1. Best of Both Worlds: Information Management Solutions SmartCore Management Dashboards

2. 2 Ninth Wave and SmartCore Ninth Wave is an independent UK-based software and services firm established in 1995 Our main software product is SmartCore, a proven web-based management support tool The product has been developed from practical experience of project and programme delivery SmartCore is unique - it is entirely configurable via the web browser to meet a wide range of organisational and individual information needs.

3. 3 Ninth Wave’s SmartCore solution is used for a wide range of applications, including programme, portfolio, project, risk, resource and document management. SmartCore is packaged software with all the advantages of a bespoke solution. SmartCore provides immediate, practical business benefits by delivering scalable, integrated, low-risk and rapid payback applications in less time than it normally takes to document requirements. What is SmartCore?

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5. 5 Can SmartCore integrate with my existing systems? SmartCore is designed to act as a central repository and can provide an access point to data from other systems. SmartCore can replace point solutions, reduce islands of information and facilitate the standardisation of procedures and templates. existing repositories or specialised point solutions can leverage SmartCore functionality through interfaces or integration. SmartCore provides an XML interface engine, an MS Excel©/MS Access©/ SQL interface format and specific interfaces to MS Word©, MS Project© and MS Outlook©. other interfaces can be developed to other data repositories using standard JDBC drivers.

6. 6 How can I customise SmartCore? Easily change data structures, page layout, views and filters whilst the system is in use, all via the web browser. SmartCore provides: system, group or individual user level customisation audience specific views and workspaces the ability to switch dynamically between multiple views of the data colour schemes and custom graphics for clearer views and branding iconisation of data to provide condensed information or alerts filters to enable any subset of data to be selected powerful audit, help, reporting, search and security features passive and active workflow functionality

7. 7 Will SmartCore integrate with my architecture? SmartCore has been created using industry standard tools and components to form a robust, flexible and portable platform: Multiple platform support (Microsoft Windows/ Unix) Browser based GUI (Internet Explorer 6+, Apple Safari 3+, Mozilla Firefox 2.0/ Google Chrome) SSL Compatible Java Servlet and J2EE JDBC Database Connectivity to SQL Server XML Interface Engine. dynamically rendered HTML. Quick, seamless screen updates via AJAX Fast index-based searching of entire database and documents meta described data structures and views.

8. 8 SmartCore improves communication and management by: balancing business priorities managing costs, budgets and resources giving appropriate visibility and tracking progress of all your projects, tasks and deliverables giving clear ownership and responsibility for all activities reinforcing methods, processes and best practice quantifying and predicting the risks which impact on your projects helping you know what information to look for and where to find it reducing the information overload of unnecessary emails, memos and reports

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23. 23 Why choose SmartCore? SmartCore can provide many advantages to project based organisations: reduce administration costs. improve transparency of information. integrate data from several sources. rationalise or introduce processes and controls. improve governance. simplify authorisation and data tracking. provide business, project and personal workspaces. publish information on the web quickly, safely and effectively.

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25. 25 “The flexibility of the configuration has made it easy to adapt the system to meet our needs and we are now starting to realise benefits from sharing information and being able to present it in varied formats for different audiences” "In SmartCore, we have selected a great toolkit to bring to life our vision for a tool to help Project Managers and to add value for the Project Sponsors, Stakeholders and Company Executive” “We needed a solution that wasn’t just a quick fix, but would grow with us as we continued to develop; we opted for SmartCore because it gave us this flexibility. …It provided us with a completely new way of working.” “We have been delighted with SmartCore. It’s an extremely powerful and comprehensive tool, yet very flexible and intuitive.” SmartCore testimonials

26. 26 SmartCore Awards 'Internet Product of the Year' 'Best New Product Developed in the UK'

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