Firmware consolidated information area

Summary

The aspects of building a firmware consolidated information area with the help of software and hardware by unification and standardization both the elements of the given area and their associated interfaces are considered. The basic principle of building a firmware consolidated information area is the integration of applications, data bases, services etc. into a consolidated shell through which the access to all software products of the enterprise is provided. The integration provides for not only accessing the entire set of the information services from any user work place but for solving such problems like consolidation of information for further analysis; one-time data input with the further possible multiple use; building a hierarchical system to make decisions at different managerial levels of the enterprise. An important element of the consolidated information area (single IT-window) is a corporative portal – the resource that provides for the single sign on for the personalized access to information, services, applications, data, and the team work management. Owing to the organization of IT environment following the principle of a single window at the enterprise a transparent and easy-to-use system of accessing the required software packages and controlling the current state of information technologies for the management and IT department is established.

Key words

information technologies , corporative portal , network and server infrastructure , user-to-user communications , electronic document management