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Message started by Karen Mason on 03/19/04 at 11:28:52

Title: UPDATE DESCRIPTION
Post by Karen Mason on 03/19/04 at 11:28:52

Start a new set of update descriptions. We print it out and pass it around so the various people know what the new updates are. Currently, that's 15 pages.

Could maybe archive the 2003 items and start with 2004.

Title: Re: UPDATE DESCRIPTION
Post by shadowcaster on 03/19/04 at 13:50:07

I don't print any thing anymore, I add it to our intranet

Get a copy of FrontPage and build one for your office.

We have all our DBA procedures along with all the sales info, product catalogs, forms, spreadsheets, product documentation, and lots more all organized on tidy web pages.

I ran searches for *.xls *.doc and other extensions. All the stuff that we have created over the years and from the search list I just organized the stuff and now we can find the things we only use once in a while. Even found some useful stuff that I didn’t know was there.

I set everyones home page on the browser to open the intranet when they start up internet explorer keeps everyone on the same page :-) w/o the paper.

JW

Title: Re: UPDATE DESCRIPTION
Post by aricon on 03/19/04 at 14:20:47

JW,

What if you had that same capability, but also added the ability to have document control (check-in and check-out as well as automatic versioning), AND the ability to control security, AND you could share access to people outside (customers and suppliers) with full Oracle security, AND you had your own discussion and interaction forum, AND......well, you get the idea.

NOW, what if I told you you could get this without a big upfront cost? If you were just able to "rent" it by the user by the month?

Title: Re: UPDATE DESCRIPTION
Post by shadowcaster on 03/22/04 at 07:39:57

Sounds Great How Much ?

JW

Title: Re: UPDATE DESCRIPTION
Post by aricon on 03/22/04 at 13:14:31

10-20 users is $55 USD/user/month (so 20 users would be $1100/month). 21-50 users is $45/user/month. 51-99 users is $37.50/user/month, and so on.

Title: Re: UPDATE DESCRIPTION
Post by shadowcaster on 03/22/04 at 16:01:10

We only have like 3-4 users If I had 10-20 it would be a good idea and reasonable $$ to keep track of things.

so for now I stick with my old manual web site

JW

Title: Re: UPDATE DESCRIPTION
Post by aricon on 03/22/04 at 16:28:42

JW,

1-9 users is 60/user/month so for your staff and a couple of outside partners it would be like 420/month.

Take a look at this site http://chennai.ebizzones.com

Title: Re: UPDATE DESCRIPTION
Post by shadowcaster on 03/23/04 at 08:05:18

I find that very interesting.

When business expands I will be looking into some kind of system like that.

The document management aspect is great for paranoid people like me.

Title: Re: UPDATE DESCRIPTION
Post by David Waldmann on 03/24/04 at 06:06:02

Karen Mason wrote:

I think a complete list is good, but I would like a simple recap at the top with JUST the additions in the current update.

Title: Re: UPDATE DESCRIPTION
Post by David Waldmann on 03/24/04 at 06:07:23

shadowcaster wrote:

We do the same thing, but not as extensively as yours. Mostly it's just our office procedures, which obviously are heavily DBA related.

Title: Re: UPDATE DESCRIPTION
Post by shadowcaster on 03/24/04 at 08:44:05

I really like the looks of this http://chennai.ebizzones.com

Are there any other systems like this out there that I can compare it too.

JW

Title: Re: UPDATE DESCRIPTION
Post by aricon on 03/24/04 at 09:36:44

Well, I have seen a number of software products that enable you to create something like this, and there is Lotus Notes (VERY expensive) and other similar packaged solutions, but none that I have been able to find that provide the breadth and scope of this product in an ASP format where you are not shelling out BIG bucks.

Also, there is a new capability coming for this suite that I was just informed of. Here is an excerpt fro the email from the product development director:

We should be able to do all that using our own DB module that is coming in 2-3 weeks. It has a complete workflow integration into it that allows capabilities such as:

1. Depending on value of a column; send emails,modify value of another column, add a value in another table, ... etc

2. Ability to do Arithmatic functions

3. Ability to show views based on user's privillages

4. Ability to have any logic function

5. Ability to flag a "value" if certain action happens, etc

6. many more capabilities

This is to be able to allow integration for more Portal functionality such as having customers and/or vendors be able to view and even interact with data from an ERP or CRM system.

Title: Re: UPDATE DESCRIPTION
Post by shadowcaster on 03/25/04 at 09:31:15

Microsoft Sharepoint looks like it can do some of these things but it also looks cheesey and not for a whole company maybe just a project or a department.

Title: Re: UPDATE DESCRIPTION
Post by aricon on 03/25/04 at 10:05:00

Yes, Sharepoint can do a lot of this if you want to pay for it, then pay for development, then pay for the server to run it, then pay for IIS server, then pay for a firewall server, then pay for someone to administer it all.

But I would have to ask then....if your company can afford THAT kind of bill, why are you using DBA?

Title: Re: UPDATE DESCRIPTION
Post by shadowcaster on 03/25/04 at 10:07:29

the website said 40 bucks a month

jw