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1213 days ago
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is a not-for-profit organization representing Canada’s 200 Olympians as well as the countless Olympic hopefuls. Communication, support, training opportunities and Olympic logistics are coordinated for hundreds of athletes and coaches across the nation. The goal of this project was to develop an avenue for athletes, coaches, sponsors, youth, media, and the public to share information including funding information, policy changes, and to track athlete accomplishments. Using Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) and Microsoft Content Management Server (CMS), Navantis created extranet capabilities for contact management and CRM to provide secure communications between athletes, coaches and COC board members. It also provides public information via a CMS-enabled web site. The site was built to handle tens of thousands of concurrent visitors and constant real-time updates during busy periods (i.e., the Olympics). The site reduces managing costs, ...
1213 days ago
Microsoft Canada is the Canadian Microsoft subsidiary. It has offices from coast to coast and is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario. In order to effectively reach its approximately 700 employees, Microsoft Canada contracted Navantis to implement a comprehensive intranet solution based on the Microsoft Solution for Intranets (MSI) prescriptive architecture. The application was designed, architected, developed, tested and deployed within 12 weeks using Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001 and a series of custom interface and functional extensions. The site is in daily use by all Microsoft Canada employees for document management, HR self-service and a variety of other activities.
1213 days ago
The Client: In 2001, the towns of Ancaster, Dundas and Flamborough, the Township of Glanbrook, and the cities of Hamilton and Stoney Creek, amalgamated to become the City of Greater Hamilton. The city now has over 500,000 residents, with nine per cent of the population concentrated in rural communities. The Challenge: While Hamilton has as a large downtown population, the amalgamation brought in many small farming communities, which were isolated from the city core. The city wanted to use its website to help bridge this disconnect. The city of Greater Hamilton joined more than 16 community partners ranging from university representatives to local business owners, to steer the initiative. Their mission was to ensure the site adequately addressed the needs of all citizens through access to a one-stop online information and services resource. The Solution: Navantis implemented an interactive community web portal (www.myhamilton.ca) providing local residents, community groups and ...
1213 days ago
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) markets and sells atomic energy to governments and crown corporations worldwide. In an effort to streamline its 30 disparate locations, 4,000 employees and sales cycles averaging 10 years or more, AECL commissioned Navantis to construct an intranet-based CRM application enabling AECL to share customer information, documents and sales opportunities. The solution also comprises detailed information captured about key decision makers involved in AECL’s sales cycles. The solution was built in eight weeks using Microsoft VisualBasic.NET. It integrates with an existing Oracle 8i data structure as well as PeopleSoft, both of which previously existed in the customer environment. The solution implements industry-standard permission-based security using Microsoft Active Directory. It is in daily use today.
