Acme Data Services :: Web Portal Management

Web sites are an integral part of an organization's operations. No longer relegated to the role of electronic billboards, sites are used to actively promote companies and products, deliver services and information, manage transactions, and facilitate communications. Changes must occur quickly - daily, hourly, or even minute-by-minute. This need for rapid change, the "ripple effect" changes can have throughout a site, and the sheer size of today's dynamic business sites make it impossible for all revisions to flow through one or two people. Complexity and speed have created the demand for automated ways to effectively manage Web content.

But as with most technologies, not all Web content management solutions are created equal. The design philosophy behind the solution, as well as the architecture employed, can directly impact the suitability of the product for your organization's sites. Selecting a Web content management solution that doesn't properly address your requirements can make it difficult to enhance the site's functionality, size, or scope. Overall, your organization's productivity and growth will be constrained when content changes can not keep pace with the business environment and everyone, from content providers and designers to IT professionals - must work harder to compensate for the site's technological shortcomings.

In contrast, the right Web content management solution can enable your organization to save time and money, improve communications, strengthen business relationships, and increase revenues. The right solution also can provide the scalability, flexibility, and enterprise system interoperability necessary to meet future site requirements; an important consideration when the future can arrive in a matter of months. It's an important decision, worthy of further investigation.

How it works:

How often content needs to be updated
The type and extent of content changes that are required
The "ripple effect" associated with content changes (i.e., number of pages affected by a single change) and difficulty of identifying and updating all pages affected by a change
The number of authors contributing site content and their physical locations
Whether technical resources will be available to support content authors and the software they use
Whether diverse types of content (e.g., image, video, and other media files) will be used
Whether some content needs to be posted and replaced on a scheduled basis (i.e., weekly sales promotions)
If one or more approvals are required before content is posted
If some content needs to be changed in real time
Whether content needs to be personalized or tailored to match the needs and interests of a site visitor
Whether support for multiple languages and time zones is required
If content presentation must consistently conform to branding and appearance standards
If version archiving and an audit trail will be required
Whether content must be viewable across a variety of browsing devices, not just PCs

Advantages working with Acme Data Services:

Content Quality and Timeliness
Efficient, self-service authoring
Support for worldwide content authoring
Automated scheduling for both content publishing and archiving
An integrated workflow process to automate content approval
A component architecture that separates content from the presentation format and dynamic serving of content
Version archiving and an audit trail to provide a record of site changes
Template-based Web content publishing and presentation
Centralized control of site design elements
Content-component site architecture and dynamic serving of Web pages
Low labor costs
Qualified personnel

Benefits:

Make effective use of all internal resources
Slash the time required to implement site content changes, or re-design a site
Ensure the availability of timely, accurate information
Scale its Web site to keep pace with organizational growth
Plan to accommodate new business initiatives and technological advances