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More "Info Thrust" for Eurofighter

New Intranet for EADS Deutschland GmbH built on Hyperwave Information Server

December 01, 2000

Hyperwave's knowledge and content management software has provided the foundation for a new Intranet developed for one of the lead companies behind the development of the Eurofighter. The Military Aircraft division of EADS Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS), uses Hyperwave's Information Server software to provide its 5,700 employees with access to documents and information and co-operative project groups independent of time and geography.

Replacing a previous standalone solution, Hyperwave's software is helping meet EADS Deutschland's requirements for secure, robust and cost effective content management of its Intranet.

Security for Sensitive Data

Security was one of the key requirements of the application. The confidential nature of some of the information held on the intranet means that access to some documents needs to be restricted to selected users. "The Military Aircraft division's Intranet contains documents that have to be kept under lock-and-key at the request of the client," explains Dagmar Schult, assistant project leader at EADS Deutschland GmbH. "One of the most important demands placed on the new solution was the capability to make information available to certain employees only,"

This requirement is met by the Hyperwave Information Server's authorisation system, which allows user privileges to be set specifying which documents can be accessed by selected individuals only. These rights can also be assigned to hyperlinks so that each employee is given a customised view of content on the Intranet whilst the rest remains hidden.

The ability of Hyperwave's software to restrict access to certain information has enabled EADS Deutschland's Intranet to provide a public area with general company information, as well as closed user groups with specialised information. Management of content is decentralised and handled by employees in the various departments, groups, and project teams at different locations.

Less Work for the Webmaster

Adding new information to the previous Intranet could only be done by specified webmasters, resulting in bottlenecks. "The old Intranet consisted of several servers distributed among different locations. To publish documents on the Intranet, employees had to initially find the administrators in charge and wait for them to put the documents on the Intranet," says Schult. "This process was time-consuming, especially for managing information subject to frequent change. This job is now handled by individual employees, considerably speeding up time to publication."

Hyperwave's software allows virtually every user to make the day's current information and documents available to colleagues on the Intranet in the original formats - without special HTML programming knowledge. To avoid uncontrolled growth of the system, the publication rights, however, are limited to selected employees. An integrated full-text browser from Verity provides fast access to information.

Expansion in planning

The benefits brought by Hyperwave's software have convinced EADS Deutschland GmbH to expand its Intranet into an information portal, emphasising personalisation. Instead of a standardised user interface, each employee will have a personal start page for direct access to certain sources of information. An eLearning system will be integrated into the Intranet to provide employees with special continuing education courses.

EADS Deutschland GmbH

The Military Aircraft division of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) focuses on the planning, development, production, and logistical support for combat, transport, and mission aircraft and on the integration of various peripheral systems. Current programs include the Eurofighter, Tornado, and Phantom fighter aircraft as well as the Hercules and Transall transporters. In 1999 fiscal, sales of the division totalled Euro 1.3 billion. Booked orders amounted to approx. Euro 3.8 billion.

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