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The Nature Conservancy Selects Hyperwave To Manage Knowledge Network
Innovative Software Makes Information Simple to Manage - Assuring
Integrity of and Easy Access to Key Corporate Knowledge
March 12, 2001
Hyperwave Information Management, Inc. today announced that the
environmental conservation group, The Nature Conservancy, will use
Hyperwave's Web-based technology to help manage its vast information
stores.
The Nature Conservancy, the world's largest conservation organization
with 3,000 employees in 300 locations in 30 countries, rolled out
the Hyperwave Information Server and Hyperwave eKnowledge Portal
in November. Together, these products provide a powerful platform
to collect corporate knowledge and present it to appropriate users
across the extended enterprise. The Hyperwave Information Server
will power Internet and intranet functions, while the portal will
add a highly customizable and easy-to-use interface to the organization's
intranet.
Michael Grove, information technology specialist with The Nature
Conservancy, said his organization faced information breakdowns
with its home-grown knowledge management systems. Employees had
difficulty finding documents unless they knew exactly where to look.
Changes to either the information or the hierarchy often meant documents
were orphaned and lost, and also resulted in intranet links that
led nowhere.
The Nature Conservancy selected Hyperwave for its out-of-the-box
usability that would not require heavy investments in infrastructure
or IT personnel. The organization also considered Hyperwave's technology
for managing the relational and navigational hyperlinks between
documents. This built-in functionality helps ensure that documents
don't become orphaned and that users never face the frustration
of clicking on broken links resulting from the movement or deletion
of a target document.
"Our employees are very busy and don't have time to waste
on dead-end researching," said Grove. "We expect to save
time and leverage existing knowledge. "The Hyperwave system
will support The Nature Conservancy's learning and research environment.
Employees around the globe will be able to use powerful search tools
to find documents on any topic, from how to execute a conservation
easement to how to get rid of a pesky, invasive weed. When the documents
on file aren't enough for the situation at hand, Hyperwave's expertise
location function will help them find the right person to contact.
Grove estimates The Nature Conservancy will store some 300,000
documents on the Hyperwave Information Server, including Microsoft
Word, WordPerfect and text files as well as PDF and graphics files.
Hyperwave's server pooling technology should make it easy to link
the multiple servers that will store the many files.
"We are proud to be working with this world-class organization
to address the challenges of managing highly-specialized knowledge,"
said Tim Kounadis, vice president of North America Marketing for
Hyperwave. "We know we'll be able to help them make the most
of the critical knowledge they've built over the years so they can
continue to serve their mission."
About The Nature Conservancy
Founded in 1951, The Nature Conservancy is the world's leading
private, international conservation group with more than one million
members. Its mission is to safeguard Earth's biological diversity
by protecting important natural habitats. Using cooperative, science-based
methods, The Nature Conservancy has helped to protect more than
12 million acres of habitat in the United States and more than 61
million acres in Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and
the Pacific. The Conservancy currently manages 1,340 preserves,
the largest system of private nature sanctuaries in the world. Get
more information at http://www.tnc.org
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