Best Practices 12/2011
Much ado about the portal layout – Six things you should be aware of! Intrexx Compact: The introductory price of 49 euros only till the end of the year! Intrexx Video-Tutorials: Intrexx Business Adapter for Microsoft Office Intrexx Application Store: Press Clippings Customers: Intrexx ensures smooth business operations at BridgestoneTop Much ado about the portal layout – Six things you should be aware of!
Enterprise portal layout is extremely important. Employees can only find their way around it if the portal is well structured and easy to navigate. An appealing design is more likely to engage employees and encourage them to make good use of it, resulting in increases in efficiency throughout the company. Organisations building an enterprise portal should consider the following points:
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Corporate Identity A strong visual identity increases employee identification with a company and promotes a feeling of togetherness. It is therefore important to include the company logo into the design of the portal, incorporating the themes, colours and look and feel of the company’s overall corporate identity. |
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Acceptance/ Employee motivation The layouts of portal sites should be visually designed so that it looks invitingly for users to work with. Hence, an attractive layout promotes acceptance of the portal to its employees and correspondingly increases their motivation to work with it. |
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Mobility The ability to provide mobile access to portal applications is becoming increasingly important. Intrexx makes it possible for companies to develop web-enabled applications that can be accessed out of the office via a variety of mobile devices. It is worth remembering however to create the right layout for each mobile device, whether it is a smartphone or a tablet pc. |
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User friendly Aesthetics and clarity of the portal layouts enable easy handling and orientation, and blends in the technology skillfully. A clear and well-structured layout increases user friendliness, so that employees can work intuitively with the portal and find data and information instantly. |
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Performance Portal layout has a direct impact on the loading speed of each page. By optimising the layout with this factor in mind, the overall performance and power of the portal will be dramatically enhanced |
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Accessibility Portals can be used effectively by employees with visual impairments provided the layout satisfies certain special requirements. By building a barrier free portal, it is possible for the company to benefit from the knowledge of all employees. |
Would you like to design your portal with an attractive and modern layout that will drive efficiency and performance throughout your organisation? We would be pleased to help you create your desired layout in just a few days - for a price from 625 €! With the experience of more than 3.500 portal projects, we know what is important in the design so that the portal brings out the greatest possible efficiency for your company as well your employees.
Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information!
Top Intrexx Compact: The introductory price of 49 Euros only till the end of the year!
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The introductory price of 49 euros for a 2 user starter pack of Intrexx Compact ends on 31st December 2011. Simultaneously the licensing model of the Compact Edition will change too.
A quick overview of the changes effective on 1st January 2012:
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If you have more questions about the new license model, please do not hesitate to contact us!
Top Intrexx Video-Tutorials: Business Adapter for Microsoft Office
This video tutorial shows you how easy it is to integrate presentations, office documents, Sales Analysis or protocols in your enterprise portal. Manage your office documents without Microsoft SharePoint: The Business Adapter for Microsoft Office integrates MS Office (Office 2003 onwards) documents into your portal simply and seamlessly without updating your Microsoft Office suite.
Top Intrexx Application Store: Press Clippings
The Press Clippings application enables you to collect press clippings about your company from a variety of different media sources and to view online articles, newsletters and scanned print articles with ease. It records key information about the article - the edition, publisher and publication, media data and the reason for the article – and also evaluates how many readers have been reached by each article in a given timeframe. The reports are easy to locate and are available to all employees via the portal.
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Top Customers: Intrexx ensures smooth business operations at Bridgestone
When it comes to mobility, there is no way around Bridgestone. Bridgestone develops and produces virtually everything around tires and tubes. The company has established itself as the world's largest tire manufacturer for passenger cars, buses, trucks, motorcycles and special vehicles and it is also considered as one of the leading rubber manufacturer in the world. Bridgestone Germany’s headquarters is located in the city of Rhein/Main. The company has won the prestigious award “Superbrands Germany” many times because of its high brand recognition, customer loyalty, longevity of the brand and the brand value. Bridgestone relies on Intrexx for quick and smooth business processes.
