Its Coris division used Java to create WebDirect, an adjunct to its PowerBase Publishing System that has both a standard user interface and applications that allow customers universal access over the Web without first having to receive a diskette or download files onto their hard disks. Users download only the functions they need via a Java applet. The development team is using a prerelease version of Oracle's Inner Office System for the document management layer. The PowerBase Publishing System server component runs on Solaris on Sun servers. We have also developed applications that allow us to 'multipurpose' client content for print, CD-ROM and Web distribution.
Retail firms are among the most avid pursuers of Web users.
As a result, several have ground-breaking development projects well under way. Based on individual preferences, Reebok's Versa Training application on the Planet Reebok site is interactive. It gives women information for a total strength, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness program based upon their input. The user chooses her fitness goals and fitness level and charts her fitness program. Instead of getting 10 pages of information, she can go to one page with the specific information she is looking for.