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American Eagle Computer Products. Presented by: Gwen Mascarenas June 23, 1999. American Eagle. established in 1978 corporate office located in the Midwest offices also located in Italy, France, Switzerland future site in Buenos Aires and Argentina
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American Eagle Computer Products Presented by: Gwen Mascarenas June 23, 1999
American Eagle • established in 1978 • corporate office located in the Midwest • offices also located in Italy, France, Switzerland • future site in Buenos Aires and Argentina • feel confident that their employees are culturally versatile enough to successfully compete in foreign markets
When do you need an Intranet? • when you want to organize corporate information to make it easy to use and access • to create a networking infrastructure readily accessible to any business partner or employee • used to keep essential information readily available, but still keep it secure from an unauthorized user • to reduce the need for paper in the office, yet keeping information sharing easy & efficient
When do you need an Intranet?(ctnd) • Used to facilitate and lessen the cost of communication for multi-national companies • can be used to provide remote access to information for you and your staff
Internet Services Available • Web hosting • Standard package consists of: • domain registration • easily accessible URL • forwarding e-mail box • web site activity log • ftp server access • Cost for this package • initial fee - $150 • monthly fee - $50
Internet Services Available (ctnd) • Web Design • Clients include: • Tooling & Manufacturing Association, which is specialized in mold and die design • Thee Diet Shoppe - specialized in diabetic awareness and diet information • Detective.com - offers asset search and background services • plus many more...
Domain Name Registration • You must also register your domain name through the InterNIC, the organization which controls all domain names • Costs: • initial registration fee - $100 (for first two years • yearly fee - $50
Other products and services • Cabling: including 10 Base T Level 5, fiber optic, and microwave installation • Consulting in the areas they specialize in • Email server setup and maintenance • Software training in the following areas: • Intro to Computers • Windows 95
Software Training (ctnd) • MS Office Suite • Intuit Quickbooks • Using the Internet
About the demo • The demo contained: • Employee Information Center, consisting of: • employee manuals • HR Resource forms • Calendar and Announcements • able to access general announcements and the newsletter • you are able to post items on both of these sites • calendar is much like the one found in Web CT
About the demo (ctnd) • I really was not overly impressed with the demo because you were not able to edit the fields. • The demo really should have had a “dummy” model, where you could edit the fields, thus making it better.
In conclusion… • I found this project to be interesting because it was fun to see this type of service in action. • As I mentioned before, I think it could be improved. • I also found the American Eagle to be an interesting company.