Partner Solution

Market and CompetitiveIntelligence software- Intelligence Plaza™

Your Window on the CompetitiveEnvironment

Intelligence Plaza™ – State-of-the-Art Market andCompetitive Intelligence Software

The Intelligence Plaza™ serves as the software upon which organizations

gather and prioritize critical business information from a variety of sources, in

order to structure and most importantly, to add value to their decision making

and business planning processes. Information sources may include business

news providers, the company’s internal sources, databases, trade organizations,

industry consultants, blogs and social networking sites, just to name a few.

The Plaza has become central to many global organizations’ market

intelligence operations, as it can serve as an automated ‘window’ to the

operating environments in numerous markets simultaneously. Companies that

rely on the Intelligence Plaza™ include DHL, Fujitsu, KONE, Philips and Principal

Financial Group.

A web-based application, the Plaza is user-friendly, scalable and constantly

being improved to keep up with changing user needs and the growing variety

of information sources.

Plaza customers can choose between a SaaS (Software as a Service) option or

choose to install it on their own IT infrastructure. It can also be easily integrated

to operate within different enterprise platforms, including Microsoft®

SharePoint®. The Plaza provides these integrated systems with filtered, processed

and value-added business information content, and enables integrated services

such as database connectivity to XML interfaces and web services.

Where SharePoint platform offers decision-makers a single gateway to the

company's information and knowledge, Plaza software can act as a

personalized and easy-to-use web interface alongside SharePoint, with value-

added Market Intelligence related features such as collaborative, search and

email alert functions. In addition, users can collect, combine and import

information from various data sources for processing and publication inside

the Plaza.

Global Intelligence Alliance (GIA) is a

strategic market intelligence and

advisory group. GIA was formed in 1995

when a team of market intelligence

specialists, management consultants,

industry analysts and technology

experts came together to build a

powerful suite of customized solutions

ranging from outsourced market

monitoring services and software, to

strategic analysis and advisory.

Today, we are the preferred partner for

organizations seeking to understand,

compete and grow in international

markets. Our industry expertise and

coverage of over 100 countries enables

our customers to make better informed

decisions worldwide.

www.globalintelligence.com

“We selected the Intelligence Plaza™ software after a comprehensive analysis of competitive intelligence products available in

the field today. We were looking for a product to not only meet the needs of the organization today, but one that would be

able to grow with us as we expand our offerings and our worldwide customer base.”

Director of Global Research and Business Intelligence, Principal Financial Group

The key strengths of the Intelligence Plaza™ include:

• Time savings and ease of use via automated and personalized

information flows

• Optimal intelligence process support with easy input, editing and

administration tools, as well as usage tracking functionalities.

• Easy implementation process requiring only minor time and resource

investments from the customer.

• Robust and scalable technology that will also flexibly scale to match new

requirements.

• Continuous development based on the experiences of the global user

base.

For more information on Intelligence Plaza™, please visit

www.globalintelligence.com or email info@globalintelligence.com.

“Having weighed the options and

realized that we would actually be

better off by going with a readily

available MI software solution rather

than venturing into an internal IT

project for which there was no end in

sight, we started evaluating

intelligence software products that

were available in the market. The

Intelligence Plaza™ seemed to fit our

needs very well. We were also

convinced by its large user base and

GIA’s consultative expertise that we

could leverage their experience and

thereby avoid many potential pitfalls

in the implementation process.”

Head of Market Intelligence,

Fujitsu Services

Microsoft Application Platform

Your business needs data management systems that make it easy for your people to find and

analyze information. The Microsoft Data Management Platform offers the scalability,

availability, easy administration, and built-in business intelligence that can reduce the

complexity, cost, and time it takes to manage and access data – without compromising

security.

A scalable and integrated database platform can help securely store and manage ever-

increasing amounts of data from disparate sources, and it can help ensure that business-

critical systems and applications stay up and running. IT complexity and total cost of

ownership can be reduced through dramatic enhancements in administrative automation.

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