2008-08-05 08:15:00
BroadVision-Powered City Government Site to Serve as Model for the Netherlands
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(EMWNews)–BroadVision, Inc., (OTCBB:BVSN), a global provider of strategic
e-business solutions, today announces that the Municipality of Tilburg
(Gemeente Tilburg) in the Netherlands goes live with its innovative
site, www.tilburg.nl, that will
serve 202,000 city residents. Built on a foundation of the BroadVision®
Business Agility Suite™ solution as the tool
for configuring web-enabled processes, the site enables citizens to
transact much routine administrative business online, enhances
communication between the city government and the city’s
inhabitants, and adds to Tilburg’s reputation
as one of the most technologically advanced cities in the country.
The site has a simple structure and extensive personalization
capabilities. Users can visit a WebShop to request passports, permits
and other city documents and can use the sophisticated search engine to
find all documents of any kind (.pdf, .txt, .ppt, etc.) on the site
containing specific text. In the near future each user will be able to
create a personal internet page (PIP) and elect to receive news feeds,
RSS feeds, Tilburg-specific news, on-line videos of meetings, Tilburg
On-Line TV and other information streams.
“Our goal is to create a leading-edge site
that our citizens want to visit frequently and that can serve as a model
site for other city governments in the Netherlands,”
says Michel Blezer, Engineer and IT Advisor, Municipality of Tilburg,
the Netherlands. “BroadVision solutions are
helping us do that by making it easy to build a very stable site with
extensive personalization capabilities, micro-sites, a powerful search
function, and effortless scalability.”
In the Netherlands, government organizations are regularly assessed; and
a ranking of “Best Governmental sites”
is produced (www.overheid.nl). At
the start of the project, Tilburg’s public
internet was in 60th position; and their
strategic aim was to establish a position in the Top 10. On launching
the new www.tilburg.nl site,
Gemeente Tilburg climbed the rankings to 14th
spot and then, one week later, attained 5th
position. Being the 6th biggest city of the
Netherlands, this is an excellent achievement; and Tilburg’s
priority is to retain this status and improve in the near future.
“We congratulate the municipality of Tilburg
on building a site that showcases the ability of a city portal to
enhance communication among citizens and increase participation in city
government,” says Dr. Pehong Chen, President
and CEO of BroadVision. “The site also
showcases the power of BroadVision solution to connect site visitors to
personalized information, resources, and business processes and to
support collaboration through self-serviced micro-sites.”
About the Municipality of Tilburg
Since the 1990s, the city of Tilburg in the Netherlands has been
managed, to the greatest extent possible, as a business concern. For
example, public services are actually subsidiary companies of the local
authority, and have to adhere to yearly contracts drawn up in the form
of operating budgets. Major events throughout the year, a bustling
downtown packed with bars and restaurants, large groups of students, and
the beautiful surrounding countryside make Tilburg an agreeable city to
live in or visit. Tilburg is situated at the center of the province of
North Brabant, close to the Belgian border.
About BroadVision
Driving innovation since 1993, BroadVision is a global provider of
strategic e-business solutions. Our modular applications and agile
toolsets, 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, Sony, Vodafone and Xerox —
rely on BroadVision as their choice for e-business.
For more information about BroadVision, Inc., call 650.331-1000, email [email protected]
or visit www.broadvision.com.
BroadVision and Business Agility Suite are trademarks or registered
trademarks of BroadVision, Inc. either in the United States and other
countries.
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