In today’s fast-paced, connected business environment, large enterprises often have many branches and divisions. Even if a company is not global, it can have branches in several regions and may have global customers, vendors, and suppliers. Such companies need one place to manage content and communication. More often than not, companies share content online. However, a poorly designed Web portal, or electronic content management (ECM) system, can lead to confusion, lost information, and multiple versions of the truth.

Portal and ECM Problems

With so many people communicating via so many devices, companies need to use technology collaboratively if they are to succeed. A lack of a portal, or an ineffective ECM system (dispersed rather than centralized, or containing non-standardized data), can lead to poor communication between individuals, teams, divisions, and others. Users who can’t access the company portal, or can’t find documents, become frustrated. Productivity falls; costs increase. Improper decisions are made; opportunities are lost. Technology becomes a hindrance.

ThinkNet Alleviates Portal and ECM Pain

ThinkNet can implement effective portals for your company, complete with branding. But branding is only a small part of what makes portals work. Best-practice portal implementation includes easily accessible document libraries, portal search capabilities, logical workflow, powerful and customized collaborative tools, and security and privacy.

Portals set up with your workflow process in mind and with full training provided for end users can boost overall corporate results. When information is contained in one easily accessible location, and content is managed with proper versioning and approved workflow, collaboration between people, teams, divisions, and others is fostered. Employees in regional and/or international offices feel like they are working in a well connected enterprise. Productivity, problem-solving, customer service, and other valuable business functions improve. Opportunities are seized and problems are solved—all through the synergy of effective collaboration.

Technology Agnostic Equals Best Practices

As a technology agnostic professional services firm, ThinkNet’s IT strategy is your best-fit IT strategy. ThinkNet is not committed to any particular IT applications or hardware platforms. Instead, ThinkNet is committed to developing, implementing, and supporting a best-practices, end-to-end, strategic IT solution based upon your particular business objectives.

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