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GulfNet Solutions Develops the
Intranet for the Ar-Riyadh Development
Authority
March 29, 2003 (Khobar, Saudi Arabia)
GulfNet Solutions, a leading provider
of innovative Internet and Intranet
solutions and services, announced
today that it is has completed the
development of the Ar-Riyadh Development
Authority’s (ADA) Intranet.
The Intranet was developed using
the latest Intranet solutions insuring
ease of use, maintainability and
that information can be accessed
with minimal number of clicks.
“The Intranet was setup
so that ADA employees can easily
and quickly find information and
also as a tool for knowledge transfer
between ADA staff,” said
engineer Salah Bin Mohammed Alashaikh,
ADA Intranet Project manager.
“The ADA project team was
setup under the guidance of his
Excellency ADA president engineer
Abdullatif Bin Abdulmalik Alashaikh
to gather and classify all documents
and convert them into electronic
format. The ADA team worked closely
with our consulting partner GulfNet
Solutions in every step of the
project to complete the development
the Intranet.”
Mr. Al Alshaikh continued to
say: “It is now possible
for ADA employees to search in
thousands of documents, maps and
publications insuring that information
can be easily found. This makes
it easy for ADA employees to complete
their tasks effectively with more
productivity. The Intranet contains
a daily updated ADA and Ar-Riyadh
city news section, a bulletin
board for employees to discuss
work matters and is also linked
to the high commission main library
whereby employees can search for
books and magazines. In addition,
the Intranet links between the
different ADA databases and provides
access to an internal telephone
directory and policy and guideline
documents related to ADA.”
“After thoroughly studying
all the ADA Intranet requirements,
we recommended the use of the
Openshare Content Management Solution
from Route4Italia,” Said Amjad
Sanad, GulfNet Solutions project
manager. “Openshare is a
scalable Content Management Solution
that meets the ADA Intranet requirements.
It allows non-technical staff
to easily develop, publish and
archive documents without the
need to know any HTML. The built
in security gives each user the
access level allowing them to
perform the tasks they are assigned
to do within Openshare. Currently,
35 non-technical ADA employees
develop, maintain, archive, and
publish documents in the Intranet
using the Openshare Content Management
Solution supporting more than
200 file types.”
The Openshare Document Profiler
allows ADA users to classify and
organize information. The process
of information publishing is done
by the Workflow module whereby
the ADA system administrator can
set a publishing plan ensuring
that the content goes thorough
the right approving channel before
it is published to the Intranet
server. The bulletin board was
implemented using the Openshare
Openboard module.
About Ar-Riyadh Development Authority
(ADA)
Ar-Riyadh Development Authority
is the entity responsible for the
planning and development of Ar-Riyadh
city from the economic, social,
cultural, constructional and environmental
aspects. It draws up plans and procedures
aimed at elevating the standards
of services and facilities provided
for the city residents.
The Authority was founded by virtue
of a decision rendered by the Council
of Ministers on 29/5/1394H. Other
rules and regulations were enacted
to support the Authority’s
developmental and planning role
as defined in Minister of Interior
decision dated 20/1/1395H. Such
rules and regulations incorporate
high degree of flexibility in administration
and financing, as well as a wide
scope of powers and responsibilities.
The Council of Ministers issued
a number of decisions to enable
the Authority to carry out it’s
growing responsibilities. On 11/2/1420H,
the Council of Ministers decided
to give the Authority an additional
duty to supervise and implement
Ar-Riyadh infrastructure projects.
On 2/9/1403H, another decision was
released by the Council of Ministers
to support the status of Ar-Riyadh
Development Authority as an independent
body, and assert it’s position
as a sole planner for the city.
The decision also declared the incorporation
of the Projects and Planning Department
from within the Authority to assist
in handling all development projects
and related planning work and studies.
Endowed with such a wide range of
jurisdiction, which bypass the municipal
powers in other Saudi cities, the
Authority is still pursing the development
programs of the city and work simultaneously
with the entities concerned on the
national level, to tackle all problems
facing the process of development
in the Kingdom whether in the cities
or rural areas.
Please visit www.arriyadh.com for
more information on ADA.
About Route4Italia
Founded in 1996, Route4Italia is dedicated
to bringing the power of Internet/Intranet/Extranet
information sharing down to the
end user while eliminating their
need to master complex Web authoring
tools or learn complex Web programming
languages. The company's corporate
headquarters are located in Manno
Switzerland, with additional offices
in the USA and Europe. More information
about the company and its products
can be obtained from www.Route4Italia.com
About GulfNet Solutions (GNS)
Please refer to the About
Us page for more on GulfNet
Solutions.
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