organization with utmost efficiency. Visitors to the public website and employees using the intranet couldn't reliably get the results they needed when they used search. TNC deployed Google Search Appliance; units immediately began reliably indexing pages and returning relevant results.

Tags: Internet and Web		   
whitepaper ContiTrade Gains Competitive Edge Through Effective Campaign Management2009-03-01 Oracle
  The Continental Group wanted to optimize international business management through detailed analysis of commercial development and personalize customer contact through effective customer relationship management tools. The challenge was to achieve fail-safe systems and, as a result, high availability. The Continental Group worked with Oracle Consulting to implement an Oracle-based technology infrastructure to upgrade the existing pan-European intranet and data warehouse, and facilitate the most accurate possible business analysis of the branch offices and achieved easy access to the central system via Oracle Portal.

Tags: Internet and Web, Data Tools		   
whitepaper Enterprise Speeds Up Intranet Development by 50 Per Cent With Communications Solution2009-03-01 Microsoft
  Information sharing is crucial to Aker Solutions. With thousands of employees in more than 30 countries, the company's intranet is an important business tool. Previously, its intranet - called eNet - was based on Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003. In 2007, the company's IT team worked with Microsoft Services and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Tieto to update eNet, with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 as its foundation. Now, employees use powerful search functionality to find documents and people quickly, and collaborative working features to connect with colleagues. Most importantly, the intranet is highly flexible and the company's IT team can implement features faster.

Tags: Internet and Web, Office Suites		   
whitepaper SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union Engages Employees and Increases Member Satisfaction2009-02-01 Oracle
  This vision guided SchoolsFirst FCU when it began investigating possible replacements for its intranet. The old intranet was unable to supply adequate functionality or workflow processes to support a dynamic and distributed organization. This resulted in maintenance of numerous duplicate and outdated information sources and several navigation and usability issues that hampered productivity and increased the learning curve for new users. SchoolsFirst FCU identified Oracle WebCenter Suite (previously known as BEA AquaLogic User Interaction) as the best platform to meet its business needs.

Tags: Internet and Web, Internet and Web		   
whitepaper Global Intranet and Business Application Portal2009-01-01
  The client had multiple critical business processes that were being performed using Microsoft Word and Excel Templates. All of this information was being shared and discussed using internal emails and documents were stored on the employees local machine. There was no way to track progress, completion or approval. Converge Point was hired to create a global intranet that formed the foundation to facilitating business collaboration between employees across the client's different office locations.

Tags: Internet and Web, Office Suites