News Archive 2009

Applicants Are Given Visual Impressions of Everyday-Life at Infopark

We are looking for staff. Join Infopark, be it as a professional or a graduate, as a student or an apprentice. Our short film (in German language) will give you a first impression of our company. We are looking forward to your application.

SES ASTRA: Effective Dialogue and Customer Service on the Web

By means of Infopark Online Marketing Cockpits (OMC), SES ASTRA S.A. interacts with their customers also over SES ASTRA’s websites. The target group-specific internet presences are maintained with Infopark CMS Fiona. The complete solution, which consists of the CMS and the OMC, enables SES ASTRA to continuously increase their service quality. The company uses the new solution for the purpose of marketing campaign analysis as well as inquiry and event management.

Social Media Newsroom: Special Offer Package from Infopark

A social media newsroom is a Web 2.0 facility that makes your public relations accessible on a single web page.

Infopark’s all-in-one offer helps you to reach your multipliers on the web. For only 7,500 Euro, the package offer includes the CMS license, a workshop on handling social media, plus consulting services for customization.

Get in touch with your media consumers on the web now!

VOCO Relies on Infopark as a Full-Range Service Provider

VOCO manages and maintains its internet presence with Infopark CMS Fiona. Before a final decision was made, Infopark conducted a content screening and developed a prototype of the website. This project convinced VOCO to decide for a website relaunch in coorperation with Infopark, “..a clear decision for a professional one-stop service provider.”, says Axel Wethje, online project manager at VOCO.

VOCO GmbH in Cuxhaven is one of the leading international producers of dental materials. It exports about 160 high quality products to more than 120 countries.

German Bundestag: New Design and Improved Usability with Infopark CMS Fiona

At a press conference, the President of German Bundestag, Norbert Lammert (CDU), introduced the website of the German Bundestag which now presents itself in the new corporate design. Live broadcasts of debates in the Bundestag and the news of the day are brought to 3.5 million users’ notice who visit the website monthly. “Our aim was to build the website in a way that allows users easy and comprehensive access to all our content.”, sayd Lammert, outlining the objectives of the project.

For years the web presence of the German Bundestag has been realized with Infopark CMS Fiona, supervised by Babiel GmbH.

SES S.A. wins IRIS Award

SES S.A. won the 2009 IRIS award in the category “Electronic Communications” for their intranet presence which was built with Infopark CMS Fiona. The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) anually presents the award to companies with innovative communication concepts. SES S.A. competed with many other projects from top businesses who worked together with top communication agencies.

Since 2006, the intranet presence of SES S.A. has been realised with Infopark CMS Fiona. All 1,500 employees have access to internal information and a satellite news portal in a corporate design. Staff are also able to work with the system without any knowledge of HTML thus minimising labor costs and expenditure of time.

SES S.A. is a management holding of satellite operators with headquarters in Luxembourg. The satellite operators SES Astra, SES Americom and SES New Skies belong to SES S.A.

Winners of the Infopark Web Dialog Awards 2009

This year’s Infopark Web Dialog Awards were conferred during the Internet Congress iico.de. Kühne & Nagel won the award in the category “Contact & Communication”, EnBW in “Choice & Configuration”, and KissFM in “Community”. Infopark annually awards companies and organizations who practice excellent customer relationship management and customer service over the web. The next Infopark Web Dialog Awards are given in Berlin on May 4, 2010 as a highlight of the 6th iico.de congress (May 3 to May 5, 2010).

Portal of Forced Labor

The Web Portal “Forced Labor 1939-1945 – Memories and History“ was nominated for the Grimme Online Award 2009 in the category: “Knowledge and Education”. The Online Archive was built in cooperation of the association “Memories, Responsibility and Future” at the “Freie Universität Berlin” and the German Historical Museum. The portal contains about 600 contemporary witness interviews. It was realized with Infopark CMS Fiona.

Infopark Internet Congress 2009: More than 300 Participants

The fifth Infopark Internet Congress has been finished after three congress days on June, 17th in Berlin. More than 300 participants visited lectures and workshops about Web Marketing, Web Contents, Web Usability and Web Strategies. There were no seats left during the opening Keynote and the granting of the Infopark Web-Dialogue Awards. Impressions of the congress 2009 here.

Career@cirquent

Recently, the new career section in the German part of Cirquent’s internet presence was launched. The new section is outstanding for the amount of information and functions it offers. Here, interested persons and applicants can get an impression of Cirquent as an employer, the people at Cirquent, and the projects they implement.

Regarding the conceptual design of the new career section, Cirquent took advantage of Infopark’s Consultancy Services. As in previous projects, Infopark’s consultants also supported Cirquent in implementing the new section of their website.

Optimized Internet Presence of Dresdner-Cetelem Creditbank through Infopark Consulting

Infopark’s Consulting Services helped to further improve the website of Dresdner-Cetelem Creditbank. In order to simplify work procedures, two so-called wizards were added to Infopark CMS Fiona. Firstly, press releases can now be created and archived much easier. Secondly, the human resources department can now produce their job advertisements online. Furthermore, Dresdner-Cetelem Creditbank was given detailed advice regarding the navigation structure of their website.

“We are highly satisfied with the assistance Fiona offers and with Infopark’s consulting performance”, said Armin Loderer, Online Project Manager.

Lower Costs of Administration with New Web Presence

After the health insurance companies “BKK für Heilberufe” and the “pronova BKK” decided to relaunch their websites with Infopark’s Content Management System (CMS), the purchasing association of health insurance “EVdK” also went for Infopark’s CMS. With the new web presence the EVdK wants to realize lower costs of administration.

Infopark Increases the Awareness Level of Your Website through Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

We support you with sustainable search engine optimization (SEO). High rankings on the search result pages of Google, Yahoo, or MSN are a prerequisite for being found by potential customers on the web.

By optimizing your website for search engines, we can now help you to secure one of the top positions for yourself and be ahead of your competitors. Our services range from situation analysis to the implementation of targeted measures.

Infopark Tweets on "Twitter"

With immediate effect Infopark’s news and notices can be followed on twitter.com: www.twitter.com/infopark

Who or what is Twitter? Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users’ updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.

iico.de: Greetings of German Federal Minister Dr. Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg

Dr. Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg, Germany’s Federal Minster of Economy and Technology, thinks that “the internet is the new key source of information and business.”

“The internet is our future. Already today, almost two thirds of the German population and almost all companies use the internet for business and private communication. The internet is the new key source of information. The society has turned into a knowledge society.” With these words, the federal minister starts his greetings to the Internet Congress iico.de, which takes place in Berlin from June 15 to 17, 2009.

Read all of the minister’s address (in German language): www.iico.de

Infopark's Rails Connector: First-Class Solutions for Online Portals

Communities such as MySpace, Facebook or Xing have broad reach, and companies increasingly make use of the internet to communicate with clients, partners, or employees. Portals allow companies to interact with their customers and to offer personalized content.

By integrating our Rails Connector for Infopark CMS Fiona, scalable high performance portal solutions with dynamic elements such as blogs, rating, and comments can be quickly realized. Vitalize your website by adding modern means of interaction to it.

Quick Access to the Latest News in Research and Science with Infopark CMS Fiona

The Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS) decided to realize their website with Infopark CMS Fiona.

One highlight of the multi-language website of Fraunhofer FOKUS is the quick-link search option. According to Angelika Tack, this search function gives the user fast access to particular pages helping her to stay informed.

Also, Infopark implemented a new corporate design for the institute’s website. Every editor is now able to work with the system without any background knowledge.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS has been researching and developing communication and integration solutions for partners in industry, research support, and public administration for more than 20 years.

Webciety: New White Paper about Web Society Opportunities

Our new white paper “Webciety - Trends and Opportunities” provides profund information on how to gain competitive advantages as a company in the webciety. (Available in German language only.)

We would be happy to talk to you personally about appropriate strategies for your web presence in the webciety. Our innovative software solutions combine online marketing and content management to form a powerful control center for your dialogue on the web.

BMZ among the Finalists at BIENE Award 2008 after Relaunching with Infopark CMS Fiona

At this year’s presentation of the BIENE awards, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) was among the finalists in the category “Complex Information and Communication Offerings”.

This success partly originates from relaunching the BMZ’s website with Infopark CMS Fiona only a short time ago. BMZ is exemplary accessible regarding not only HTML pages but also PDF matters.

The beneficial lottery “Aktion Mensch” and the “Digitale Chancen” foundation presented the BIENE Award to the best accessible websites on the internet for the fifth time. “BIENE” means “Accessible Internet Establishes New Insights”.

Flexible Editing for the Intranet of Georg Thieme Publishing Group

The intranet is one of the employees’ favorite tools at Georg Thieme Publishing Group. This was reason enough to optimize its attractiveness and to relaunch the intranet presence with Infopark CMS Fiona.

Anne-Katrin Döbler, spokeswoman, gives the following reasons for the decision in favor of the new system: “The introduction of Infopark CMS Fiona gives the intranet editorial staff more flexibility and enables them to control the whole publication process.”

Thieme Publishing Group is a major specialized media company in Germany focussing on medical publications. The group includes an association of publishers as well as a health care service provider and a media agency.

An Infopark Application Manages the Appointments of Film Stars

Infopark AG was asked to realize a highly costumized application for Cine Marketing GmbH. Depending on the desired output format, Cine Marketing GmbH can process cinema data according to their customers’ needs and deliver the data multiply. Customers are renowned city magazines, daily newspapers and online services.

Today, after more than ten years, Infopark still successfully attends to the project, services the product, and continually improves it.

Cine Marketing GmbH was founded in December 1992 and captures cinema programs since January 1993. In the beginning, the company focused only on the cinema programs of Berlin but in the meantime they have extended their business to all of Germany.

Consulting and CMS from Infopark: DVB Bank Improves the Comfort of Web Presences

The DVB Bank has decided to relaunch its internal and external web presences using Infopark CMS Fiona. The Internet presence of DVB Bank now supports both German and English language in addition to numerous contacts and order forms. The new website also includes a secure area to efficiently communicate with selected customers.

The intranet now includes improved tracking of workflows as part of a custom-built “version comparing engine”. It allows users of the intranet to compare the two latest versions of documents online. In addition, the form centre – a special feature developed by Infopark – has simplified the work with the intranet for the employees. Also the new personalized starting page of the intranet is greatly appreciated among the employees of the DVB Bank.

DVB Bank specializes in transport finance and is one of the leading banks in its industry.