The Contextware Platform

The critical innovation in Contextware's powerful business platform comes from the convergence of two key technologies — automation (or business processes) and categorization (or knowledge/content management).

This innovation allows organizations to use business logic and rules as a framework for consistently structuring content and related resources, then use business logic and rules for information retrieval, providing an specific context for business users.

Two Key Components

The Contextware platform serves as an authoring mechanism for gently extracting expertise and knowledge (and relevant content); and it's a delivery mechanism for disseminating the captured knowledge and content (via a Web browser, and architected to be delivered via PDA, phone, cash register, toaster, etc.).

An Unexpected Benefit

Something surprising happens to our clients. Imagine knowing what your job is your first day on the job. Imagine knowing where to find the content and people you need right when you need them. Imagine identifying, based on their own actions, top performers as well as underachievers.

Real cultural change and real impact on organizational productivity. Not always pretty, sometimes painful, but ultimately for the better.

Web native, Web architected or Web enabled?

Most applications today claim to be true "Web" applications. Here's the difference:

Web enabled means that a browser-accessible interface was built on top of an existing legacy system.

Web architected means that a legacy application has been rewritten for the Web, but probably still relies on non-browser client interfaces as well.

Web native means leveraging inherent browser functionality as part of the core architecture, then building from the ground up with Web browser as sole interface for both data entry and data retrieval. No "helper" apps, no applets, no plugins. 100% pure Web. Like Contextware.