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Title: Odminc Newsletter NO.1: Technology that Empowers
 
 

  In this Issue
  “Technology That Empowers” Monthly Newsletter No.01-12.01.2001 
Multi-user Credit Card Processing
Distance Learning made Easy
Go Global ! Using XML-XSL translation engine technology.
What is this newsletter about?
This newsletter is about improving your business through the use of Internet-based solutions. It is designed to stimulate the flow of ideas and generate relationships between companies and individuals that have common problems and goals. Your subscription, support and feedback are important to us. We need your help to make it successful. Hopefully, the weekly giveaways will entice you to investigate our solutions and recommend this newsletter to your friends and associates.
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Our inaugural issue is dedicated to embracing the New Year, new beginnings and new technology. The New Year is a good time to take stock of your Internet strategy—a good time to determine what works and what needs improvement. Maybe your company could use a better credit card processing solution, a website face-lift, or an e-Learning solution to better train your sales force. Hopefully, this newsletter gives you insight and inspires you to give thought to making some empowering changes through the use of a new technology strategy.

This first issue is distributed in collaboration with Computerworld and Postmaster.com..


Marco Chelo, EVP

 

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Imagine being Florida’s largest natural gas provider. Imagine processing thousands of payments by mail, in-person and by phone. Now imagine some of the dilemmas associated with manual processing--lots of sorting, delayed deposits, equipment breakdowns and shortages and the inability to pinpoint and reconcile human errors.

Teco Energy, Inc. (NYSE: TE) (www.peoplesgas.com) responded to these and other processing problems by modifying the way they took credit card payments. Teco needed a universal, “virtual terminal” system that could be operated from any desktop computer, a solution where each users roles and rights were customizable, a solution that could accurately handle a high volume of transactions in real-time and a solution that could be later integrated with an online bill presentment and payment system.

ODM’s CreditFlow™ credit card processing solution was the simple and cost-effective solution for many of Teco’s processing problems. Unlike traditional credit card terminals, CreditFlow™ does not require any costly software installation, configuration, network build out or expensive hardware. Rather, CreditFlow™ is a flexible, browser-based, hosted application that is accessible from any desktop computer with an Internet connection.

CreditFlow™ was developed using Microsoft Site Server Commerce edition, which features built in security features, MS SQL 2000 and XML. The use of these technologies makes the CreditFlow™ application secure, flexible, extensible and easy to install. CreditFlow easily integrates into an existing credit card processing system for a fluid, hassle-free installation.

Here are a few additional benefits of the CreditFlow™ technology infrastructure:

• powerful personalization with XSL design
• ODBC complaint--can capture, retrieve and manipulate (customer) data from a secondary source
• integrates with Cybersource, Verisign, and Authorize.net.

For more info visit http://www.creditflowdemo.com or call ODM at 212.741.6445.

Go Global with ODM XML-XSL Translation Engine.


Until recently English became somewhat of the "lingua franca" for web content and communication for many multinational companies. Such was the case for Vutek, the global leader for inventing wide and superwide digital inkjet printing technology. For a number of years Vutek used a disparate or “piecemeal” Internet-based solution to deliver content and resources to their customers through the use of FTP, restricted websites, and email messaging. For the most part the “system” worked. Information was routinely updated, but there was no guarantee that the content was delivered in the customer’s language preference or that the right customers were getting word of the updated information. Vutek lacked a company-wide system that kept a record of a customer’s language preferences, document requests or transaction history.

Despite some of the shortcomings of Vutek’s ad hoc content and transaction system, the Company was not ready to abandon Internet delivery and globalization. Instead, Vutek was willing and ready to make an investment to better serve not just their English speaking consumers, but their global audience that spanned 6 continents.

ODM knew that employing XML and XSL could dramatically improve Vutek’s delivery, transaction and globalization strategy. ODM collaborated with each of Vutek’s departments and identified the “common denominators”, overlaps, and misusages of time, money and resources. ODM swiftly devised a new frontend website interface to help Vutek broadcast it’s new message and strategy in 7 languages. ODM also created a company-wide DMS (document management system) and UAMS (User Account Management System). The UAMS classifies customers by the printers they own and by their language preference. Today, Vutek’s customers get email notifications about the latest documents, tech advisories, class schedules and other important information.

In addition, to improving the management of documents and user accounts, the back office administration tool also allows Vutek to issue various user rights for employees, update the global website in 7 languages and handle all e-commerce transactions.

In Our NEXT Issue
Distance Learning Made Easy with the ODM-I-Teach Delivery System.
Online Marketing Tools & Fundraising
Web-based Project Management
Web-Publishing Solutions for the Travel, Leisure and Recreation Industries
These days schools, corporations and non-profit organizations are pressured to provide cost effective ways for delivering online instruction. Many of the current tools in the market are overpriced, expensive and require considerable in-house expertise and resources.
 
ODM is creating cost-effective e-learning solutions for the web and Computer-Based Training (CBT). We specialize in producing customized web authoring tools that allow our clients to instantly publish courses online with text, images, audio and multimedia.
 
The Jewish Board of Family and Children Services (JBFCS) has chosen ODM as their vendor for delivering the “continuing education courses for mental health professionals” over the web.
www.amhsec.org
 
For more information visit www.odminc.com
Or call us at 212-741-6445

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