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www.digitalcommunities.com Documents are easily shared and retrieved by city employees. Paper is no longer the best way to get things done – and even has been eliminated in some areas. OnBase works for Westlake. ™ Working with Hyland Software, it' s about, ` What do we need and how do we get there?' Continued Success The City of Westlake also continues to versus, ` This is our product, and you have to expand its use of OnBase to more depart- make your system work with it,' ∫ said Anne ments. ™ We' ve realized great beneÆ ts from Fritz, director of Æ nance for the city. Fritz said the implementation of OnBase, and we that approach is refreshing. ™ It' s different want to amplify those beneÆ ts,∫ said Clough. than other software vendors I' ve dealt with,∫ ™ The system has enhanced productivity and she noted. ™ Hyland' s philosophy seems to be, ` What can our software do to make your helped us to better serve the public.∫ As it does for many cities across the life and your current processes better and country, OnBase helps Westlake manage your organization more successful? ' ∫ Departments currently using OnBase its documents, business processes and historical records in a single application. It include engineering, planning and ecoalso enables the scanning of existing paper nomic development, building, law and documents into the system, so that they can recreation. The Æ re and police departments be managed electronically along with every- are also considering OnBase. Fritz said the city is excited about using OnBase in more thing else. Now processes are moving faster than departments, which will increase the green ever across the city. Some things that beneÆ ts of less paper while also making the once took days now take just minutes. city more ef Æ cient. software conÆ guration idea as a good Æ t for the high school students. Keenan said the project between Hyland and the school district has been a true partnership. That' s just one reason he' s excited to be planning more student-based projects with Hyland. ™ Hyland has made it known that they have a stake in our community,∫ said Keenan. ™ Our students want to continue working with them for the valuable experience they gain. Working together is a real win-win.∫ ™ Hyland is using its software know-how for the greater good. That kind of local partnership really makes for a stronger community.∫ – ANNE FRITZ, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, WESTLAKE, OHIO The city also plans to expand the ways it uses OnBase. ™ We' re connecting our internally developed geographic information system (GIS) to OnBase. This way, the GIS data will be available through OnBase citywide,∫ Fritz said. ™ Right now, it ' s sitting on one particular server, mainly used by engineering. This opens it up, both for public and citywide access.∫ Fritz said the city sees Hyland as a partner. ™ Hyland Software has been there since the beginning. They' ve taken the extra step to make OnBase work for us – even integrating it with all of our other technology,∫ she said. ™ We look for Hyland to continue to partner with us, to help guide us through all the new technology that ' s coming out.∫ But the relationship goes beyond software. ™ They' re working with the city and the school district. That' s a good corporate citizen that wants to participate in the community,∫ said Fritz. ™ Hyland is using its software know-how for the greater good. That kind of local partnership really makes for a stronger community.∫ OnBase For additional information visit www.onbase.com/government DIGITAL COMMUNITIES DECEMBER 08 21 http://www.digitalcommunities.com http://www.onbase.com/government http://www.onbase.com/government

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Government Technology - December 2008 Contents Point of View Four Questions for... On the Scene Big Picture Year in Review Who Controls Your Network? Paper Makes a Comeback Halting Meth Abuse Spectrum Up Close signal:noise Digital Communities Contents Becoming a Digital Community Rethinking 700 MHz Smart Grids: Powering the Future Gearing Up for Crime 2.0 Software Predicts Crime Local Portals on the Red Carpet More Than Just a Pretty Face

Government Technology - December 2008

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