BroadVision, Inc., (OTCBB:BVSN), a global provider of strategic e-business solutions, today announces that Wiener Stadtwerke (www.wienerstadtwerke.at), a company with divisions for energy services, IT services, funeral services and the provider for largest local infrastructure services in Austria has upgraded and re-launched all existing sites to the BroadVision® Business Agility Suite™ (BAS) solution.
Following the upgrade of the Intranet to BroadVision BAS, WienIT (www.wienit.at), the central and universal IT provider of the Wiener Stadtwerke group, has re-launched in a strategic move all 6 of their existing sites on the latest version of the BroadVision Portal delivering 15 new independent services in one standardized platform. The underlying structure of this platform was modernized and updated to leverage the advantages and scalability of the BroadVision architecture enabling improved performance and a reduction in overall infrastructure and platform maintenance.
The project team’s target was to re-launch in readiness for the EURO 2008 Soccer Championships to cater for the influx of international visitors as well as improving services for the citizens of Vienna (www.wienerlinien.at). The sites provide integration of payment services and overall media management via a central media database as well as introducing new design and usability concepts to enhance the overall user experience with particular focus on the energy services (www.wienenergie.at).
"It was imperative to ensure our business could grow and at the same time give us the flexibility that we need and BroadVision’s latest solution gave us that edge,” says Mr. Hans Tlapak, Project Manager of Wiener Stadtwerke Holding AG.
The Wiener Stadtwerke group now has a modern, highly usable platform that not only provides a solid foundation for the rapid deployment of future services and initiatives with re-usable features to lower the overall time-to-launch, but will immediately deliver reduced operational costs.
"We are pleased that Wiener Stadtwerke has grown so much over the years," concludes Andrea Rubei, Vice President and General Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa of BroadVision. "Moreover, Wiener Stadtwerke and their IT services division, WienIT, is another proof point of the robustness of our solutions: flexible enough to adapt quickly to changing business conditions and scalable enough to grow to support a variety of services, customer interactions and product data."
About Wiener Stadtwerke and WienIT
Wiener Stadtwerke through the provision of various essential services like energy support, public transport and funeral services ensures the smooth running of the city maintaining the quality of life for its citizens and visitors. They are one of the largest employers in the country employing 15,000 people and with investments of around Euro 827 million in 2007; Wiener Stadtwerke is an important contributor to the Viennese economy.
The WienIT EDP Service Company Ltd. & Co KG is a 100% owned subsidiary of Wiener Stadtwerke Holding AG. Established in 2003, it is the universal IT supplier with special emphasis on the energy industry, local administration and public utilities. The Company has around 200 employees and operates two computing centres.
About BroadVision
Driving innovation since 1993, BroadVision is a global provider of strategic e-business solutions. Our modular applications and agile tool-sets, built on a robust framework for personalization and self-service, power mission-critical web initiatives that deliver unparalleled value to diverse customers worldwide. Hundreds of organizations, serving over 50 million registered users — including Baker Hughes, BioRad Laboratories, Epson America, Fiat, Hilti, Iberia, ING Bank, PETCO, Prime Polymer, Vodafone and Xerox — rely on BroadVision as their choice for e-business.
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