Realizing the Promise of Corporate Portals
Leveraging Knowledge for Business Success
- 1st Edition - November 1, 2002
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Authors: Cindy Gordon, José Cláudio C. Terra
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 1 5 8 7 - 8
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Request a sales quoteThoughtful and provocative, 'Realizing the Promise of Corporate Portals' illustrates the vast potential of corporate portals and what your company can do to implement them for business success. Based on the authors' extensive backgrounds and consulting focused on implementing corporate portals this exciting new book extends IT theory into business strategy.
Terra and Gordon explore the components and architecture of typical corporate portals and fundamental issues in knowledge management. Geared for decision makers at the executive level, this book provides a comprehensive view of the market landscape, powerful and detailed case studies, and collected best practices and lessons learned to help organizations successfully implement corporate portals. The book also includes detailed checklists necessary for selecting and implementing appropriate corporate portal technical solutions.
Learn from their detailed case studies of hugely successful corporate portal implementations, including:
* ADC Telecommunications Inc.
* Bain & Company
* Bank of Montreal
* Context Integration
* Eli Lilly
* Hill & Knowlton
* Nortel Networks
* SERPRO
* Siemens
* Texaco
* Xerox
Terra and Gordon explore the components and architecture of typical corporate portals and fundamental issues in knowledge management. Geared for decision makers at the executive level, this book provides a comprehensive view of the market landscape, powerful and detailed case studies, and collected best practices and lessons learned to help organizations successfully implement corporate portals. The book also includes detailed checklists necessary for selecting and implementing appropriate corporate portal technical solutions.
Learn from their detailed case studies of hugely successful corporate portal implementations, including:
* ADC Telecommunications Inc.
* Bain & Company
* Bank of Montreal
* Context Integration
* Eli Lilly
* Hill & Knowlton
* Nortel Networks
* SERPRO
* Siemens
* Texaco
* Xerox
* Detailed case studies of hugely successful corporate portals and best practices for implementing corporate portals
* Authors' extensive technical backgrounds extends IT theory into business strategy
* Provides guidance for managers when choosing software, consulting services and developing implementation programs
* Authors' extensive technical backgrounds extends IT theory into business strategy
* Provides guidance for managers when choosing software, consulting services and developing implementation programs
CIOs, CKOs, people managing information and knowledge in organizations, systems integrators, IT and organizational consultants, HR senior managers responsible for organizational design and KM.
Introduction; Part I: the foundation: The networked and knowledge era and corporate portals; Knowledge management in the networked era; Key components of a corporate portal platform; Implementing corporate portals: key lessons; Concluding remarks; Part II: detailed case studies; ADC Telecommunications Inc., the broadband company; Bain & Company; Bank of Montreal; Context Integration; Eli Lilly; Hill & Knowlton; Nortel Networks; SERPRO, Information Services Agency from the Brazilian Federal Government; Siemens; Texaco; Xerox, the Document Company; Appendix A: leading vendors; Appendix B: technical criteria to select a corporate portal platform.
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 1, 2002
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780080515878
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Cindy Gordon
Cindy Gordon, Ph.D., is CEO, Helix Commerce International Inc, a company specializing in knowledge capital. Previously Gordon was Vice President and Partner, XDL Intervest, a tier one technology venture capital firm.
Affiliations and expertise
Helix Commerce International Inc, Toronto, ONT, CanadaJT
José Cláudio C. Terra
Dr. José Cláudio C. Terra is CEO of TerraForum Consulting and director of the Executive MBA in KM at University of São Paulo, Brazil. He is frequently invited to speak about KM in North America, Europe and Brazil. In recent years, Terra has assisted numerous companies and institutions with their Knowledge Management programs, Corporate Portals and E-business projects.
Affiliations and expertise
CEO of TerraForum Consulting, São Paulo, BrazilRead Realizing the Promise of Corporate Portals on ScienceDirect