'Competitive Strategy' Author Michael Porter of Harvard Business School Joins X-Collaboration Software Board of Directors.BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1999-- --Leading Strategy and Competitiveness Expert To Advise Business Service for Collaborating on the Web-- X-Collaboration Software Corp. (XCSC XCSC Xerox Customer Support Center ) today announced that Michael Porter This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Harvard Business School's C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, has joined its Board of Directors. X-Collaboration is a Boston-based developer and marketer of Web-based business collaboration services for small and medium-sized businesses, as well as departments within large corporations. Among Harvard Business School's most popular teachers, Professor Porter is a leading authority on competitive strategy and international competitiveness. He is the author of Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors; Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance; The Competitive Advantage of Nations; and On Competition, all bestsellers in their fields. "Michael Porter is respected around the globe for his expertise on strategies to build successful businesses in diverse marketplaces," said Kevin Lo, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of X-Collaboration. "He brings to X-Collaboration a visionary approach that will help us fulfill our goal to become the Business Service for Collaboration on the Web." For an inexpensive yearly fee, X-Collaboration lets geographically dispersed teams assemble, edit, and publish documents via the World Wide Web at x-collaboration.com. Forming an extranet with robust SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. security, flexible administration, high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. and functional scalability, X-Collaboration Software works with Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. 2000 and a myriad of other applications. The same functionality is available in an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and version for Web hosting services. "I am pleased to be part of the growth of a company that is an innovator in an important new market. As an author, strategy advisor, and manager, it was immediately evident to me that X-Collaboration is meeting a pressing need because I confront the need almost every day," said Porter. "So much of what we do today involves groups and teams that cross geographic and company boundaries. X-Collaboration is the first company to truly harness the power and efficiency of the Internet in supporting collaborative work. Someday, everyone will be using tools like these to be more productive." Professor Porter has served as a counselor on competitive strategy to many leading U.S. and international companies, among them AT&T, DuPont, Navistar, Procter & Gamble, and Royal Dutch Shell Royal Dutch Shell plc is a multinational oil company of British and Dutch origins. It is one of the largest private sector energy corporations in the world, and one of the six "supermajors" (vertically integrated private sector oil exploration, natural gas, and petroleum product . He also serves on the board of directors of Parametric Technology Corporation |Parametric Technology Corporation]] Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC)(NASDAQ: PMTC) provides Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) engineering CAD/CAM software and content management and dynamic publishing solutions to more than 40,000 companies worldwide. , R&B Falcon Corporation, and ThermoQuest Corporation. He is active in public service work, having served as a strategy advisor to Brigham & Women's Hospital Women's Hospital of Greensboro (part of Moses Cone Health System) As the state's first free-standing hospital dedicated to women, the Women's Hospital of Greensboro is a 134-bed hospital is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art, compassionate and personalized care to women , the Institute of Contemporary Art, WGBH public television, and other community organizations. He is also founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, a private sector foundation promoting inner-city business development across the United States. About X-Collaboration Software Corporation: X-Collaboration Software Corporation is a leading developer and marketer of X-Collaboration.com, a Web-based business application service for businesses and organizations. Geographically dispersed teams use X-Collaboration.com to manage the assembly, editing and publishing of documents. With robust security, flexible administration and functional scalability, X-Collaboration.com is "The Business Service for Collaboration on the Web." |
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