In simple terms, e-volution, the recently appointed Lotus Premier Business Partner and inner of the 1999 Top SMB BP award, offers its clients exactly what the name suggests - e-business solutions that evolve over time to incorporate a multitude of support, service and offerings.
According to Desmond Seeley, CEO of e-volution, the 2 year-old company consists of four divisions that can operate both independently and as a cohesive unit, focussed within the e-business environment.
"Naturally, not all our clients require our entire portfolio. Some clients want to start out small, say with a Lotus Notes implementation, before taking an in-depth look at comprehensive e-business enablement," he says.
"While it may be common practice with some of our competitors, we don`t see the value of trying to bring the entire e-volution battleship through the door when only our dinghy is required."
Focussed e-volution offerings include consulting, integration, interactive development, Lotus Notes and Domino implementations and electronic commerce. John Walsh, Creative Director at e-volution discusses some of these divisions more in depth.
"Our Interactive division takes a holistic approach to what is simply seen as Web development by many companies," he says. "We believe it is important to examine Internet strategies that encompass design and development in addition to the innovative integration of traditional and virtual media, in order to maximise the impact of any e-business message. After all, if your e-business capabilities aren`t utilised by the communities they were designed for, you`ve probably missed the fundamental concept behind e-business: to empower your customer, whether it be your employees, suppliers and other vendors, and paying clients to interact with your business through electronic innovation."
When considering any software application or e-business implementation, software and systems integration are key to a successful project. "The future of e-business lies in scaleable, cross-platform systems, enabling communities between multiple environments". continues Seeley.
Electronic commerce, a topic on everyone`s lips, is more than just a simple book or CD purchase from Amazon.com. e-volution believes the future of e-com lies in business to business transactions. "Business to consumer is still a risky area and this is why we look at providing a total e-business solution to our clients piggy-backing off all the expertise and services our company can offer."
In addition to the above, e-volution, classed as a second-tier ISP, offers customers a hosting service linked to the AT&T backbone. "We have found that companies don`t want to get involved with the technical aspects of the Internet which is when our strategic hosting service comes into play. We can host Windows, Linux, Domino and Windows NT-based sites delivering complete solutions that enable our customers to compete effectively in the global business environment," Seeley concludes.
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