Qianbo Wang

OVERVIEW The presentation will introduce a concept of virtual company system which can provide key functionality to support the management and operation of business organizations. Structure of Traditional CompaniesIntroduction to Virtual CompaniesVirtual Companies System DesignImport Issues of VCS

Definition of Virtual Company Virtual company is “organization” that uses computers and tele- communications technologies to extend its capabilities by working routinely with employees or contractors located throughout the country or the world. - PC Magzine

Communication Tools The studies of virtual company mainly focus on the ways of communication. E.g.: Virtual Company Wiggio Sharing Documents Tele-Conferencing Messages And more…

Organizing and Managing VC We will focus on how to build a system to organize and manage people working together in a virtual company as well as to enable some common behaviors between companies via internet.

Company Management System CMS Groups Commu -nication Event Tracker Profile Role Definition Functionality it should have: Employees’ Profiles Employees’ news and work records Communications among people in the same company Organize people as different groups and sub-groups (e.g.: departments, project groups) Different roles (e.g.: director, manager) Does it sounds like something we are very familiar with?

CMS based on Social Networking System User Profile Employee Profile => User Profile Groups Groups (Department)=> Groups News Feed Event Tracker => News Feed common user/ group administrator/.. Roles => common user/ group administrator/.. to much.. Communication=> to much..

Other Functionality of CMS Project Management: The unit of work on VCS is project. CMS should provide project management methods: Project progress management Schedule plan and work assignments Tools for Working (Software): Download Cloud Computing

A cloud service has three distinct characteristics : It is sold on demand The service is fully managed by the provider Significant innovations in virtualization and distributed computing, as well as improved access to high-speed Internet and a weak economy, have accelerated interest in cloud computing.

Project Market Project Market is like a e-commerce platform. Virtual Companies (VC) can publish new projects on the platform, sponsor a project of other VCs or choose to cooperate with a VC on a project. Project Market makes the VCs together as a Virtual Business World.

Some Important Issues Security: It’s extremely dangerous to leak user information, especially the password of a user with higher rights. It will cause serious property lost. Company Reputation: How to measure a reputation of a company? How if the projects of a VC are just deceptive.

Thank you! And Questions?