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Web-based applications (e-business solutions)

Electronic business is about using processes and tools that allows you to use Internet-based technologies and infrastructure, both internally and externally, to conduct day to day business process operations. The right e-business strategy will improve performance, create value and strengthen relationships with customers, suppliers, business partners, shareholders and employees.

Everyone's talking about e-business but only a few companies are reaping the benefits of a truly integrated e-business strategy.

Whether you have clear e-business objectives or simply want 'to use the web more', we will help you use technology strategically, to support business growth, reduce business operating costs, and improve customer loyalty.

How do we do this? We start by getting to know your organisation - what you do, how you work, what you want to achieve. Together we'll help you define (or refine) your e-business strategy. You'll be surprised at what is possible - one of our strengths is to see beyond the brief and suggest solutions you may not have anticipated but which can improve business processes, customer relations, reduce business operating costs and increase profits.

• Expand your market reach.
• Reduce your business costs and overheads.
• Improve customer service, loyalty and spend.
• Capture and share information more easily.
• Streamline your business processes.
• Work smarter.
• Stay ahead.

Give us a call today to take advantage of our FREE 30 minutes e-business consultation,
you will be surprised with what we can achieve in such a short time.

Web-based applications and your business

Web 2.0 is changing the way we use and see the web

"Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform" Tim O'Reilly

It's easier to watch and listen - so here is a video from youTube.

Web 2.0 is a term describing changing trends in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, secure information sharing, collaboration and functionality of the web. Web 2.0 concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities and its hosted services, such as social-networking sites, video sharing sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies. Wikipedia

Serious about embracing e-business?

Here are our top 10 tips to implementing a successful e-business strategy:

1. Have measurable short and long term objectives - make sure everyone that will be affected understands these objectives.
2. Get your staff, clients, customers, suppliers and partners involved - ask them what they need and most importantly how they wish to work or do business with you and if they could let you see their own e-business plans.
3. The people within your company are important so make sure they all buy into the strategy - don't force your strategy on them or your strategy will fail.
4. e-business means change and for your e-business strategy to work, your company must be ready for the changes to come - so make sure you have the right processes in place to address these changes.
5. Don't base your strategy on a software application - focus on your business needs and objectives (short and long term) and don't worry about technology - that is the job of the technology department.
6. Implement your strategy incrementally according to the needs of the business - Big (deliver everything at once) implementations do not work - so start small and implement in measurable and manageable phases. With each phase you should be able to demonstrate returns on investment quickly.
7. Do your homework to find out what others in your industry are doing and learn from their mistakes and gains - but always remember that what worked for them might not necessarily work for you.
8. Get a second opinion from independent e-business consultants - get them to review your business and provide you with a strategy document - then compare their outcome with yours.
9. Make sure whatever technology solution is selected to deliver your strategy is flexible, mainstream, robust and has all the necessary integration capabilities required by other key systems in your company.
10. Finally remember that technology is there to support business not to control it.

We have a wealth of experience and knowledge in delivering flexible yet robust web applications on time and within budget. Call us today.