Web Innovators

This section provides sites for organizations that are innovators in the use of the Internet for financial communications and transactions. Look them over and you will probably get some ideas for how to use the Internet technology more creatively.

Online Annual Reports: The Internet is fast becoming a show place for publishing annual reports. Some of the reports that use full Internet multimedia capabilities include:

Compaq Computer: A report with a short slide show. http://h18000.www1.hp.com/corporate/ir/fd/irar.html

IBM: A site providing Java applets to create charts. http://www.ibm.com/annualreport/2004/annual/ch.shtml

IBM Cloudscape: A site for Java-based relational data management system that can run on slim clients, including PDAs, Windows CE, network computers, and embedded systems. http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/cloudscape/

Intel: A report with audio and slide shows of officers and analysts. http://www.intel.com/intel/finance/

Japonica Partners: This site was formed as a means to investigate and motivate management of underperforming companies by allowing the free flow of comments and communication between analysts. http://www.japonica.com/

Micromedia Flash: Macromedia Generator-driven dynamic sites can be quickly populated with interactive graphics, charts, tables and animations through drag-and-drop objects http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/

Microsoft: A site that allows you to view reports, SEC filings, earnings and more. http://www.microsoft.com/msft/default.mspx

Oblix: IntraPower Suite uses lets organizations unify business departments. Users can create a workflow application to support employee management across human resources, IT, and facilities management. http://www.oblix.com/

Ariba: Ariba Operating Resource Management System reduces procurement costs by connecting buyers to suppliers. http://www.ariba.com/

RBC Centura: This was the first bank that was formed specifically as an Internet based bank. http://www.centura.com/index.html