A Portuguese IT company has developed several solutions for e-Business and Mobility. The company offers tools for efficient relationship management of all participants in the business process: clients, partners, suppliers and collaborators; as well as mobile and flexible solutions that can be easily integrated to existing systems and with a user-friendly interaction. Currently the company is looking for partners for further technical development as well as for commercial purposes.

These days, the success of business processes depends on the reliability of Information and Communication Systems, which are the key to high competitiveness of any company. A Portuguese company uses state-of-the-art Web technologies and develops IT solutions in the areas of e-Business and Mobility, and customises them to the needs of each client, contributing this way to improve its business dynamic and to increase the profitability of its investment.

The main solutions developed by the company in these areas are the following:

- Platform for Business Management: this consists of an integrated platform, which was developed for efficient business management, basically for the creation of interactive Web sites and Intranets and the practice of e-Marketing and e-Business.

This solution adds many functions that can work together or independently and can be adapted to the different needs of any business.

The platform is useful as a multifunctional tool for content management (CMS) and business processes integration. It is also a platform for the support of control and management of internal and external communication of any company (taking into account of all the business participants: external and internal public, customers and suppliers).

- Mobile Data Viewer: it consists of an application for visualisation of documents and information reports by using mobile devices (Pocket PC and Palm).

This application is very versatile and adaptable to each thematic area (medicine, literature, grammar, etc.). It can be used for different purposes, basically as work tool, research and consultation tool, or even entertainment.

- Mobile Business Intelligence: it is an application to send SMSs to the sales team’s mobile phones with data and crucial business information allowing, in this sense, a quick answer in a real business situation, any time and anywhere. Innovative Aspects: The solutions developed by the company present the following innovations and benefits:

- Platform for Business Development:

* Totally flexible platform (ability to change the look and design of a site without losing any content).

* Integration ability with several existing systems.

* Integration ability with mobile devices (PDAs).

* High scalability level.

* Layout-independent.

* Absolute control of the platform and its contents, by the company.

- Mobile Data Viewer:

* Makes the user’s work easy, and allows him to obtain the information he needs from any place in an easy, fast and intuitive way.

* Users don’t have to carry out books, encyclopaedias or laptops.

* Easy to carry.

* Application is centred on the needs, interest areas and specific user taste.

* Huge information storage capacity.

* Easy to update/upgrade.

- Mobile Business Intelligence:

* Total mobility of a companys sales team.

* Easy and quick access to crucial business data at any time and from any place.

* Identification of opportunities when they occur.

* Decision making in real time based on exact data.

* Operational cost reduction.

* ROI (Return On Investment).

* Modernisation of organisation work processes.

- All solutions are based on state-of-the-art Web technologies.

- All solutions are technologically flexible to adapt and integrate into existing systems.

- All solutions are already in service and developed under real situations.

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