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Product RoadmapCollaborate | Support | Promote

❷ Cuts in infrastructure costs

❺Security and transparency (suppliers, partners, etc.)

❻ Lack of a common platform

❶ Social Media and Real-time Data

❸Value-added resellers & partners

❹ Competition

Challenges Facing Today’s B2B EnterpriseOPENOPEN

Business is transforming in deeper ways…

While the economy has faced the deepest recession …

Creating shifts in technology.

Business Trends Reshape TechnologyTechnology is becoming invisible = Just an Enabler…= Just an Enabler…

GemSign™ is a web-based business community software that provides a cost-effective COLLABORATION and PROMOTION framework for B2B SMB and professional communities.

GemSign™ Business FocusCollaborative development of products and services

LISTENLISTEN

CONVERSECONVERSECOLLABORATECOLLABORATE

CREATECREATE

Your Business

Small Enterprise

Medium Enterprise

Large Enterprise

GemSign™ Business FocusCollaborative development of PRODUCTS and SERVICES

Why Collaboration is important for B2B and Network community?

Collaborative Relationships Helps to meet the needs of PARTNERS, CUSTOMERS and SUPPLIER

Technology Foundation

GemSign™ Built upon:

❸Subsonic ORM 2.2❹IIS 6.0❺Silverlight

❶.Net framework 3.5❷SQL server 2008

GemSign™ ROADMAP

Group and DiscussionGroup and Discussion

News FeedNews Feed Q&AQ&A

EventsEvents

Blog FeedBlog FeedBusiness DirectoryBusiness Directory

PollPollVoIPVoIP

1e Release

Job BoardJob Board

MarketplaceMarketplace

2e Release2e Release

Profile Promotion

Profile Promotion

2011 2012

❶ ❷ ❸ ❹ ❺❻❼ ❽❾❿⓫⓬

VideoVideoStory PublicationStory Publication

Social Media integration

Social Media integration

WebinarWebinarNudges AppNudges App

Location-based Networking

Location-based Networking

GemSign™ Functionality2e Release2e Release

Location-based Trade & Networking

NetworkingEvents

NetworkingEventsYour OffersYour Offers

Your ProfileYour ProfileTrade showsTrade shows

MeetingsMeetings

locationContent

Your Business

GemSign™ Functionality2e Release2e Release

Marketplace

GemSign™ Functionality2e Release2e Release

Nudges, SMS

Send a gentle reminder to a colleague or contact: Email, Feedback, General Reminder, Meeting, Telephone, Voice Conferencing and Just Waiting. You can also send a Nudge to friends of existing contacts as a way of building B2B relationships. As part of the Nudge functionality, you can also include a message for a more detailed nudge.

GemSign™ Platform

On-Premises

Application

Platform

Hosted

GemSign™ ADOPTION PATTERN

Number of users

Integration level

Small pilot:prove business value,cultural fit

Basic Enterprise

Growimplementation, develop policies,define success metrics

Cloud Enterprise integrate with other coreApplications and processes

GemSign™ LICENCE TYPES

Number of users

Integration level

Hosted Basic Subscription:Fix price for the duration of the agreement term . Organisations with 5 to 500 users

Basic Enterprise

Hosted Medium SubscriptionVolume Licensing programme for organisations with 500 or more users

Open On-Premises Subscription Organisations with more than 1000 users in enterprise environment (SharePoint, ERP, SAP,…)

CASE STUDY | 1B4B : Yorkshire Business World

Challenges:Challenges:

A) PROMOTE local Yorkshire SMBB) SUPPORT Entrepreneurial spirit C) Encourages COLLABORATION

Yorkshire Business World is a web-based Business Community Platform aimed at business-to-business (B2B) companies operating within the Yorkshire region. The purpose of the platform is:  A.To make Yorkshire the easiest region in which to conduct businessB.To help young businesses survive the current challenging economic climateC.To support the wider local business community to grow and prosper.  We achieve these goals by creating a platform that brings together a number of different Web 2.0 tools as well as offering value added services, but most importantly we are creating a platform that encourages Collaboration, Support and Promotion.

CASE STUDY Yorkshire Business World

PROMOTE YOUR PRODUCT AND SERVICES

LogoLogo Company nameCompany name

Add your product & service Add your product & service

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Share it!Share it!

CASE STUDY Yorkshire Business World

PROMOTE PARTNERS

22MarketplaceMarketplace

OfferOffer

Add to user profileAdd to user profile

Mass Messaging SystemMass Messaging System

CASE STUDY Yorkshire Business World

YBW FEATURES33

VoIPDiscussion

Groups WebinarBlog & News

Feed Event

Q & AStory of The

WeekPoll Market

Content Management System (CMS)Content Management System (CMS)

Business & personal profiles

CASE STUDY Yorkshire Business World 44

CASE STUDY | 2Networking community

CASE STUDY | 3XXX

GemSign™ Partner Channel:XXX

PARTNER

CustomerCustomer

Partner OfferingWhit-lable

DiscountOn-Premises Hosted

Challenges Hinder Successful B2B & B4B Collaboration.

Source: Forrester Research, Inc.

Conflicting business models

Poorly adopted web toolsPoorly adopted web tools

CostsCosts

Security concernsSecurity concerns

Lack of internal alignmentLack of internal alignment

Business is transforming in deeper ways…

While the economy has faced the deepest recession …

Creating shifts in technology.

GemSign Business ModelCommunication and collaboration at the har

1e DRAFT1e DRAFT

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