HSTC302 www.harbinger-systems.com CONTENT AUTHORING & PUBLISHING OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Challenge Desktop application and client-server architecture posed difficulties Moving work-in-progress content between desktops was tedious Working from multi-locations restricted Collaborative content authoring next to impossible Thick client application severely restricted role-based access control Harbinger Solution Web-based, n-tier application proposed Enabled anytime / anywhere usage Role-based user interface created for users Separate content “layers” to deploy separately for different customer companies Employee benefits business logic in separate object model to facilitate data abstraction from client layer using XML Business logic also exposed through API Technologies & Tools N-tier architecture Access control and secure authentication JavaScript, XML documents API creation over business logic Benefits Customer companies embedding benefits content and information within their portals due to API Easy and collaborative authoring resulting in much faster content creation and publishing Very smooth application usage due to access mechanism, web-based deployment BOTTOM LINE Significantly improved product packaging with n-tier architecture, integration API and web-based interface CONTENT AUTHORING & PUBLISHING OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS www.harbinger-systems.com Situation A desktop-based, client-server content authoring and publishing product

Challenge

Desktop application and client-server architecture posed difficulties

Moving work-in-progress content between desktops was tedious

Working from multi-locations restricted

Collaborative content authoring next to impossible

Thick client application severely restricted role-based access control

Harbinger Solution

Web-based, n-tier application proposed

Enabled anytime / anywhere usage

Role-based user interface created for users

Separate content “layers” to deploy separately for different customer companies

Employee benefits business logic in separate object model to facilitate data abstraction from client layer using XML

Business logic also exposed through API

Technologies & Tools

N-tier architecture

Access control and secure authentication

JavaScript, XML documents

API creation over business logic

Benefits

Customer companies embedding benefits content and information within their portals due to API

Easy and collaborative authoring resulting in much faster content creation and publishing

Very smooth application usage due to access mechanism, web-based deployment

Situation

A desktop-based, client-server content authoring and publishing product

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Services

Web 2.0

eLearning

Software Product Development

Performance Engineering

Systems Software

Locations

Redmond, USA

Pleasanton, USA

Pune, India

Contact

[email_address]

[email_address]

USA Tel: +1 (425) 861-8400, +1 (510) 991-7766

India Tel: +91.20.2528.4201 / 2 / 3