BroadVision Advances Leadership in E-Government With New Portal for Gwinnett County, Georgia.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2002 BroadVision-Powered Site to Serve More than 600,000 Gwinnett County Residents BroadVision, Inc. (Nasdaq:BVSN BVSN Broadvision, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), the leading provider of enterprise self-service applications A software application that allows a user to obtain information or complete a business transaction on the computer that has traditionally required the help of a human representative. Voice response systems and Web sites are widely used for self-service applications. See kiosk. , today announced that Gwinnett County (GA) Government, has launched its enhanced BroadVision powered site, www.co.gwinnett.ga.us, as part of a five-year IT initiative to offer residents access to county government services via the Internet. Gwinnett County has adopted the latest version of BroadVision(R)'s enterprise self-service application suite. Gwinnett County is among a rapidly growing list of BroadVision customers in the government sector that have realized the importance of increased efficiency and decreased costs for their constituents, further validating that enterprise self-service is not limited to only Fortune 500 companies. Currently, a wide variety of local, state and federal governments -- including the City of Chicago, State of California, State of Minnesota, U.S. Air Force and U.S. General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. -- use BroadVision software to power their e-government initiatives. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent Horizon poll conducted by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, from February 7-25, 2001, Gwinnett County is one of the most Internet connected constituencies in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , with 85 percent of its residents online. Additionally, more than eight in 10 residents use the Internet and 51 percent use it every day. At present, County residents utilize the web site as a resource for government and county information, news, careers and calendar of events. The new web site provides the more than 618,000 residents of the County with self-service access to information and services from numerous County departments, including online property tax payment and status of building permits for local companies. Continuing phases of the Gwinnett County e-government initiative will add a wide variety of e-government and e-commerce features to the portal, including payment of utility bills and access to numerous county related documents from agencies such as the County Courts, Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and the Tax Commissioner. "After the initial plans had been developed for the new web site, we discovered that BroadVision already had a product that met our exact needs," said Connie Hinson, director of support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for Gwinnett County. "Even better, we needed just 15 weeks to get up and running. Without BroadVision, our site may have taken as long as two years to test and develop prior to the launch." "BroadVision's experience with e-government initiatives and Gwinnett County's technology needs created the perfect match," said Chris Grejtak, chief marketing officer for BroadVision. "We are excited to work with Gwinnett County and to help provide its citizens with easy and direct access to the information they need." About BroadVision BroadVision's (Nasdaq:BVSN) (Neuer Markt:BDN BDN Borland Developer Network BDN Bangor Daily News (Maine, USA) BDN Business Development Network BDN Bell Data Network BDN Bulk Data Network BDN Busy Doing Nothing (band) BDN Buffered Delta Network ) enterprise self-service applications create immediate business value by transforming the way organizations do business -- moving relationships to a personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. , self-service model that enhances growth, reduces costs and improves productivity. Leading global companies use BroadVision to power their enterprise self-service initiatives -- using the web and wireless devices to unify and extend an enterprise's applications, information and business processes to serve its employees, partners and customers in a personalized and collaborative way. For more information about BroadVision, Inc., call 650/542-5100, email info@broadvision.com or visit www.broadvision.com. Note to Editors: BroadVision is a trademark or registered trademark of BroadVision, Inc. in the United States and other countries. |
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