Saturday, October 08, 2005
Virginia has launched a new web site for business assistance.
Business portals sound so compelling. But they are tricky to get right and very difficult to build. As one participant in this projects notes: "The biggest challenge in creating the business portal was organizing the vast amount of information and resources to ensure that the questions and needs of business users and other customers are answered in the most efficient manner possible."
In short, how do you organize information in a way that solves problems quickly?
You can read about the background here. You can visit the site here.
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Web Watch: Virginia launches new business portal
