Content

• The problem
• ContextPortal for Windows Server 2003
• Concept View
• Relationship View
• Summary View
• Integrated View
• Who Are the Users
• Problems that ContextPortal Addresses
• Benefits

Related information is difficult to identify and manage. Creating and sharing corporate knowledge scattered in multiple information silos requires intelligent automation.

ContextPortal™ for Windows enables corporations to organize and link together all their digital information, from Web pages to corporate files and e-mail into active knowledge maps.

Easy to manage and understand information by conceptual chunks. It removes the barriers between information sources by intelligently connecting information irrespective of its location. Within subject domains information from multiple sources is hierarchically organized so that related information is easily found. Filters unwanted information and eliminates the clutter. You see what matters to you. (Fig. 1).

Associations interconnect information, and annotations clearly explain why the interconnection exists. It provides context specific views of projects, expertise, research, information and people. (Fig. 2).

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Enables rapid understanding of significant concepts and key phrases hidden in the text. Focuses attention on the key phrases and their relevancy to your needs. Works with multiple languages. (Fig. 3).

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The connections between information elements provide a powerful way to find related information. They form a digital knowledge map that is easily followed from resource to resource. A selection of any single information element displays all of the connected resources and enables the user to closely examine any of them and repeat the process. (Fig. 4)

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Figure 5 shows the actual screen layout of the integrated view of ContextPortal for Windows.

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The target user for ContextPortal™ for Windows are organizations that want to empower their knowledge workers who must in timely fashion find relevant information, interpret, assimilate and act on it to make informed decisions and be accountable for their actions.

Overcoming information overload is a serious challenge for today’s knowledge worker. However the time and effort required to pulling together related information, analysis and relevant use is more critical to achieving better productivity. On both accounts ContextPortal™ for Windows 2003 assists with effective access to authoritative information on issues of interest.

• ContextPortal™ enables organizations to synthesize information into corporate knowledge and understanding in a manner that mirrors human way of thinking and working.
• Because information is structured into inter-connected knowledge bases, finding information when needed is quick and intuitive.
• ContextPortal™ is designed to run on Microsoft Server it leverages corporate investments into Microsoft’s tools and applications.
• The users access the knowledge maps via a browser so the application is rapidly learned.

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