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Australian Technology Showcase

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Summary


The Australia Technology Showcase (ATS) saw a need to upgrade its website to create an internet portal where visitors could search for particular businesses using a variety of criteria. It wanted to be able to implement event management and business matching as well as allow members to login and manage their details and it wanted to use Microsoft’s Content Management Server (CMS) 2002 and leverage off its versatile .Net platform. As a Microsoft Gold Partner with extensive .NET experience, Elcom was the obvious choice to implement the ATS’ vision. Elcom met the challenge by integrating its flagship product Community Manager.NET with Microsoft’s CMS enabling it to also exploit the versatility inherent in Community Manager.NET’s  plug in modules to provide the extra functionality ATS required.

The project was delivered on time, on budget, and revolutionised the way the Australian Technology Showcase presents member technologies to potential business partners and markets around the world. Richard McKie, CEO of the ATS said he was very pleased not only with the finished product but also with the whole process of working with a Microsoft Gold Partner.

The challenge/business requirement

The ATS saw a need to upgrade its website to create an internet portal where visitors could search for particular businesses using a variety of criteria. They wanted to be able to implement event management and business matching as well as allow members to login and manage their details and they wanted to use Microsoft’s Content Management Server (CMS)2002 and leverage off its versatile .Net platform.

The approach


Elcom decided to take a modular approach to the ATS’ requirements. Using the versatile CMS technology as a platform together with Elcom’s own Community Manager .NET a bridge was formed through which extra, modular functionality was added.

The solution


The solution provided the following functionality:
  • Public site which is easily updateable
  • Secure private members area
  • Innovators’ Index
  • Business Matching through the Australian Technology Showcase search functionality
  • Event management and calendar
  • Forum
  • Statistical analysis

The business benefits


  • Reduced costs associated with managing content.
  • Faster time to publish
  • Improved access to business information
  • Improved customer satisfaction
  • Access to the solution anywhere, anytime
  • Improved dissemination of information to customers
  • Improved event management and promotion
  • Highly functional application that can be leveraged in the future by adding extra functionality through the use of plug-in modules
  • Stable, reliable and versatile Microsoft technologies

The technology

  • Microsoft Content Management Server 2002
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Microsoft web development tools
  • Elcom's Community Manager.Net
  • Elcom’s Business Matching module
  • Elcom’s Event Management module
  • Elcom’s Forum module
  • Elcom’s Statistical module

The outcome

The project was delivered on time, on budget, and revolutionised the way the Australian Technology Showcase presents member technologies to potential business partners and markets around the world. Richard McKie, CEO of the ATS professed himself very pleased not only with the finished product but also with the whole process of working with a Microsoft Gold Partner.


     



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