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non~linear creations About NLC » » Who We Are • Founded in 1995 • NLC is an e-business integrator that delivers online success to our clients • Offices in Toronto and Ottawa • 60 + full-time specialists • Privately held company, profitable & • • • More than 800 completed projects • What We Do – Seven Solutions Groups stable OTTAWA: 613. 241. 2067 TORONTO: 416. 203. 2997 VISIT US AT: WWW. NONLINEAR. CA • • Enterprise Content management Enterprise Search Application Development and Integration Design and Multimedia Search Engine Marketing Email Marketing Strategic Services

non~linear creations Our Clients OTTAWA: 613. 241. 2067 TORONTO: 416. 203. 2997 VISIT US AT: WWW. NONLINEAR. CA

non~linear creations The Good » Where MOSS fits: Intranet & Extranet » Granular control of rights and privileges at the item/object level » Meta-data driven view personalization » Strong and effective enterprise search » Lends itself to fast prototyping, agile development » Extensible through. net » Office 2007 integration OTTAWA: 613. 241. 2067 TORONTO: 416. 203. 2997 VISIT US AT: WWW. NONLINEAR. CA

non~linear creations The Bad » Microsoft’s positioning of MOSS is confusing (it slices, it dices, it mows your lawn, it paints your house…. ) » UI flexibility is more theoretical than practical » Out-of-the-box workflow is linear/no exceptions » Lacks strong content migration tools (although 3 rd parties are rapidly stepping in) » Content publishing model confuses WCMS users (it’s document centric, not page centric) » Steep learning curve, particularly when combined with Vista/Office 2007 OTTAWA: 613. 241. 2067 TORONTO: 416. 203. 2997 VISIT US AT: WWW. NONLINEAR. CA

non~linear creations The Lessons » Focus on meta-data: it’s the key to personalization and search » Despite of MSFT messaging, this is a platform – it’s not, plug and play » MSFT provided templates can accelerate prototyping, but aren’t ready for prime-time » 64 -bit is fast and robust, but lacks third-party support » Environment and integration planning is critical to success » Iterative development doesn’t alleviate need to define what counts as success OTTAWA: 613. 241. 2067 TORONTO: 416. 203. 2997 VISIT US AT: WWW. NONLINEAR. CA