BetterManagement.com Upgrades Visitor Experience with Move to Microsoft .NET Technology; Improved performance draws compliments from portal visitors.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2002 BetterManagement.com, a dynamic web portal See portal. with a primary global audience of middle management through senior-level executives, converted to the Microsoft .NET See .NET. platform with the introduction of a new format. The objective was to add scalability in preparation for anticipated rapid growth while improving site performance and consistency of user experience. "BetterManagement is a tremendous resource for management information. But, that also made it difficult to locate exactly what I needed. The best surprise with the new format is the speed of the search functions and the rapid retrieval of articles," said Dr. William Hendricks William Hendricks (born November 12, 1782; died May 16, 1850) was Governor of Indiana from 1822 to 1825, and a U.S. Senator from 1825 to 1837. Born in 1782 in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, he was the uncle of Thomas Andrews Hendricks, who also was Governor of Indiana and was the of Orion Development Group, a long-time participant of the site. The two-year old site had reached a phase where scalability and efficient use of human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. were critical to its continued success. Since its launch in April 2000, BetterManagement.com has become the leading resource for performance management information. The portal aggregates articles and white papers; produces Web seminars, audio and video perspectives; and provides access to superior educational resources through Harvard Business Online, Cardean University, Cranfield University Cranfield University is a British postgraduate university based on three campuses. The main campus is at Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England. The others are at Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, and Silsoe, also in Bedfordshire, some and several others. "The benefits of the new platform are immediately apparent. Developer productivity increased dramatically as a result of the object oriented architecture of .NET," said Paul Tidball, chief Web architect for BetterManagement.com. "By separating the look and feel of the site from the data, we are capitalizing on code reusability and maximizing the value of developer time." "This is a great example of Microsoft.NET technologies being used to provide real world benefits," said Laura Longcore, Director of ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. Partners at Microsoft Corp. "Microsoft is pleased that BetterManagement.com has selected Microsoft.NET as its foundation technology." The BetterManagement development team has created its sophisticated, multi-function portal on Microsoft products. SQL Server 2000 handles a library of nearly 3,000 articles, video and audio assets. The same server also manages member access and communications, plus registrations for over 200 Web seminars annually and an online university. University courses are expected to expand to 100 courses within the year. "The object oriented development environment enables us to build stable applications rapidly using tools such as: Visual Studio.NET, ASP.NET, XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , XSLT (eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation) Software that converts an XML document into another format such as HTML, PDF or text. It may also be used to convert one XML document to another XML document with a different set of XML tags (different schema). and VB.NET (Visual Basic .NET) An object-oriented programming language from Microsoft. It is the .NET version of the Visual Basic (VB) programming language. Like all .NET languages, VB.NET uses the Common Language Runtime (CLR) for program execution. VB. ," according to Tidball. The portal is supported by a successful online store, built on Microsoft Commerce Server Microsoft Commerce Server is a Microsoft tool for building e-commerce systems. It uses Microsoft .NET technology. Commerce Server replaced Microsoft Site Server. Versions for Windows
"The tremendous advantage of .NET caching capabilities has dramatically improved site performance," said Tidball. "Powerful tools like Visual Studio.NET make experimentation and prototyping easier." Managing producer Sean Daley monitors feedback on a regular basis. "Visitor comments confirm our success. They are enthusiastic about the upgrade. With access to new tools to manage the look and feel, we expect visitor satisfaction will continue to improve." About BetterManagement.com BetterManagement.com is the leading performance management Internet portal. It enables managers to optimize individual performance and organizational performance through better management decisions. The digital resource provides content from industry-leading sources on performance measurement, profitability analysis, cost management, business process planning and value collaboration. Through a rich network of partnerships, BetterManagement.com delivers white papers, articles, interviews and seminars. Additional educational resources include individual courses or online degree programs in key business areas. |
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