Mindbridge.com Provides North Carolina Outward Bound With Intrasmart 'Intranet in a Box' Software.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers FORT WASHINGTON Fort Washington, military post during the American Revolution, situated on the highest point of Manhattan island, New York City, overlooking the Hudson River opposite Fort Lee, N.J. , Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2000 North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. Outward Bound bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; - said especially of vessels, and opposed to homeward bound nt>. See also: Outward Employees Will Dramatically Improve Scheduling and Coordination Via The Organization's Intranet Mindbridge.com, a leading provider of Intranet software, today announced that North Carolina Outward Bound, a provider of challenging wilderness courses year-round, has selected Mindbridge's IntraSmart product as the foundation for that organization's Intranet. For nearly 35 years, North Carolina Outward Bound has provided outdoor adventure to people of all ages. Since its founding in 1966, it has served over 40,000 students. "With Mindbridge.com's IntraSmart our employees can be more productive, and access departmental and 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. information via our organization's Intranet," said Sanjay Singh, Manager of Information Technology at North Carolina Outward Bound. "IntraSmart allows us to implement a set of collaborative tools without the complexity and expense of integrated groupware systems." North Carolina Outward Bound will be using Mindbridge's comprehensive, standards-based IntraSmart platform to enable employees to immediately work together more effectively. Employees will be able to access and share documents, schedule group calendars, utilize bulletin boards, look up employee addresses and phone numbers, and read organization or department announcements online. "Organizations like North Carolina Outward Bound are using IntraSmart to foster communications between employees," commented Scott Testa, Mindbridge's VP of Marketing. "The payoff is accelerated information dissemination and access, and tighter relationships with students, partners and employees." Key to the selection of Mindbridge's IntraSmart was the product's Internet architecture based on Sun Microsystems' server side Java. IntraSmart operates on Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. running Microsoft Internet Information Server See IIS. Microsoft Internet Information Server - Internet Information Server , Netscape Enterprise Server A Web server from Netscape that runs under NT, Solaris and HP-UX. It supports JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology, Java servlets and Server-Side JavaScript (SSJS). It was superseded by iPlanet Web Server and renamed again in 2002 as Sun ONE Web Server. or Apache Web Server See Apache. , or on Sun Solaris running the Netscape or Apache server. IntraSmart enables organizations to deploy a suite of customized Intranet applications in half the time of other solutions. About Mindbridge.com Mindbridge.com (http://www.mindbridge.com) is the leader in Intranet solutions for shared resource Sharing a peripheral device (disk, printer, etc.) among several users. For example, a file server and laser printer in a LAN are shared resources. Contrast with shared logic. scheduling, service request automation, alternative workspace management, and enterprise calendaring. Mindbridge.com strives to deliver bottom-line savings by dramatically improving employees' abilities to complete workplace-related tasks such as scheduling and coordination via a browser-based Intranet. IntraSmart Mindbridge.com's flagship product has received accolades from a number of sources including the Software Testing Laboratories and the Gartner Group. "Users have the capability to customize IntraSmart to their specifications, thus giving the appearance of a custom-built intranet without the costs and time constraints such a solution would entail. For example, the product's graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to can be customized to give it the same "look and feel" as other company documents and applications." The company is among the first in its category to offer its solutions via an application-hosting model. Mindbridge.com has helped some of the largest firms in the world implement enterprise-level Intranets. These customers include: Eli Lilly, The US Defense Department, Sony, Better Homes and Gardens Online, Houghton Mifflin, GE Medical Systems, Tandem Computer, Knight Ridder and The US Army Corps of Engineers. About North Carolina Outward Bound North Carolina Outward Bound (http://www.ncobs.org) was founded in 1966, and is part of a network of five schools in the United States, and 45 schools internationally. The organization's name was adopted from the nautical term, "outward bound", which refers to the moment a ship leaves the safety of the harbor for the unknown challenges and adventures of the open sea. North Carolina Outward Bound offers challenging wilderness courses year-round in mountaineering, backpacking, whitewater canoeing, whitewater rafting, rock climbing rock climbing Sports medicine An 'extreme sport' in which the participant climbs rock formations, with or without ropes Injury risk Fractures, abrasions, death. See Extreme sports. , mountain biking mountain biking Sports medicine A sport in which participants use specialized bicycles to navigate rough, steep trails covered with unforgiving rocks Injury risk Concussions, fractures, death. See Extreme sport, Novelty seeking behavior. and sea kayaking. Courses are designed to promote personal growth and focus on teaching four philosophies: self-reliance, fitness, craftsmanship and compassion. Courses range in length from four to 78 days. Outward Bound is the oldest and largest adventure-based educational organization in the world. German-born educator Kurt Hahn founded the organization in 1941 to help British sailors develop the endurance and conviction to survive wartime stress during World War II. When the war was over, the programs were so successful they were opened to the public. |
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