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Finnish
National Technology Programs Portal On The Teamware Pl@za Platform
(28.2.2001)
The brand
new Internet portal akseli.tekes.fi gathers together all the national
technology programs financed by Tekes, the National Technology Agency
in Finland. The solution built on the Teamware Pl@za platform has
been implemented by Teamware Solution Center Decode.
With the aim
of simplifying and unifying communication and administration of
the national technology programs, Tekes wanted to standardize the
Web sites of individual programs and bring them under one Internet
portal. In the spring 2000 Teamware Solution Center Decode was chosen
to build the portal on the Teamware Pl@za platform.
"The Repeatable
Solutions and component approach offered by Teamware suited our
needs best. This way the enhancements to the software don't need
to be tailored for us, but we automatically benefit from the ongoing
product development", emphasized Mika Lautanala, the
Manager responsible for the technology programs in Tekes.
The goal was to offer program co-ordinators, responsible for the
contents of the sites, a ready-made and easy-to-use communications
solution by creating a Web site that would be easy to update and
used both in external and internal communication.
"Through
the use of predefined forms and templates the maintenance of Teamware
Pl@za based Web sites is made extremely easy and it can also be
done by persons with no technical expertise, if they are given administrator
rights to the site. Advanced access control and user rights guarantee
that certain services can be provided only for a restricted group
of users", said Mika Lautanala.
The public Web
site consists of the general technology program pages and home pages
of the individual programs. The site is divided into entities according
to different fields of technology and the status of the programs.
The home pages of each program are built on the same structure and
therefore it is easy to find the required information.
From the public
site it is possible to move to the 'closed areas' protected by passwords.
The steering group of each program has access to these sections
where they are able to follow the progress of the project, save
their own documents and take part in the online discussions.
The brand new
portal was taken into test use in the end of the year 2000. During
2001 all the technology programs' (appr. 50) Web sites are migrated
under the portal. In connection with the launch of new programs
the site owners will be educated to use the system by Teamware Solution
Center Decode. The system is hosted on a Teamware server.
The portal can
be found at http://akseli.tekes.fi.
About Tekes
Tekes, the National Technology Agency is the main financing organization
for applied and industrial R&D in Finland. The funds for financing
are awarded from state budget. Tekes´ primary objective is
to promote the competitiveness of Finnish industry and the service
sector by technological means. It is in charge of framing and preparing
of national technology policy and preparing, financing and coordinating
of national technology programs.
National technology programs are an essential part of the Finnish
innovation chain. They aim at gaining new technology expertise and
product development options in the important business areas of the
future. The programs also offer good frameworks for international
R&D cooperation and have proved to be an effective form of cooperation
and networking for companies and the research sector. The duration
of the programs ranges from three to six years; their volumes range
from FIM 30 million even to hundreds of millions of Finnish marks.
Tekes usually finances about half of the costs of programs. During
2001, a total of about 50 extensive national technology programs
are under way.
About Teamware
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 Solution Centers and sales offices in Europe and USA as
well as the Fujitsu network worldwide.
Teamware
Pl@za is a set of ready-made Internet Services integrated into
a Java based platform. It is used for third generation interactive
Web sites when providing Web community functionality is important.
For more information
on Teamware, visit www.teamware.com.
Press contact:
Hanne Järvelä
PR & Communications
Tel: +358 9 5128 272
E-mail: hanne.jarvela@teamware.com
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