Solutions

Document Engineering

Significant time and money can be saved when information is reused. When you can store the structure and contents of your information without regard to how it looks, you multiply the possibilities to select, rearrange, and manipulate that information before publication. For example, in anticipation of the new school curricula in 2007, several educational publishers in Holland are recasting their textbooks' contents as ‘learning goals’ or ‘themes’ that can be rearranged and combined as books and electronic documents customized to meet the needs of particular curricula, schools, classes, or even students.

Avoid the need to create and maintain multiple copies of the same document formatted for various print and electronic media by maintaining one ‘neutral’ version from which all other formats are derived. Separating form from content allows you to create, adapt and apply a variety of formats without affecting your original content.

Content Management

Keeping your electronic assets up-to-date helps those using them make better decisions when it matters most. An enterprise wide content management system is a cost-effective and powerful tool that lets you manage your own content, and provide your employees with the information they need to do their job. With it people can:

• Share documents
• Search contact directories
• Schedule meetings and share calendars
• Use bulletin boards to post company wide information
• Create and share access to information databases, or database-driven applications
• Manage and delegate action items and project tasks
• Conduct opinion polls among employees

Does your company need to disseminate critical information to employees, or to provide valuable, frequently updated information to customers? We build secure content management solutions that encourage collaboration and ensure safe and controlled user access. Possible applications include:

• Disseminate product information, e.g. white papers
• Discriminate between general and privileged customers
• Secure discussion boards and weblogs
• Distance learning
• e-commerce

Software Engineering

Large monolithic content management systems lack a return on investment for all but the largest organizations. Alternatively, you can reduce costs and risks by assembling a content management solution from individual components. Requirements can often be better met by a patchwork solution composed of various technologies from different vendors. Plone is an excellent centerpiece around which any number of commercial off-the-shelf or custom components and services can be arranged.