Teamware develops interactive Web community for Financial Sector Union of Sweden (7.6.2001)

Teamware Group, a Fujitsu subsidiary, will build an interactive intranet/extranet/Internet solution for the Financial Sector Union of Sweden, Finansförbundet. Based on the Teamware Pl@za® platform the new solution will provide more than 40 000 members of the Union with access to a virtual meeting place that consists of updated and personalized information.

Finansförbundet will use Teamware Pl@za to create an interactive member community with discussion groups and online-meeting facilities. Teamware Pl@za will be integrated with the Union's member database and personalized according to individual user profiles. Therefore, each user will find information tailored to his/her needs whenever he/she logs in the system.

"The solution offered by Teamware fulfilled our needs and requirements. Teamware has a ready-made platform, Teamware Pl@za, with functionalities especially adapted for member organizations. Therefore we don't need to build a whole new solution from the very beginning", says Leif Karlsson, Director of Information, Finansförbundet.

"Through the improved availability, enhanced functionality and adapted content our members will be provided a tool that gives them added value and makes daily activities more effective. The new Web solution will enhance interaction between the Union and its members and representatives."

The implementation of the system will begin during the summer 2001. At the first stage Teamware will develop an intranet service for the Union's 4000 representatives as well as employees. Furthermore, an extranet will be built for all the members and other important stakeholders. The new Web service will be launched in mid-September.

Teamware Pl@za
Teamware Pl@za is a set of ready-made Internet services integrated into a Java based platform. It enables the rapid implementation and easy maintenance of interactive Web sites for a wide range of Web community applications. The dynamic Teamware Pl@za environment promotes interaction within the community and among its members.

Teamware Group
Teamware Group develops, markets and supplies software products and services designed to facilitate human networking and create prosperity through web communities. Teamware is a subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, a $50 billion provider of Internet-based information technology solutions for the global marketplace, and operates through Teamware Interactives and sales offices in Europe and USA as well as the Fujitsu network worldwide.
For more information on Teamware, visit www.teamware.com.

Further information:
Erik Andersson, Teamware Group AB
Telephone: +46 8 441 54 00
erik.andersson@teamware.com
www.teamware.com

Leif Karlsson, Finansförbundet
Telephone: +46 8 614 03 15
leif.karlsson@finansforbundet.se
www.finansforbundet.se