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New Extranet to Empower Global Charity to Meet Exponential Growth Goals | 2007-10-01 | Microsoft |
| Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world. For years, Habitat spent extensive hours fixing and adding on to PartnerNet to keep up with the expansive growth of the organization and number of affiliates. As a result, information became increasingly difficult to find, access, and manage. Using Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 as a development platform, AW Systems worked with Habitat to rebuild PartnerNet into an organized collection of global and regional program and department websites, tailored to Habitat's current and expanding needs.
Tags: Application Development, Collaboration Tools |
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SAS Gains Extranet Benefits With Confidence - Security Solution Makes It Easy | 0000-00-00 | Microsoft |
| SAS, a global technology leader, wanted to extend its internal collaboration environment, based on Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies, to include an extranet. It also wanted to minimize the potential of a virus attack vector being exposed within the extranet. To accomplish this, the company is extending the effectiveness of defense-in-depth to its extranet thanks to Microsoft Forefront Security for SharePoint. SAS protects its extranet with up to five simultaneous engines and maintains that protection without needing additional staff.
Tags: Security Management, Collaboration Tools |
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Windows CE-Based Application Extends Web Solution for Companies Seeking Better Workplace Safety | 0000-00-00 | Microsoft |
| RiskNet Worldwide Inc. is a subsidiary of insurance conglomerate Aon Corporation, offering a Web-based subscription service that lets large multi-location companies stay current on safety regulations, to monitor safety and corporate compliance. Large businesses with multiple locations expend costly resources to comply with government and insurance regulations and requirements for safety. The largely paper-based processes have been cumbersome, slow, and costly. RiskNet Worldwide partnered with STEP Technology for a secure extranet Web-based solution called Safety Forum, for companies with remote locations to easily collect and report on safety compliance. The application provides for access by mobile, Microsoft Windows CE-based Palm-size PCs.
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Legal Firm Invests in Service Quality With Client Extranet and Collaboration Tools | 2006-12-15 01:00:19 | Microsoft |
| Blank Rome wanted to simplify attorney collaboration on client matters to ensure the highest-quality service. The law firm invested in a portal based on Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies, giving attorneys access to a range of information specific to each client matter from one view. Blank Rome added extranet portal capabilities to share relevant information directly with clients. Centralizing matter information has made it easier for groups to coordinate service delivery for complex client matters and to collaborate without regard for geographic location. Extranet collaboration has accelerated the firm's ability to respond to client inquiries and share critical information rapidly, enhancing the client experience. In 2006, Blank Rome upgraded to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, further extending the firm's culture of collaboration to clients and co-counsel. | |||
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Gulf Coast Seal Reduces Sales Cycle and Lowers IT Costs With Customer Extranet | 2006-10-17 01:00:14 | Microsoft |
| A business value study conducted by Wipro Consulting identified that Gulf Coast Seal, a leading global manufacturer and distributor of industrial seals, could realize tangible bottom-line value by deploying a Web-based collaboration environment using Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and by using specialty Web Parts functionality from CorasWorks. Configured as a customer-specific extranet, the new collaboration environment provides self-service access to pricing. Configured as team workspaces, it facilitates the development of custom orders. The solution is expected to enable Gulf Coast Seal to increase revenues, shorten its sales cycle for custom orders by 50 percent, and decrease network desktop and file management costs by 51 percent. | |||
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Maritime Shipping Agency Wins Global Business With Integrated Extranet Portal | 2006-10-13 01:00:15 | Microsoft |
| Rhode Island-based Moran Shipping Agencies is the largest independent shipping agent in the U.S., handling over 5,000 port calls per year for many of the world's most prominent ship owners, oil companies, and commodity traders. The company needed a Web-based solution to coordinate increasingly complex port call logistics and security. Having previously deployed Microsoft accounting and business reporting solutions, Moran chose an extranet portal based on Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. The solution provides efficient port call processes and 24/7 access to business data and financial accounts. Benefits include fast customization, strong back-end integration, high customer satisfaction, and low IT costs. These benefits help Moran compete successfully with multinational corporations many times their size, positioning the company for strong growth. | |||
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Online Interactive Risk and Business Decision Management Solution | 2006-09-21 01:00:14 | BEA Systems |
| Based on customer feedback on its Extranet based factoring service, Atradius identified a need to improve quality of service and extend the service range it offered. To achieve this, it needed to migrate to a complete B2B factoring platform leveraging state-of-the-art technologies - quickly and cost-effectively. Atradius implemented an online interactive risk and business decision management solution, known as 'FactureNet', based on BEA WebLogic Server. Module reuse and object-oriented development contributed to six months development time. BEA WebLogic Portal is also used to develop the portal using reusable modules. | |||
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Philips: Semiconductors Division - Project Renaissance Revitalizes Extranet Portal Architecture, Delivering Significant Business Value | 2005-11-03 01:00:03 | |
| The semiconductors division of Royal Philips Electronics is headquartered in Eindhoven. Philips wanted to lower total cost of ownership and enhance performance through migration to common portal architecture via upgrade of all application software. They also needed to establish development best practices and architectural frameworks for future IT initiatives. They implemented common portal application architecture powered by Sun ONE Application Server, Sun ONE Directory Server, Sun ONE Web Server, and J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition). Philips saw approximately 45% reduction in code through the reuse of architectural frameworks and design patterns that is expected to lead to as much as a projected 30% reduction in development cycles. | |||
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Project Management: Managing the Integration and Creation of a Supplier Extranet | 2006-04-13 04:59:28 | Management Decisions |
| MDI's client is a large division of a Fortune 100 corporation, posting revenues of over $20 billion in 2002 and is one of the world's leading suppliers to the energy industry, providing a comprehensive range of solutions for oil and gas, power generation and energy management. The client has made a wide-scale commitment to increasing their internal productivity through "digitization". The focus of this project is to create tighter linkages with the client's supplier base by creating a Supplier Extranet that integrates the sourcing and procurement systems. In order to support the demanding project management activity on this project, MDI provided the methodology, tools and templates to effectively implement the integration of 17 supplier extranet applications. |