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for some of our clients. While it is not possible to demonstrate the many applications we
have developed, we hope these give a flavour of the solutions we can provide. Intranets
offer new solutions for old problems. Our hypertext organisation chart and stock ordering
system are examples of new solutions to two old problems - rapid information dissemination
and automated stock order processing.
Intranets offer unprecedented opportunities to integrate data from a variety of
sources. Whether from a legacy MIS or current production systems, data can be
automatically extracted on a regular basis into an SQL database. Add some PERL and a pinch
of JavaScript and you have an intranet Management Information System complete with graphs,
exception reporting and drill-down analysis.
To convert this to a key component of an Executive Information System would require
monthly data for several years to be stored, to permit time-series analysis, perhaps in
conjunction with external data. A method of storing and selectively displaying textual
information related to the numbers would also be advantageous. Exception reports and other
bells and whistles could be added in in a modular fashion. None of these requirements are
technically complex.
To judge the power of a good website utility to pull in visitors and attract links from
other sites go to Alta Vista and search
for
link: www.poptel.org.uk/leedspostcards/
which will display a list of sites which contain a link to the postLeeds web site. Note
how most of these refer to the Virtual Postcard feature of the site.
Our Browser Survey, considered by Netscape to be amongst the top 10 world-wide, was a
pioneering attempt to provide some real data to disperse some of the fog of misinformation
in the browser wars.
The Web is a wonderful repository of real-time as well as static data. However
these data may be widely distributed. One solution to the problem is a Web Robot or
Web Agent - a server-side process that periodically gathers data from one or more sources
on the web. These data can then by utilised to provide a time-series analysis, as
our example demonstrates, or a unified presentation of key indicators.
Our Hyperlink Verifier is an offshoot of a bespoke current awareness search engine,
developed to track references to new technologies on the web. |
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Web Widgets |
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Custom solutions like our
dynamic calendar and real-time clock... |
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Corporate
Organisation Chart |
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Combines an organisation
chart, personnel directory and telephone directory online. |
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Materials
Ordering System |
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An intranet application to
automate, simplify and speed up the ordering of stock items. Feel free to check it out -
we promise none of the items will actually be delivered! |
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Management
Information System |
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Another intranet solution -
drill down analysis, exception reporting, different data views and graphs, all powered by
a PERL script an SQL database and a pinch of Javascript. |
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Internet Postcard |
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One of our implementations of
the virtual postcard - this one's not a sample, it's a working application built for the
award winning Leeds Postcards/postLeeds web site. Feel free to send a card to a friend. |
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Browser Survey |
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Number six in Netscape's
Survey of Browser Surveys (1997), our Browser Survey keeps you up to date with the current
state of the Browser Wars. |
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Dow Jones
Analysis |
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Our Web Robot retrieves the
closing Dow Jones Industrial Average from the web overnight and feeds the graph and data
table, which are generated on-the-fly. |
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Hyperlink Verifier
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Check your links page for Link
Rot with this friendly Web 'Bot. |
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