You need to enable your users to access the right information at the right time and in context, and help them collaborate in ways that add new value to your business.
You need to show clear cost savings and/or additional revenues, preferably both and quickly.
You need to integrate disparate and distinct information systems, even bespoke legacy applications, even across external organisations.
You need to find the most appropriate technologies and ensure they are implemented well.
You need to speak to Mindshare Solutions to find out how we can help you assess your exact requirements, assist in your planning and vendor selection, and manage the implementation of the right technology solutions.
We can help you meet your business objectives cost effectively with carefully selected leading technologies and consultants.
In their report entitled "High Cost of Not Finding Information", 2001 IDC (www.idc.com) estimates that "an enterprise employing 1,000 knowledge workers wastes at least $2.5 to $3.5 million per year searching for nonexistent information, failing to find existing information, or recreating information that can't be found. The opportunity cost to the enterprise is even greater, with potential additional revenue exceeding $15 million annually. . . several studies in the past five years point to significant ROI for improved access to information. ROI figures range from 38% to over 600%. . ."
"$6.5 million worth of accumulated savings from one portal over 4-years." -Leading enterprise portal user quoted by The Fact Point Group www.factpointgroup.com April 2002
"Portals, a concept that bombed in the consumer arena, are fast becoming major hits in the business-to-business market for major corporations, according to new research from The FactPoint Group" www.factpointgroup.com "
B2B Portals are rapidly becoming a requirement for doing business for the Global 2000," said David Kaplow, the FactPoint Group partner who spearheaded the ground-breaking B2B Portal research. "In fact, pioneering Portal builders in the Fortune 500 can articulate the benefits better than the technology vendors selling into this market." www.factpointgroup.com/press_releases/b2bportals.html