Success Story
GlobeCast
GlobeCast is the leading global provider of content management and worldwide transmission services for professional broadcast delivery. The company operates a secure global satellite and fibre network to manage and transport 10 million hours of video and other rich media each year.
The Opportunity
Build a global company intranet to connect 500 employees located in 5 continents.
The Requirements
- Ability to offer customized menus and select news items for certain teams or user groups.
- Provide a way for non-technical users from Human Resources and Internal Comunnication teams to quickly and easily create, edit and publish new content.
- Specific workspaces for each department to communicate.
- A customized back-office.
- Offer RSS feeds for employees to subscribe to content relevant to their individual responsibilities.
- Provide a custom workflow to manage the publication of content including email notification to alert users when they need to take action.
- Automatically organize and manage a large image gallery by using thumbnails and image metadata.
The eXo Solution
The GlobeCast intranet is built around the enterprise portal & WCM capabilities of eXo Platform.
eXo was chosen for the tight integration of its portal and full featured CMS, and its flexible and customizable architecture.
The Result
- An operational information portal allowing over 500 employees to follow corporate and department-related news.
- GlobeCast relied on the experience and expertise of eXo professional services. A dedicated technical account manager from eXo kept the project on track and ensured transfer of valuable knowledge to GlobeCast teams.
- The project was completed ahead of schedule and went from development to production in only 4 months.
- The intranet is fully extensible. The IT department is now considering integrating its business applications into the portal.
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