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Referenceware® | Content Strategy

Unsurpassed Depth and Breadth of Premium Content Saves Time and Drives Productivity

The Enterprise Advantage

Referenceware®, from Books24x7, is a proven effective approach to bridging the gap between what employees know and what they need to know to successfully drive enterprise initiatives. By providing web access to the unabridged contents of thousands of premier technical and business books, together with flexible technology, Referenceware addresses the informal learning needs of the entire enterprise. Performance is enhanced, productivity is increased and learning is integrated into everyday workflow.

Exceptional Technology and Support

Award-winning Search Technology

Our award-winning search engine enhances productivity by enabling users to quickly pinpoint discrete content sections that address their needs. By exploiting the XML structure of each document, Books24x7’s search and retrieval technology ensures that users are provided highly optimised and precise results. Our search engine technology was given the prestigious Excellence in E-Learning 2002 Award for Innovative Technology sponsored by Brandon Hall and Online Learning and has been nominated as a finalist in the 18th Annual Codie Awards which showcase the software and information industry’s finest products and services.

Integration Flexibility

Referenceware has been successfully integrated with major Learning Management System (LMS) platforms including Skillport, SABA, Docent and any AICC compliant LMS. Books24x7’s in-house team of integration experts can provide integration support for seamless login from corporate networks, authentication referrals, auto-logincookies, secure tickets, cost code reporting, SCORM-compliant meta-data, and spidering. Corporate Portal tools provide access to the Books24x7 repository database and search engine to enable corporations to execute searches and display book Meta data on internal sites. Additionally, RSS channels provide feeds for corporations to automatic ‘pickup’ book information for display on corporate networks.

ReferencePoints: Exclusive to Books24x7

With the rapid pace of technology, some topics are either too new or lack critical mass for commercial publishers to address with printed reference works. Still, content on these topics is critical to early adopters within cutting-edge enterprises. That’s why Books24x7 pioneered the concept of ReferencePoints, included as part of the ITPro collection.

ReferencePoints represent an entirely new category of content available exclusively from Books24x7. ReferencePoints are high-impact articles on a key aspect of a current technical topic, for example File Systems in Solaris, Package and Patch Management, and Inserting XML Data Islands in HTML Pages. Each ReferencePoint is equivalent to approximately 35-65 pages of printed content and is written specifically from the perspective of the enterprise practitioner. ReferencePoints are organized into logical subject categories called ReferencePoint Suites and are continuously updated.

Moreover, ReferencePoint topics are intended to be community inspired. Users of the ITPro collection can use one of several feedback mechanisms integrated into the site to propose specific topics to be covered. With a network of more than 250 technical subject matter experts, Books24x7 can respond to such content requests in a fraction of the time required for the production of a full-length printed book.

Four Paths to Instant Productivity:

1. Browse Topics

Drill down through the topic tree to reveal relevant content specially selected by our Editorial Board of subject category experts.

2. Search

Our patent-pending search technology enables you to instantly pinpoint relevant answers. Use search in conjunction with the topic tree for maximum efficiency.

3. Collaborate

Advanced features such as your personal bookshelf, bookmarks, and annotations let you share information with colleagues.

4. Access Info Wirelessly

Books24x7 users can download an applet that provides instant remote access to the entire content library via a Palm VII wireless device.

• Books24x7’s PDA Web site provides unrestricted access for registered users who login directly with username and password. Access to all Referenceware collections to which users are entitled, access to recently added titles and coming soon titles and the ability to download audio files for on-the-go listening Books24x7’s PDA web site is available at no additional charge to registered users.

Partial List of Books24x7 Content Partners:

29th Street Press Aegis Publishing AMACOM Apress Artech House ASTD Cambridge University Press Career Press CEP Press CMP Books Dearborn Digital Press Giga Harvard Business School Press Hentzenwerke IBM Redbooks Idea Group IEE IEEE iMeta ISBSG John Wiley Jones & Bartlett

Jossey-Bass M&T Books McGraw-Hill Morgan Kaufmann Murach Muska & Lipman Nolo Novell Press Osborne Oxford University Press PalmSource Perseus Premier Primary Research Productivity Press Project Mgmt Institute Purdue University Press Redmond Technology Rothstein Associates SAP Labs SkillSoft Sybex Syngress TEXERE Wordware

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