Digital content has become an integral part of the surrounding document flow. With a proper Enterprise Content Management system (ECM) for digital content, the relationship between people, processes and content can lead to very effective results in Business Process Management within an organization. One of the leading technological solutions for managing documents is the Oracle Universal Content Management.

According to Gartner, there are five market leaders in the ranking "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management" for 2009.

Source: Gartner (October 2009)

One of the leading companies is Oracle with their technological solution for Document Management Oracle Universal Content Management. According to the analyst who does researches about the leaders in the field of ECM solutions, Oracle has been in the leader’s quadrant every year since 2007.

Oracle supports all six major components that make up a strong and stable system for managing digital content. The components are Document Management, Scanning and Document Recognition, Collaboration, Web Content Management, Records Management, and Business Process Support. Each of them has its importance in building a platform. The integration of all components in a product can build a complete system that gives users tremendous opportunities for actions with digital documents.

Following the global trends in the management of digital content, in Vereo we successfully develop our experience and knowledge in the development of portal solutions with Oracle UCM.

Vili Tsoneva from Vereo team used the Oracle UCM product to create the web site of an electronic newspaper. This was her master thesis, which she successfully defended on March 24, 2010. The idea for digital newspaper project is in conformity with the trend of establishing digital newspapers and journals more and more as a quick, easy and “green” way to access current information and news. The interface of the site serves the needs and attitude of consumers to use this type of media. A specific strategy for editing and publishing content has been created – both on the site and in the data store. Managing business processes is a particularly important part when publishing digital content. It provides regulated and periodical information update and traceability of actions at each step. Only tools from the Oracle UCM package have been used for the completion of the whole project.

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Author: Vili Tsoneva and Maya Mihaylova

This month launched the new service of eBG.bg - SMS verification and notification of the fine tickets to the Interior Ministry in the system of eBG.bg. Thanks to it, the offending drivers can pay their fines using one SMS.

To pay you should use eBG.bg Checkout from the site of the Interior Ministry or M-tel mpay. Also you should login eBg.bg with your username and password. Now, you could take advantage of the new service – with sending of one SMS you pay the amount of your fine imposed.

To use this service your mobile phone number should be registered in your account in eBG.bg. After that you should send a message with the number and the amount of the ticket to 1669. The indicated amount will be deducted from your card account in eBG.bg. Payments could be made with Maestro, VISA, VISA Electron, MasterCard, virtual VISA and MasterCard cards issued by Bulgarian banks and accepted for online payments through the eBG.bg system.

On this site fish.mvr.bg you could refer to the due amount marked on the ticket. Here you will find a link to www.ebg.bg. The period for the fine payment provided by the Police is seven days. In case of non-payment within this period, some points from the driver’s check will be withdrawn.

 

Author: Zdravka Georgieva

On the 27th of October 2009 in Sheraton Balkan Sofia Hotel held an official event concerning the opening of the new local office of Gartner in Bulgaria. Gartner is the world's leading and independent IT research and advisory company that helps top managers and IT directors to use technologies for building, managing and improving their business.

Andy Kyte, Vice President and lead analyst in Gartner, presents “The Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2010 according to Gartner” - the most important technologies and related technological trends that the companies should add to the process of strategic planning.

The exciting lecture noted the following important questions:

• Which technological trends have the greatest potential for business impact?
• Which specific technologies will have the greatest impact on priority expenditure of information technologies for the period 2010-2012?
• Which advanced technologies have the potential to cause significant market disruption and could offer opportunities to "change the rules in management and business development?

Since 2007 Vereo has been investing in development of the software solution MyWebRiver and in development of a new business model of offering various SaaS applications that successfully combines 4 of the top strategic technology by Gartner for 2010:

• Cloud computing
• Virtualization
• Data centers
• Green IT

MyWebRiver is a solution for managing various and technologically different web based applications and services, available after subscription.

MyWebRiver is a solution for marketing, selling and managing Web applications and services, ready to be delivered on-demand by any enterprise to its large customer base. The applications are not limited to any business or technology.

Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing characterizes a model whereby providers deliver a variety of IT-enabled capabilities to consumers. According to Gartner, using this technology, more companies will start offering applications, information and services for managing different business processes.

MyWebRiver provides access to technological solutions and services. MyWebRiver could support unlimited number and type of services and applications and could make them available through the rapidly evolving business model Software-as-a-Service. The Vereo solution provides fast and easily integration of the technological solutions and content. MyWebRiver simultaneously embodies in itself the whole concept of Cloud computing and detects a powerful potential for future business development.

Virtualization
Virtualization is a software solution which increase the technological resources through abstraction.
Also this year the technology is put in the valuable list. With this Gartner highlighted the opportunities for development and sustainable presence of the virtualization in the future.

The product of Vereo successfully works on virtual machines and simplifies the way software interacts with software. With the help of virtualization, MyWebRiver centralizes administration, improves flexibility of the system and provides opportunities for expansion and development.
Working in a virtual environment MyWebRiver saves over 50% of total IT costs for maintaining the system through consolidation of the used resources and optimization of the technological infrastructure.

Data Centers
According to Gartner, the challenge is not in building a data center, but in reducing its operational costs.
At the same time, the existing infrastructure, along with virtualization, provides an increasing capacity and opportunities for content management. MyWebRiver is your solution for a content-driven market. So MyWebRiver provides high ROI and infrastructure fulfillment.

Green Technology
According to the agency, the green technologies can be part of many environmental initiatives, such as the use of electronic documents and reduce the need to travel by carrying out certain activities remotely. Being green is a conscious choice of many companies and consumers.
MyWebRiver helps us to be environmentally responsible.
Green platform + green companies+ green consumers.

Optimizing the use of the infrastructure through virtualization and cloud computing technologies, MyWebRiver contributes to reducing the carbon footprint and saving critical resources. Using web-based applications and services, the companies and the consumers consistently save fuel, paper and contribute to environmental protection.

Learn more about MyWebRiver
Use MyWebRiver, to develop the potential of your business.

Learn more about the 10 top technologies for 2010

 

Author: Nadia Hristova

Have you ever thought of increasing employees' productivity, by simplifying daily business activities? Have you tried to store important business information in one central organized place so that each employee can make better informed decisions?

All this is possible by using one single system – Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Collaboration work has never been so easy. You can create and use document libraries to store documents of the team, department or organization; you can use a calendar to create and view events. You can discuss topics using blogs or find and save information in Wiki sites and knowledge bases managed by the user.

Office SharePoint Server 2007 includes many useful features for the design, deployment and management of corporate Intranet portals, corporate internet presence sites and individual portal sites. These features allow you to create and publish web content in an appropriate manner, while reducing your costs for supporting multiple sites.

Site Management

Creation and management of sites are quick and easy. Office SharePoint Server 2007 offers a wide range of template sites. For example, the Collaboration template assists organization teams in working on projects and documents. If you use the Document Workspace template, you can work with others on a document or set of documents. Template Sites in Meetings group are intended to assist teams in organizing and managing different types of meetings - from home to public events.

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My Site

Each employee can create a personal portal, where he/she can manage documents, tasks, contacts and other personal information from one central location. The public page of My Site allows SharePoint users to learn how to connect with their colleagues to learn about their areas of expertise, current projects and people they know.

My Site view

Content Management / Управление на съдържанието

Management of documents, records and web content has always been a challenge. Office SharePoint Server 2007 successfully deals with it by offering several convenient functions for managing multilingual content:

Documents Management. No matter where you work, you've undoubtedly ran into the challenge of managing documents. Consider the life cycle of a simple document - first it is created, then it is saved, it could be shared with other users also, and then it can be modified, and so on. When new versions of the document are developed, they should be controlled and organized. With Office SharePoint Server 2007 your organization may establish appropriate rules for each step of the lifecycle of documents – you can use centralized repositories for storage, manage document access, quickly monitor their status and development.

Records Management is the process of collection, management and disposal of corporate records (important information about the history of the company, a knowledge base, etc.) in a consistent and continuous way. Office SharePoint Server 2007 introduces a new set of functions for creating and maintaining opportunities for managing records in your organization. You can create rules for storing and protecting records and make effective management and control of confidential information. Rules for review and action on the expiry dates of contracts and agreements and validity of documents will reduce the legal risks of the company.

List item view

Business Processes Management

Business processes are central for every organization. Approval of forms and documents such as expense reports, project budgets, reports, and more are often at the heart of every business process. Using InfoPath Forms Services technology in Office SharePoint Server 2007, you can design form templates compatible with the browser in InfoPath and enable them for use in an Office SharePoint Server 2007 site. Filling of forms does not require additional installation of InfoPath, only a web browser is needed.

Information Search

Timely detection of the right person or knowledge base might be important for solving a problem or task. Search for information, documents, lists, and people with Office SharePoint Server 2007 are quick and easy. You can search for documents containing a specific word or phrase and search user name or other details of the profile (such as skills, current projects, title, etc.).

Search results view

External Applications Integration

The integration of Office SharePoint Server 2007 with other external business and client applications removes all boundaries and adds new features to the application. Office SharePoint Server 2007 can integrate with any external system that provides web services (Web Services).

Personalisation

Besides the wide range of opportunities that do not require additional installation, SharePoint provides a powerful platform for development. If none of the embedded components meets precisely your business requirements a custom SharePoint Portal can be developed.

Learn more about our SharePoint consulting services and contact us to tell you more about our experiences and ideas.

 

Author: Vangel Kolarov

BNCA provides new online services for support, protection and informing of the consumers. On its web portal the Association provides useful information and consults the public about the problems of consumer protection and environmental protection.

There is a fee for the paid publications. The online payment in the portal gives the users an immediate access to the paid articles. The subscription for the “Consumer” magazine can now be declared and paid through the Internet. The list of the articles is available in the portal.

The forum of the internet portal is a true barometer of satisfaction and complaints of the citizens and companies in their role as consumers and suppliers. Through it everyone could send a signal for dangerous and defective goods, incorrect services and could ask for advice and assistance.

You should know: Every satisfied customer gives publicity for the service or product to 3 of his friends, every dissatisfied complaints to 10.

Read more about the BNAP project

 

Author: Nadia Hristova

On 15th of January 2009 launch the new platform for on-demand web applications – MyWebRiver. The platform offers alternative to on premise software, providing solutions through SaaS (Software as a Service) business model. The next.gen.platform is able to host web applications no matter of their technology.

 

Author: Valentin Nedkov

On 06.12.2007 in hotel “ Metropolitan” the IT companies EMbient, eBG.bg and Vereo presented the leading world trends in providing on-demand services. Vereo announced the launch of MyWebRiver.com platform- the first subscription portal for online software applications in Bulgaria.

 

Author: Valentin Nedkov