Groupware presents exploitation attractiveness
No longer are geographical or cultural dispositions of prime importance for conducting business. On a global scale, talent can be drafted from anywhere by almost anyone. While the benefits of exploiting competitive markets are obvious, making it happen isn't as straight forward as all that. Establishing cooperative enterprises is often determined by the nature of user requirements. Finding the correct cooperation for this is beset with many natural barriers such as time zone differences, legal clarifications and work requirements. Additionally, there are a number of other hurdles such as hardware interfaces and programme incompatibilities that can complicate matters more. The need therefore for programmes that overcome these barriers is obvious. In this light, glonz.com a web based team-work tool, offers some challenging advancements. Based largely on the DYNOCA system, glonz.com established solutions for businesses that support the entire life cycle of projects in dynamic, networked environments. However, the tool remains flexible and customisable. One such facet is the ISIKnowledge software. Because the planning and execution of projects may involve a number of clients, contractor and customers requiring extensive information exchange, access to a suitable knowledge database is vital. ISIKnowledge is just such, having advanced data retrieval and versioning functions. This means that literally, data can be of any type, yet usable by all, doing away with incompatibility issues. Glonz.com is therefore a dynamic system, a technical platform of internet applications that allows for the communication dialogue necessary for both global and inter-company e-Commerce needs. As such, its exploitation potential does not lie exclusively in an e-Commerce environment, but makes itself highly attractive for use in both education and research endeavours.
