• Whether Intermedia is helping transform a client into an e-commerce powerhouse, migrating the large and complex backend of a major financial institution into a more user-friendly and digital-commerce enabled environment, or showing the world how easy it is to simplify their lives by using the web, we help clients leverage digital technology to improve their business at the core.
• Intermedia helps clients through the complex issues and exciting opportunities of Internet-based solutions, backend systems integration, data collection and analysis, broadband solutions, and physical devices.
• The marketplace is full of e-consultants that provide e-solutions to their clients’ e-businesses - but most are not positioned to provide clients with the robust variety of solutions that Intermedia can. From one end of a clients’ business to the other, Intermedia can be an integral partner in helping reinvent just about everything that our clients do, and help bring to fruition the things they previously only dreamed of.
• Intermedia has been granted partnerships with IBM (as a Premier Level Web Integration Partner, the highest level offered by IBM, as well as a Certified IBM Partner for E-Business), with Sun Microsystems (as a member of the Sun Microsystems Development Program and Certified as a Sun Microsystems Strategic Developer), with Microsoft Corp. as a Development Partner in the Microsoft Site Builders Network, with Netscape Corp. as a Netscape DevEdge Developer and with Lotus Development Corporation as a Premier Lotus Development Partner. Intermedia provides Internet/Intranet Development consultants who can deliver reliable, secure and scaleable applications, which integrate with virtually any enterprise system and access back-end data stored in legacy systems. Whether a client’s need is for a single Java developer or a fully integrated Internet/Intranet development team, Intermedia can provide a cost-effective, high quality and immediate solution.
• Intermedia is positioned to provide specialists in:
• Certified IBM and Lotus E-Business Solutions:

Intermedia is Certified at the Premier Level (highest level obtainable) by both IBM and Lotus Development Corp. to provide E-solutions utilizing industry-leading technologies. IBM and Lotus Development products enable Intermedia consultants to utilize cross-platform applications to build a web presence for customers of all sizes. These applications include web self-service, e-commerce, e-collaboration and business integration tools. Our consulting teams are expert in providing e-business development utilizing the following:

• Development Tools and Components: VisualAge, Domino Designer, WebSphere Studio, IBM Payment Suite, Lotus e-Suite, IBM San Francisco
• Application Server Software: Lotus Domino, IBM WebSphere, IBM DB2 Universal Database, IBM MQ Series
• Secure Network and Management Software: IBM SecureWay, IBM Vault Registry, Tivoli, IBM Net.Commerce

Whether a client needs a powerful security-enabled payment system based on IBM secure servers or help working with EDI standards both on and off the Web, our IBM certified e-business specialists can help you get up to speed without disrupting your current business operations. Our comprehensive e-business Services include:

• IBM Certified e-commerce Services
• IBM Certified Enablement Services for e-business
• IBM Certified e-business Services
• IBM Certified Security and Privacy Services
• IBM Certified e-business Accelerator

• Certified Sun Microsystems Solutions:

• Expert Development Solutions for Java Technology Solutions

Java technology is being embraced by more and more enterprises every day. As a cross-platform technology, it can lower development costs, enhance application reliability, and sharply reduce the cost of client administration and total cost of ownership. It can fundamentally change the way a company does business. Intermedia Group, Inc offers consulting services based on Sun Microsystems Java development environment to help our clients’ businesses capitalize on this breakthrough technology.

• Java Technology Services for the Enterprise

Web and Internet technologies are rapidly changing the nature and role that IT can play within an organization. They are providing new ways to reach customers and suppliers, providing new information about buyer’s behaviors, and enabling more cost-effective IT application infrastructures. Intermedia Group is able to help our clients transition to a multi-tier IT architecture. Through our extensive experience with a broad range of Net business and e-commerce solutions, we can help clients select best-of-breed applications and integrate them into their legacy environment. We can also help clients design and deploy custom solutions that take full advantage of leading Java technologies. Our approach leverages Sun Microsystems’ advanced SunConnect and Java2 Enterprise Edition architectural frameworks and methodologies to deliver fast, unique results.

• Services for Embedded Java Technologies

Java technology is ushering in an unprecedented wave of innovation and change in the real-time, embedded market. Our Java Development team members leverage strong experience in real-time application development and apply our strong Java technology software design experience to the small footprint requirements of the embedded market. Our consultants can work with a client’s existing staff to develop embedded Java platform applications and catalyze the market with solutions that couldn’t be delivered before, and that generate new revenue streams for our clients.

• Java Technology Knowledge-Transfer

Through our comprehensive mentoring approach, our consultants can work with our client’s team through every step of their Java technology project--in the beginning phases if they’re not quite sure how to leverage Sun Microsystems’ Java technology, or even if they already have a Java technology solution but want to learn more about how to optimize its performance. Even if they have an internal development team, with our Java technology mentoring approach our clients can leverage Intermedia’s expertise with the Java platform to sidestep potential roadblocks and learn how to take full advantage of the Java technology environment.

• Web Development Based on Microsoft Development Tools:

As a contributing member to Microsoft Corp’s Site Builder Network as well as the Microsoft Developer Network, Intermedia Consultants are positioned to provide the latest development services based on Microsoft’s Web based architecture.

• Microsoft DNA 2000 Platform:

Intermedia’s Web Consultants are expert in providing development services based on Microsoft Windows DNA Architecture, the most comprehensive, integrated platform for building and deploying applications for the Business Internet - from high-traffic e-commerce Web sites to enterprise supply chain integration - providing the fastest, easiest route for Web application development. The Windows DNA platform is a complete family of complementary products. The core is Windows 2000, an operating system with built-in Internet services that enables developers to focus on adding business value to their applications. Other Windows DNA components include Visual Studio, SQL Server, Windows DNA application servers and the COM+ component and programming model. All are best-of-breed products and technologies used by more developers worldwide than any others. Windows DNA is unique in providing the groundwork for empowering Web application developers to program the Web, creating the next generation of solutions. Windows DNA 2000 is the next wave of software building blocks for the Windows DNA platform for developing distributed Web applications. Windows DNA 2000 makes it possible for organizations to build the secure, reliable, highly scalable commerce infrastructure necessary for today’s extremely competitive business environment. Windows DNA 2000 also eases the integration of heterogeneous systems and applications, connecting customers, partners, and suppliers both inside the organization and across the Internet.

• Microsoft .NET Technologies:

We view Microsoft’s .NET platform as the next major milestone in application development and deployment of technologies. Unlike earlier development technologies, we believe .NET development platform will be long-term solution for building corporate applications. .NET offers integration with existing applications which has been a big hurdle in keeping up with changing development tools.

• XML Based Solutions
  • Intermedia Group is positioned to help companies create robust Enterprise to Enterprise (E2E) e-commerce solutions that achieve enhanced communications and cost reductions. We provide world-class professional services and state-of-the-art e-commerce implementations. We assist in planning and implementing XML applications and advise companies on how best to deploy XML in systems design and product strategies. Intermedia Group, Inc utilizes state-of-the-art techniques to implement end-to-end electronic commerce solutions.
  • Our team works directly with your corporate technology experts to identify and leverage key information. Through knowledge transfer, Intermedia’s XML Consultants can provide the catalyst for achieving a quick return on investment and competitive advantage in the world of electronic commerce.
  • By leveraging the power of XML, Intermedia’s clients can enable enterprise-wide access to information. The benefits of using XML for application integration are numerous. XML is platform independent and fosters inter-operability between applications. Standard Document Type Definitions (DTDs) can be implemented across diverse business units. XML documents provide "smart data" by storing data along with metadata tags. This makes XML documents both machine and human readable. The XML Metadata Interchange framework provides metadata management for distributed applications, data warehousing, and application integration. Therefore, XML is an excellent means of describing key enterprise wide entities (for example: "price" or "customer"). XML document indexing allows for fast and efficient searches from web-browsers or application calls.
  • Intermedia’s Consultants utilize an XML methodology to insure tangible results. Organizations face numerous challenges to keep ahead of their competition, particularly with new technology. Intermedia’s XML consultants eliminate these challenges and complexities to deliver proven e-commerce solutions. Because optimal e-commerce systems are deployed incrementally, Intermedia consultants insure superior results at each step.
• E-Legacy Transformation and Integration
  • Intermedia’s Legacy Transformation / Integration practice provides industrial-strength solutions for extending and integrating applications no matter how complex they are and no matter where they run. Intermedia Group dramatically reduces the time, cost and effort of integrating applications by leveraging best of breed integration tools that don’t require the creation and maintenance of hand-coded interfaces.
  • Intermedia Group enables companies to be more agile - to change business processes in response to competitive threats, without the latency associated with assessing and implementing the resulting integration changes.
  • According to Gartner Group, an effective legacy integration solution performs the following five tasks:
    • Interfacing - moving data into and out of applications
    • Transforming - converting the semantic content of the data
    • Distributing - moving data between applications
    • Routing - determining the destination for the data
    • Managing - instrumenting the process and providing a toolset to support operator control of the process
  • Intermedia Group’s Legacy Transformation solutions fit the Gartner Group profile perfectly, providing best-in-class capabilities.
  • Intermedia Group, Inc supports integration servers across 20 different operating systems, including all major messaging middleware vendors, all major database vendors, and all file types and formats.
  • Intermedia Group delivers integration solutions for all major ERP vendors such as SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle Applications, Lawson, Geac, JD Edwards and others.
  • Intermedia Group has pioneered the use of XML and XML-based business document definitions as well as the tried-and-true EDI standards such as X12 and EDIFACT.
  • Intermedia Group thrives on complexity. Intermedia Group leverages best-of-breed integration tools to handle the complexity and eliminate costly hand-coded workarounds.
• E-Commerce / E-Transaction Solutions
  • When our client’s customers, shareholders, and competitors dictate a move to the Internet, Intermedia Group can help develop the correct strategy. By leveraging our expertise as a leading E-Solutions resource, we provide the market analysis that defines the opportunity and create a roadmap designed for rapid implementation.
    • e-Business Strategy
    • Intermedia Group, Inc. provides the road map to collaborative commerce. We advise our clients on how to build solutions that reach and support customers and markets. We analyze the market, the processes and the existing technology infrastructure. We evaluate possible e-business solutions, explore the gap between your current resources and the resources required for success, and make recommendations based on our clients unique needs and goals.
    • Real-Time B2B Commerce and Integration:
    • Intermedia Group’s B2B Practice is helping clients leverage the open standards of the Internet by building highly secure, two-way transactional systems for doing business with their extended supply chain. Through broad support of open standards and protocols, such as XML, RosettaNet, FpML, cXML, OBI, OAG, ACORD, Microsoft BizTalk and legacy EDI, Intermedia is building digital trading communities that facilitate both loosely coupled and highly integrated B2B models.
    • Intermedia’s B2B solutions allow an unlimited number of trading partners to seamlessly share information in real time and optimize business processes across the digital supply chain.
    • e-CRM Implementation and Integration
    • In today’s eBusiness world, the pressure for companies to perform has never been greater. New channels create new opportunities every day. Market makers are eclipsed overnight. Mergers and acquisitions are reshaping our world. Intermedia Group, is Certified by IBM to provide both IBM Customer Relationship Management solutions (CRM) and Web Self Service Solutions.
    • Intermedia’s Customer Relationship Management Solutions help our clients use the accessibility of the Internet to identify, acquire, and retain customers. Intermedia Group helps clients select, customize, and implement eCRM packages for Customer Service, Order Management, Marketing Automation, and Sales Force Automation. Our exclusive methodology and Solution Center approach increases value while slashing time and costs. We also help our clients integrate eCRM solutions with ERP systems.
    • e-CRM / Front Office
    • Our Customer Contact Management Solutions enable consistent, effective and personalized experiences for your customer across every access channel: Direct Sales, Call Center / Web Integration, Contact Center - Telephony Enablement, Enterprise Connectivity, CRM Package Selection and Implementation. Intermedia’s solutions include:
    • Opportunity Management
    • Marketing Knowledgebase
    • Customer Campaign and Marketing Automation
    • Customer Service and Support
    • Field Service
    • Remote Services
    • e-CRM - Customer Intelligence / Back Office
    • The primary Customer Intelligence solutions fall into the following categories:
    • Reporting: Reporting software delivers paper and on-line reports with simple and straightforward summary information such as counts, sums and percentages.
    • OLAP: OLAP (On-Line Analytical Processing) software delivers "cubes" or sets of "by reports" (e.g., sales by product, by store, by region, by month or by year). Because OLAP reports are stored as cubes, OLAP users can drill down to get new levels of detailed information-such as information by store within an area.
    • Analytical Applications: Analytical applications are created for a specific task. They typically attempt to encapsulate "best practices" for a particular process. Analytical applications may be designed for use in a "horizontal" (cross-industry) way (e.g., analysis of customer databases to determine the most effective marketing programs), or they may be intended for use in "vertical" (specific to one industry) way. (e.g., "churn" analysis in the telecommunications industry).
    • Data Mining: Data mining is a process for discovering useful decision-making information by finding patterns and trends in large data sets. Although reporting and OLAP are not data mining techniques in the strictest sense, they provide a good foundation of basic information and can be a good starting point in your data-mining journey.
• Web Site Design and Development
  The I-6 Media Architecture:
  • For the Small to Mid-Size to Fortune 500 Corporate turnkey site development projects, Intermedia Group has developed a proprietary development methodology to provide a robust result with a minimal time and money investment. We at Intermedia are expert in combining the 6 separate cornerstones of proper site development (content, image, multimedia, user metric gathering, coding standards and user interactivity) to deliver an exciting, informative and commerce-driven web experience.
  • Intermedia Group’s E-Solutions Practice has developed the I-6 Media Architecture, a proprietary methodology and E-business Architecture which ensures that each visitor to your site will have a customized, informative, interactive, graphically robust and smooth flowing experience. The Intermedia-6 Media Architecture includes:
  • Content development and manipulation to seamlessly and effectively guide visitors through only the site offerings which offer information on their particular interest.
  • Image (Graphic, Photo and Art re-mastering) which provide a unique and customized corporate image while maintaining proper on-line viewing and memory standards (ensuring fast page load times, cross browser functionality, etc.)
  • Multimedia: Proper use of Streaming Media Techniques and Flash Tools to produce robust audio/visual effects.
  • User Metric Gathering: Integration with database/datawarehouse effectively enabling the client to gather and analyze metrics on visitors.
  • Coding Standards to guarantee proper site integrity regardless of user connection speed, browser choice or PC based multimedia add-ons.
  • User Interactivity methodologies to manipulate information traffic in a customized format based on visitor defined actions and requests.
• Since Intermedia does not undertake exclusive partnerships with vendors, we remain dedicated to utilizing the most robust tools, while remaining within client budget, regardless of vendor. We have developed sites of all sizes customized to effectively serve user bases of several dozen to several million per month. We have built sites effectively based on Java, Microsoft, Oracle and proprietary technologies.