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Partner Solution
Market and CompetitiveIntelligence software- Intelligence Plaza™
Your Window on the CompetitiveEnvironment
Intelligence Plaza™ – State-of-the-Art Market andCompetitive Intelligence Software
The Intelligence Plaza™ serves as the software upon which organizations
gather and prioritize critical business information from a variety of sources, in
order to structure and most importantly, to add value to their decision making
and business planning processes. Information sources may include business
news providers, the company’s internal sources, databases, trade organizations,
industry consultants, blogs and social networking sites, just to name a few.
The Plaza has become central to many global organizations’ market
intelligence operations, as it can serve as an automated ‘window’ to the
operating environments in numerous markets simultaneously. Companies that
rely on the Intelligence Plaza™ include DHL, Fujitsu, KONE, Philips and Principal
Financial Group.
A web-based application, the Plaza is user-friendly, scalable and constantly
being improved to keep up with changing user needs and the growing variety
of information sources.
Plaza customers can choose between a SaaS (Software as a Service) option or
choose to install it on their own IT infrastructure. It can also be easily integrated
to operate within different enterprise platforms, including Microsoft®
SharePoint®. The Plaza provides these integrated systems with filtered, processed
and value-added business information content, and enables integrated services
such as database connectivity to XML interfaces and web services.
Where SharePoint platform offers decision-makers a single gateway to the
company's information and knowledge, Plaza software can act as a
personalized and easy-to-use web interface alongside SharePoint, with value-
added Market Intelligence related features such as collaborative, search and
email alert functions. In addition, users can collect, combine and import
information from various data sources for processing and publication inside
the Plaza.
Global Intelligence Alliance (GIA) is a
strategic market intelligence and
advisory group. GIA was formed in 1995
when a team of market intelligence
specialists, management consultants,
industry analysts and technology
experts came together to build a
powerful suite of customized solutions
ranging from outsourced market
monitoring services and software, to
strategic analysis and advisory.
Today, we are the preferred partner for
organizations seeking to understand,
compete and grow in international
markets. Our industry expertise and
coverage of over 100 countries enables
our customers to make better informed
decisions worldwide.
www.globalintelligence.com
“We selected the Intelligence Plaza™ software after a comprehensive analysis of competitive intelligence products available in
the field today. We were looking for a product to not only meet the needs of the organization today, but one that would be
able to grow with us as we expand our offerings and our worldwide customer base.”
Director of Global Research and Business Intelligence, Principal Financial Group
The key strengths of the Intelligence Plaza™ include:
• Time savings and ease of use via automated and personalized
information flows
• Optimal intelligence process support with easy input, editing and
administration tools, as well as usage tracking functionalities.
• Easy implementation process requiring only minor time and resource
investments from the customer.
• Robust and scalable technology that will also flexibly scale to match new
requirements.
• Continuous development based on the experiences of the global user
base.
For more information on Intelligence Plaza™, please visit
www.globalintelligence.com or email info@globalintelligence.com.
“Having weighed the options and
realized that we would actually be
better off by going with a readily
available MI software solution rather
than venturing into an internal IT
project for which there was no end in
sight, we started evaluating
intelligence software products that
were available in the market. The
Intelligence Plaza™ seemed to fit our
needs very well. We were also
convinced by its large user base and
GIA’s consultative expertise that we
could leverage their experience and
thereby avoid many potential pitfalls
in the implementation process.”
Head of Market Intelligence,
Fujitsu Services
Microsoft Application Platform
Your business needs data management systems that make it easy for your people to find and
analyze information. The Microsoft Data Management Platform offers the scalability,
availability, easy administration, and built-in business intelligence that can reduce the
complexity, cost, and time it takes to manage and access data – without compromising
security.
A scalable and integrated database platform can help securely store and manage ever-
increasing amounts of data from disparate sources, and it can help ensure that business-
critical systems and applications stay up and running. IT complexity and total cost of
ownership can be reduced through dramatic enhancements in administrative automation.
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