Brief Description

ARRAY Development has an excellent track record in helping leading corporations and government agencies with the business transformation that ensures their competitiveness and profitability. We conceptualize and develop highly interactive and intelligent business solutions for electronic governance and commerce. Our motto is "We make your ecommerce profitable™".

ARRAY Development has attracted a sophisticated and experienced leadership team. Our entrepreneurial leadership team members believe in the power of the New Economy to change our world for the better. They bring to the table exceptional intellectual, financial and networking support. But most important of all, they bring a passion to succeed and a desire to share it.

Our focus is to accelerate, differentiate and increase our clients' competitive edge in the new economy. We have both deep government business transformation knowledge and leading-edge technical implementation capabilities. Our objective is always to help you to make money from it. If you couldn't make it profitable or rationalize its existence, we typically won't recommend you to proceed.

We would work with you on conceptualizing what you really need and what would work with your clients, and implement it fast. We take a longer view and usually work on a project basis, i.e., you would know exactly how much you have to pay at the start of the project. Being in Canada and doing a work only through Internet, our rates are quite reasonable.

Our Company has pioneered the use of the Extranet technology platform to restructure corporate mission-critical applications for Business-to-Business (B2B and B2B2C) and Government-to-Business (G2B) Internet commerce, procurement, travel administration and transactional delivery of administrative and government services.

Mission Statement

ARRAY Development uses Extranet technology platform to drive corporate business transformation, restructure mission-critical applications in Internet commerce and governance (iCommerce and iGovernance), and develop new distribution channels for transactional delivery of administrative services, online consultations and business-to-business procurement.

Principal Thrusts

ARRAY Development leads business transformation, develops Extranet-based solutions for transactional delivery of administrative services and procurement, and publishes professional journals and Internet directories.

• As a consultant on business transformation, ARRAY Development leads implementation of business process reengineering solutions for corporate mission-critical applications. We help government organizations and private corporations to better serve their clients by implementing innovative online commerce, governance and procurement solutions. In particular, we have assisted numerous Canadian Government agencies in the adoption and application of Internet technologies, have done much research on iGovernance, and understand well the unique characteristics of the public sector requirements. Numerous examples of our business transformation projects for industrial corporations and public sector organizations, universities, R&D labs, high-tech companies, publishers, and libraries are presented on page http://www.ARRAYdev.com/clients/.

• As a developer of Extranet-based solutions for transactional delivery of administrative services and procurement, ARRAY Development offers a range of DeLiberation™ Extranet technical solutions in support of Internet commerce and governance, online publishing and consensus building, and procurement of goods, services and information. Our customizable iCommerce and iGovernance solutions for contract service administration, travel procurement and financial applications are listed on page http://www.ARRAYdev.com/products.asp#10.

• As a Publisher of professional journals and Internet directories, ARRAY Development is involved in information gathering and dissemination on Internet, including electronic publishing of specialized journals (Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce - JIBC, Journal of Internet Purchasing - JIP), directories (Directory of Diplomatic Representatives in Canada, Internet Directory of Catalogs), etc. For the list of our interactive Internet publications, see http://www.ARRAYdev.com/publishing/.

The Approach

A vibrant Extranet Business Community (EBC) consists of many dozens of customizable technical modules and non-technical enablers that we integrate for cooperating partners, customers and suppliers. In many cases, an Extranet prototype is developed to model the reengineered business operations of the client. Detailed management analysis is conducted for every business line -- to define a rational information flow, develop technology enablers and optimize strategic infrastructure.

ARRAY Development is among the first firms in the world to build a methodology of corporate business transformation based on the concept of the Extranet Business Community. Our original business transformation management framework and the "agile development" change management approach adopted by the Company is effective in guiding government organizations and private corporations committed to making a fundamental transition -- from a well-respected but perhaps outdated service, to a lean electronic commerce organization. In fact, this combination of skills is unique in the industry.

For more information on various aspects of our "business transformation through rapid prototyping and piloting" framework, see corporate publications at: http://www.ARRAYdev.com/commerce/delibadmin/delb-hom.htm.

The Results

ARRAY Development's services enable organizations to redefine themselves as advanced knowledge factories. A prime objective is to help client organizations avoid frustrating and costly mistakes that are common in the fast-paced online technology innovation area. An incremental approach to change is promoted, building on core competencies and the competitive advantage provided by skills of key corporate personnel.

In the course of these projects, we have helped leading private corporations and government agencies to develop sophisticated and functional Extranet Business Communities that consist of the Internet, intranet, Extranet and Web sites. Extranet Business Communities support swift introduction and rapid acceptance of novel products and services.

Our Web sites have been widely recognized for the quality and succinct character of their graphics, interface, contents and technology support and, more important, for satisfying functional and business requirements of target audiences.

Use of the Extranet Business Community Technology Platform

Our technology platform is based on the newly emerging concept of the Extranet Business Community. Extranet is a private service network of several cooperating organizations located inside or outside the corporate firewall. An Extranet Business Community enables the cooperating partners, customers and suppliers with common interests to form a tight relationship and a strong communication bond.

An interactive Extranet Business Community fully utilizes ubiquitous Web/Internet/intranet networking infrastructure for transactional delivery of administrative services, online publishing and consultations, and procurement of goods, services and information. Extranet Business Community members could jointly resolve important initiatives or conduct exploration and prototyping of a new service.

Extranet normally includes registration service for its clients and suppliers, as well as some technical means to track the usage of various elements within the services. Statistical tracking helps developers to evolve the effective and popular modules, components and features and to drop the unsuccessful prototypes.

To maintain a tight relationship and a strong communication bond, we have implemented relationship management and database marketing function using a third party Contact Manager as a separate technical module. Contact Manager is essential to maintain ongoing individualized connections to the clients without which an EBC is ineffective.

Extranet Business Community members should be able to submit and update information on the progress of their initiatives. A typical Extranet would also offer a private Discussion Area (Forum) which permits the members to exchange ideas, and to share information and membership lists. The Discussion Area facilitates collaboration in solving joint problems and in evolving the initiative further, which is essential for fast paced Internet based services.

Clients of our Extranet Development Service can rapidly leverage the Extranet technology platform to achieve a higher degree of cooperation, reduced time-to-market and manual labor, and improved transactional efficiency. Our development services rapidly add high value to customers, substantially lowering business costs and implementation risk.