Intergen has experienced significant growth over recent years, requiring investments in core business systems. Intergen implemented Microsoft Dynamics NAV for finance and Microsoft CRM for client management, which integrate together. Intergen also implemented Microsoft Project Server for project management and SharePoint for reporting, tasks, and their intranet. Intergen continues evolving their systems to support ongoing business growth and provide insights for customer solutions.

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Intergen has experienced substantial growth over
the past few years. Like any growing business,
Intergen depends on its internal systems to support,
and provide a platform for, our growth strategy.
With more than 200 staff across New Zealand and Australia, recently it has been
necessary for us to make significant investments in our core business systems.
Intergen has grown into a company that delivers a comprehensive range of
solutions to clients and our business systems demonstrate that
capability – we’re walking the talk, as they say. When we
embarked on the programme of revamping our business
systems, we wanted to not only deliver value to the business,
but to also use this experience to deliver better solutions
to our customers. Additionally, we wanted to support our
trusted partners.
We have a large number of projects underway
across the business, encompassing most business
units – finance, HR, customer management and support.
For our finance system, we recently implemented Microsoft Dynamics NAV to
replace our in-house developed finance system. NAV provides us with a great
platform to support our processes and reporting requirements, and can integrate
with Microsoft CRM, which we use for client management.
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Microsoft CRM also underpins several other key systems: ERMLive for payroll
and other HR requirements, and Neocase Customer Service, a collaborative case
management solution built on Microsoft CRM. Being built on Microsoft CRM
ensures tight integration with our core client information.
Last year we began working with DY Consulting and PIPC to evolve our
company strategy and establish a Project Management Office. These key
functions and capabilities are now supported by systems. We are using DY
Consulting’s SharePoint-based reporting tool to help track management
performance and reporting, while PIPC has also helped us implement Microsoft
Project Server to consolidate project management.
For more granular management of tasks, we’re using
ActionThis, a Software plus Services solution, across the
business to help us get things done.
Finally, we recently updated our Microsoft Office SharePoint-
based intranet, enhancing its search functions while also
adding features to integrate it with our everyday systems
and information.
The work doesn’t stop there. Like any growing business,
we will continue to evolve our core systems in the coming months, helping us
to understand and expand our business, while giving us further real-world
insights into how these solutions are implemented.
MICROSOFT WORLDWIDE
PARTNER CONFERENCE
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Intergen wins Microsoft
Partner of the Year Award
The great news was announced at Microsoft’s
annual Partner Awards on August 14.
Tony Stewart says: “The award is a
testament to the strength of our team and
we are extremely proud to be recognised by
Microsoft New Zealand for our contribution
to their success.”
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With spring (and the much awaited Tech.Ed) now
upon us we can reflect on the winter months, which
– as you’d imagine – we managed to warm up
with more than just a little bit of yellow. And
several awards have helped keep life exciting, too!
As Tony mentioned in his introduction, Intergen has experienced significant
growth since you last heard from us. Not only have we added more people, both
our Auckland and Dunedin offices have moved
to bigger and better locales. Intergen Auckland
is now a mere stone’s throw from Takapuna
Beach, while the southerners have moved away
from their university roots to accommodate the
growth and maturity of the Dunedin team.
Our other offices have also continued to evolve.
Reception in Wellington has undergone a
makeover, while our Christchurch team has
settled into their fourth office in four years.
Across the Tasman, our Sydney and Perth
operations continue to make inroads.
True to form, in the fine spots between inclement
weather we’ve had Intergenites up mountains,
cycling in their traffic-stopping Intergenite cycle gear and preparing for marathons.
And then we’ve had all manner of indoor activities – from netball to soccer,
with members of our Christchurch office winning a local competition. We’ve
even had virtual foosball – developed as part of the Auckland Development and
Integration team mentoring programme.
And it hasn’t been quiet on the work front, either. We were absolutely delighted
to win the illustrious Microsoft Partner of the Year award – a fantastic recognition
of our ongoing and exclusive relationship with Microsoft.
We were also very pleased to have our commitment to Microsoft Dynamics
recognised when we were awarded President’s Club status at the Microsoft
Worldwide Partner Conference in July. This is an honour attributed to the top 5%
of Dynamics partners, and Intergen was one of only two New Zealand partners
to receive this at this year’s conference.
Earlier in the year we were also awarded EPiServer Partner of the Year
outside Sweden and the United Kingdom, which we received at the
EPiServer Partner Conference.
For those of you who are familiar with members
of our staff, you’ll know that we’ve got a
passionate bunch of IT evangelists who are
dedicated to their technology pursuits, both
inside and outside of work hours. We’ve got a
number of staff members who are active within
the community, with especially strong interest
in CRM and SharePoint user groups. If you’d like
to participate in these in any way, or would like
to know more about our involvement in the
wider community, drop us a line at
marketing@intergen.co.nz.
The Intergen Twilight and THINK seminars
continue to attract good audiences – with a
repeat performance required for our recent SharePoint Tips and Tricks seminar
due to sell-out crowds (although no money changed hands). These seminars
cover a wide range of topics, from the IT-related to subjects of general business
interest. If you aren’t yet on our list to receive invitations to these, or if you
can think of a colleague who would benefit from them, please email
events@intergen.co.nz today.
Don’t forget to check out the Intergen blog – www.intergen.co.nz/blog and
watch out for changes over the coming months.
>> INTERGENITE:
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About the traps – what we’ve been up to
>>2
Matt Tulloch
What do you do?
As the General Manager of Dunedin
I’m involved in a wide range of activities –
project management, business development,
officemanagementandmore.We’recurrently
growing the team, and have recently located
to bigger and better premises.
How do you make a difference?
Since starting with Intergen in March, I’ve
introduced a test-driven development
process and, as a result, automated unit
testing. I believe in continuous improvement,
and often say “continuous improvement is
better than postponed perfection.”
What do you love about your job?
I love the challenge of my role. The ‘general’
in General Manager is very accurate; you
end up doing a range of things, which
gives me the variety I crave.
A bit about yourself…
I was born and bred in Dunedin, but spent
most of my working career away. I started
out as a RPG II and Progress developer in
Dunedin in 1991, having completed a
Bachelor of Commerce at Otago. Later, I
worked as a Progress contractor in the UK,
returning to New Zealand in development,
leadership and project management roles.
In my spare time I love to spend time with
my family and friends, and enjoy Central
Otago – the best place on earth.
Intergen Auckland on the move: The wheel has come full circle. Our Aucklanders have
moved to 15 Huron Street in Takapuna, with building naming rights, returning to the
building where they had their very first office in 2004.

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>> NEW INTERACTIVE TALENT
Michelle O’Loughlin
Michelle has spent the last eight years working
for several UK design agencies in Glasgow and
London with a range of blue chip clients. In
early 2008 she felt it was time to spread her
wings and try out life on the other side of the
world and found herself here in New Zealand.
Michelle specialises in
designing beautiful, yet
information heavy,
interfaces for large
corporate and
government websites,
ensuring compliance with
W3C web standards.
During her career, she
has also gained
valuable experience in
brand development,
Flash banner
campaigns, interactive
TV, and e-commerce
sites.
Raymond Shaw
A true aficionado of
digital media and visual
communication design, Ray
joined Intergen Interactive early
this year. Since graduating from the
Waikato Institute of Technology in 2000,
his experience spans several roles that
tested his versatility across system design,
presentation and back-end development.
Far from being a ‘Jack of all Trades,’ Ray
has a polished set of digital media skills
refined over tenure in design agencies,
corporate IT environments and freelance
engagements. Amongst other things, he is
also an accoladed designer of street
advertising and album cover artwork for
contemporary music!
Second, this model supports a modular approach to web design. Let's say you want
to improve your site but lack the budget, time, or stomach for a complete overhaul.
Why not try a targeted redesign, perhaps starting with evaluating and enhancing
the credibility of your website?
2) Does the homepage still matter?
Only a few years ago a website’s homepage was widely
regarded as the most valuable square foot of real estate
an organisation owned. Not so today.
Search, Search, social networks, blogs and RSS
are driving users deep into our sites. Now,
the majority of users bypass a site’s
homepage completely.
According to Razorfish research, the
top US sites see 50-75% of their
traffic originate somewhere other
than the homepage.
And for some sites, that’s on the
conservative side.
Significantly, the report also notes:
56% of consumers use RSS feeds, and
70% or more use search engines or
portals to initiate their web
experiences.
Given the implicit paradigm shift
in site visitor origination, these
statistics are unavoidably
changing the way we
approach both home and
content page design and
Intergen’s UX design processes will continually evolve
to reflect such changes in user behaviour.
Eamon O’Rourke is Intergen’s Creative Director : eamono@intergen.co.nz
Beyond Usability -
picking the UX trends
This year we’ve had the luxury of touring a UX (User Experience) Intergen
Twilight seminar nationally and, as with any road show, this gave us the
ability to shape and improve the seminar content as we went, based on
attendee feedback from each event. By the time the final seminar was
delivered in Christchurch, it was clear there are two really hot topics
for UX practitioners and specifiers right now.
1) Is usability enough?
This year’s highly influential Avenue A Razorfish: 2008 Digital Outlook Report
delivered a wealth of brainfood, however there was one statement that really
resonated: “Usability – once fetishised – is now merely the price of entry.”
The significance of this was not lost on us or seminar attendees.
This is fairly dramatic stuff considering the effort and emphasis going into
usability practice in New Zealand web circles at this time. It
does however reinforce usability guru Peter Morville’s
contention that UX design has to move beyond
the increasing ubiquity of “usability” as an all-
encompassing synonym for quality, rather than
being a useful definition or criterion.
At www.findability.org, Peter proposes a new,
more inclusive take on usability, which he has
dubbed the UX Honeycomb. With it he attempts
to tease out each facet or quality of the user experience. There
are two obvious applications for Morville’s honeycomb: first, it's a great tool
for advancing the conversation beyond information architecture and usability,
and it also helps people understand the need to define priorities. For example:
•Is it more important for your website to be desirable or accessible?
•And how usable or credible should your website be?
The truth is, it depends on your unique balance of context, content and users,
and the required tradeoffs are better made explicitly.
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The first call was for a user guide for
the Visual Studio Extensions for
Windows SharePoint Services.
These extensions enable
developers to create SharePoint
templates and components
within Visual Studio and
automatically deploy them
into SharePoint.
The user guide, written by Intergen,
included walkthroughs, outlines of
best practices and seven sample
projects covering the many SharePoint
templates and components. The user guide has
been so widely adopted that it has been translated into Japanese, so if a developer
is working with SharePoint anywhere around the world there is a good chance they’re
learning from us.
The next call was to build a collection of tutorials (Hands on Labs, in geek talk)
targeted at developers who already know Microsoft .NET but need to get into
SharePoint. Collaborating (using SharePoint, of course) across the country and in
consultation with the specialists from Microsoft Corporation in the United States,
seven Intergen MOSS specialists were tasked with creating five ‘Hands on Labs,’
covering web parts, data lists, page navigation, page branding and web services.
Each lab is made up of a manual and sample code and is hosted on virtual machines
that anyone in the world can access – see www.mssharepointdeveloper.com.
In recent months we’ve been called on to run (and re-run) a number of packed MOSS
Twilight seminars around the country, and interest has been staggering from both
prospective and existing SharePoint clients. If you’d like to ask us a question about
SharePoint, or would like information about joining a community user group, we’re
just a call away (or email). Email peter.jones@intergen.co.nz.
While MOSS has been available for over 18 months, the developer tools integrated
into Visual Studio have been a little slower to come to the boil. But when these
tools reached maturity in early 2008, Microsoft wanted to create a wave of SharePoint
adoption for the general Microsoft .NET developer community around the world. To
create this wave, they knew they would need a great user guide and some well
written tutorials to empower developers to pickup SharePoint running, fast.
Who you going to call?
>> INTERGENITE:
Mary Aziz
What do you do?
I joined the Development and Integration
team in Auckland in January as a Microsoft
Dynamics CRM developer.
How do you make a difference?
By providing our clients with CRM solutions
that help them improve their customer
management and business processes.
Why do you love your job?
The people. At Intergen we have a great
team of intelligent individuals who are all
focused on delivering the best solutions
for our clients. We have fun and enjoy
what we do.
I also enjoy new challenges and coming
up with solutions that meet or exceed
clients’ expectations.
A bit about yourself…
I moved to Christchurch with my family
in 1996 from Egypt. I graduated from
Canterbury University with a Bachelor of
Science majoring in Computer Science. In
2005, I moved to Auckland to start my
career in IT. Prior to Intergen, I worked at
UCMS Solutions for two years as a
Technical Consultant, configuring and
developing CRM and contact centre
solutions. In my spare time I enjoy listening
to music, watching movies and spending
time with friends and family.
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Need to empower developers worldwide on SharePoint
– who you going call?
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (better known as
MOSS) is the fastest selling Microsoft server product ever, selling
over 100 million licenses worldwide last year. Down Under the
demand for SharePoint is no different, except we have the talent
to deliver it! So much talent, in fact, that the SharePoint product
team in Redmond turned to Intergen to write them a user guide
with accompanying tutorials.
COLLABORATION
PORTAL
BUSINESS
INTELLIGENCE
CONTENT
MANAGEMENT
SEARCH
BUSINESS
FORMS
PLATFORM
SERVICES
Workspaces, Mgmt,
Security, Storage,
Topology, Site Model
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Having been to previous WPCs, I was looking forward to seeing how the
conference had evolved in the four years since I last attended. While good, the
previous conferences for me were more about style than substance and on
more than one occasion I left a keynote dazed and a little confused.
This was certainly not the case in Houston. The WPC has grown and developed
to a point where it delivers real value for partners who engage with Microsoft.
The messages from the keynotes were clear and while there was still a degree
of gloss it was more relevant to our needs.
WPC for me is about four key areas, all of which delivered:
• Keynotes – the opportunity to hear directly from the Microsoft execs on their
vision and directions.
• Expo – a chance to meet with organisations we already work with as well
as potential new partners. Requires serious time and comfortable shoes.
• Breakouts/streams – the ability to “deep dive” (from a sales and marketing
perspective) into Microsoft activities and product directions.
• Networking – a major aspect and focus. There is where you get to meet
other partners and gain insights into their markets, businesses and the
challenges they face. An important aspect that needs serious attention and
usually requires time “out of hours.”
Key messages and highlights:
Software + Services – a major undertaking
by Microsoft and something that fits well
with Intergen’s capabilities.
Vista Deployment (now is the time) – despite
undue media attention, Windows Vista is
now ready for deployment and this will be
a key focus for Microsoft in the coming year.
President’s Club 2008 – Intergen is a
2008 President’s Club for Microsoft
Dynamics member which recognises our
business performance and high level of sales
achievement.
New product versions including –
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009, Microsoft
Dynamics CRM 5 and the Launchwave
suite (Windows Server 2008, SQL Server
2008 and Visual Studio 2008).
Lastly, while business trips of this nature are
important, they can be very tiring and it is
important to have some fun. This was
certainly the case and thanks to great
hospitality from Microsoft New Zealand, the
absolute “fun” highlight was the visit to
Mission Control at the Houston Space Centre.
A visit I’d certainly recommend to anyone
who finds themself in Houston.
wayne.forgesson@intergen.co.nz
>>5
Learning about Microsoft’s plans for the upcoming year is not the only reason to
attend the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC). The other reason is
to find partners – and this is why ActionThis exhibited at this year’s event.
Sponsored by Microsoft New Zealand and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise,
the ‘New Zealand Innovation’ stand showcased the offerings of five New Zealand
software companies, including ActionThis, with the goals of raising awareness
of New Zealand software and creating new partnership opportunities. The key
to this event is its scale – with more than 10,000 attendees, the odds of locating
good partners are significantly improved, particularly for those companies who
embrace Microsoft’s software and platforms.
Unlike other technical Microsoft events such as Tech.
Ed, the WPC is focused on the business-oriented partner
community. Attendees are Microsoft partners typically
seeking partnerships with other companies – effectively
pre-qualifying stand visitors for any partnering
discussions that may occur. Market size and product
margins are topics more likely to be discussed than
application development and service pack deployment.
Business opportunities are what everyone is seeking.
ActionThis promoted two products at the event and was able to talk to a range
of potential reseller partners, both in the United States and Europe. Additionally,
because there were a number of other software companies and technology
providers at the event, opportunities surrounding application integration and
technology partnering were also discussed.
The four companies sharing the New Zealand stand experienced similar results,
ensuring the event was a success for all involved, and laying the foundation for
a repeat presence at next year’s event.
tim.howell@intergen.co.nz
Views on the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008
An attendee’s perspectiveAn exhibitor’s perspective
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Tired of slow websites?
Fast website performance is the goal of everyone
designing websites, especially for those accessed
by international audiences. The challenge:
creating high performance sites can be difficult,
requiring labour-intensive manual optimisations,
or expensive additional hardware.
ActionThis, a service offering from Intergen, wanted to deliver an optimal
experience to its customers, the majority of which are located outside
of New Zealand. To do this, the team developed several techniques to
optimise the delivery of web pages. These techniques have been
incorporated into a separate product, able to be used on many ASP.NET-
based customer websites.
Called the Runtime Page Optimizer (RPO), the product is a software
component that significantly improves the performance of websites that
use ASP.NET, with support for both Microsoft SharePoint and EPiServer.
The RPO optimises web pages to deliver significant speed increases with no
extra development or operations effort. The product uses a patent-pending
process for combining images, scripts and style sheets at runtime, when a
page is accessed from the web server. Web pages are optimised to ensure web
browsers make fewer requests. The result: significantly faster page load times.
Caching and compression techniques are also employed, further reducing
data traffic costs and speeding up page load times.
Sites using RPO have improved performance by as much as 400%,
particularly when accessing a New Zealand-hosted site from overseas.
For more information on the Runtime Page Optimizer, go to
www.getrpo.com or contact your Intergen BDM.
think:EVENT
Earlier in the year, IDC
made 10 predictions
for the ICT sector
during 2008. We
asked Ullrich Loeffler
to comment on how
these trends are tracking so far, especially in
light of changing economic conditions.
Ullrich is Program Manager for IDC’s software
research unit and analyses the market for
information management solutions.
Ullrich also presented at an event Intergen
ran with IDC in Auckland in early September.
How have the predictions IDC made at the
start of the year been tracking as the year
has progressed?
IDC published the Top 10 Predictions for
2008 in December last year discussing a
broad range of trends and challenges across
the New Zealand ICT sector. Across these
predictions we have seen different levels of
progress throughout the first half of 2008.
We believe the general IT market is starting
to feel the impact of the economic downturn, shifting businesses’ investments
towards technologies that directly impact capital and operational expenditures.
What are the key challenges facing businesses today, and how is IT helping?
Productivity remains a “hot topic” in 2008 since the vast majority of New Zealand
businesses face the constant challenge of resource constraints. IT has been
recognised as an enabler to overcome these challenges by consolidating,
automating and standardising operational processes. Additionally, businesses
have put greater emphasis on utilising their key assets, such as people (external
and internal), information and existing investments.
How closely does New Zealand reflect what is happening overseas?
It’s challenging to provide a general statement on how the New Zealand market
is tracking in relation to global trends. New Zealand businesses are early adopters
and innovators of a number of technology trends, including payment solutions,
agriculture and healthcare technologies. Other industries or technologies, on
the other hand, show New Zealand businesses trailing international adoption
by 6-12 months.
Intergen periodically runs events that analyse the technical and business
challenges facing organisations. To keep informed and secure your space
at these events, email events@intergen.co.nz.
UllrichLoeffler
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In the know about Knowledge Management
2008 heralds an exciting new journey for Intergen
as it evolves to offer management consultancy
services… with Knowledge Management the first
item on the menu.
What does Knowledge Management really mean?
KM is not a business tool, not an IT system and not a fad – it is a systematic
approach to business designed to meet the challenges of the continually changing
world in which today’s organisations operate. Siloed approaches to problem
solving are no longer popular. Incorporating KM into your business lets you
focus on all its aspects, from people and culture through to processes and
technology.
What is the single unique and inimitable asset that has the ability to set
you apart from all other organisations?
Simple, it’s knowledge. Knowledge is embedded in everyday processes
and practices, in the systems and technology that support your
organisation, the skills and experience of staff, decision making
processes and much more. In short, knowledge is an organisation’s
most strategic asset.
There has been a lot of hype and misinformation about Knowledge
Management and its benefits. Let us be clear – any organisation
that wants to:
• Enhance service delivery
• Improve organisational performance
• Be more innovative and creative
• Enhance collaboration and sharing
• Grow organisational learning, capability and flexibility
…needs Knowledge Management, regardless of whether or not that’s
what they call it.
Where does it come from and where is it going?
The term KM was first coined in 1995 and evolved from the impact of global
economic changes as well as continually emerging technological opportunities.
KM has faced some key challenges, but has survived to grow as both an important
business approach and thriving academic discipline.
We predict that while the term KM may be replaced with something less
pretentious, the concept will continue to thrive and become further embedded
in the organisational psyche.
Our approach
We have some fundamental principles that drive the way we think about
organisations. Firstly, it’s all about you – by building knowledge partnerships
we ensure that when a project ends, our expertise remains with you,
embedded in your staff, systems and processes. We also believe that
every business is unique … so KM at Intergen comes in a range of
flavours to suit your individual appetite – we won’t be prescribing
one size fits all solutions.
We use a blend of contemporary tools and techniques to work
with you from initial capability assessments through to strategy
development and implementation.
How does this fit with Intergen’s portfolio?
Intergen has established a strong reputation in the marketplace
for savvy technology development and delivery – and will
continue to do so. But we believe by extending our service
capability to offer clients innovative, leading edge KM services
we can do even better.
For more information about Knowledge Management and
how Intergen can help your organisation, please contact
sallyj@intergen.co.nz or alexn@intergen.co.nz.
>> INTERGENITE:
Alex Natelli and Sally Jansen van Vuuren – Intergen’s Knowledge Management team.
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Sally Jansen van Vuuren
What do you do?
I am Intergen’s Principal Management
Consultant. My focus is to create leading
edge knowledge management
programmes for organisations; and be
part of growing Intergen’s management
consultancy services from the ground up.
How do I make a difference?
I have both strong practical and academic
experience in KM. I am active within the
New Zealand knowledge management
community and have several published
papers. Most importantly, KM is multi-
disciplinary and needs understanding from
a range of perspectives from organisational
development through to IT – so it fits
my background perfectly.
What do I love about my job?
The challenge and opportunity of working
with individuals and organisations who
strive to be the best.
A bit about yourself…
I am a Pom, married to a
South African, living in
New Zealand – and I
love it. I have degrees
in IT and Commerce
and look forward to
becoming Dr Jansen van
Vuuren later this year. Before
joining Intergen I led Crown Law’s
knowledge management programme.

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SharePoint also provides out of the box document management, which caters
for any supporting documents to be stored in readiness for audits. Intergen also
enhanced the SharePoint platform with a number of other components that
would provide even better business process automation, reducing the time
requirements of carboNZero staff to perform various procedural tasks.
Two-way authentication and automated account creation between Microsoft
CRM and SharePoint enables the customer to manage their own details in a
secure manner. Flexibility to adjust referencing criteria was also important. As
carbon emission research continually evolves, the platform needed to be able
to perform calculations based on the most up to date research.
E-Manage now provides an unrivalled technology solution that captures
quantifiable and auditable evidence, to assist organisations in taking action
against carbon emissions.
A New Zealand-bred resource has now become a resource for the world.
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Developed by Landcare Research,
E-Manage provides an audit trail for
a company to benchmark itself against
ongoing performance and progress
towards emissions reduction.
The tool to date had done its work
admirably, but had become outdated.
As carboNZero emerged as a world class
programme, E-Manage was limited by its
isolation from its other calculators and
tools and provided limited reporting.
Customer self service online was also a key
partofthestrategy.Thereforeanewplatform
had to be capable of delivering a secure
and scalable customer-facing extranet site.
carboNZero Business Manager, Mike
Tournier, says: “To take us forward we
engaged Intergen to design the most
effective and appropriate solution possible
using integrated Microsoft technologies
that would allow us to bring carboNZero
to a diverse audience worldwide.”
Microsoft SharePoint was chosen as the
platform for the internal and external
presentation layer and to deliver the
customer-facing portals.
carboNZero gets the Green Light to go global
New Zealand’s leading solution for greenhouse emissions measurement is taking
its expertise to the world. carboNZero offers a unique internet-based greenhouse
gas inventory tool, E-Manage, which enables emissions to be calculated and
managed by an organisation.
MedRecruit likes to seize any opportunity to be at the cutting edge. When
Intergen began talking to MedRecruit founder, Dr Sam Hazledine, about a new
breed of Microsoft infrastructure hosting that would provide a virtualised server
computing environment, at a fraction of the usual hosting cost, MedRecruit liked
the diagnosis.
Their homegrown hosting capabilities hadn’t kept pace with their technology
ambitions, so it was time to look for a solution with security and scalability.
“We’re passionate about always looking to advance our service, and innovation
in the resources we use is a huge part of that picture. It made sense for us to
pursue the best hosting infrastructure. Hyper-V has clearly established a new
benchmark.” Dr Sam Hazledine, Managing Director, MedRecruit.
Microsoft Hyper-V is a virtualised server computing environment using technology
that is part of the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system. It eliminates
the need for multiple physical servers, which swallow up rackspace, generate
heat and come with considerable operating costs. By reducing the total cost of
ownership of server infrastructure for a company, and by delivering high availability,
all sitting securely behind a dedicated firewall, Hyper-V brings a lot to the market.
It’s not just about costs, either – the virtual servers are greener, too, using less
power than physical servers.
The verdict? Dr Sam Hazledine says: “This is a solution that really flies.”
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