Plantech ACOLNET

Plantech ACOLNET is IDOX group's XML Gateway and toolkit for web page creation. Its strength lies in the combination of a solid framework with flexibility, a flexibility that allows authorities to interface with any standardised third party product and to create both intranet and external web pages to suit their own requirements.

Plantech ACOLNET provides a robust architecture for E-government

Any data entered into any of Plantech ACOLAID's systems can be accessed and entered locally and remotely, using web pages built in Plantech ACOLNET. Whether used from a building site, a high street restaurant, a case officer's home office, or simply from admin in the accounts department, Plantech ACOLNET can create the web pages local authorities need to maximise their resources and their efficiency.

Scenario 1

Any town Council waste a lot of time tracking down information. Land Charges ring up Building Control, Building Control check details with Development Control, Environmental Health hunt for data for Land Charges searches, and the public keep asking questions.

If any department's data already exists in Plantech ACOLAID, Plantech ACOLNET can make it easily available to any other department at the click of a mouse - without compromising the security of sensitive data.

Scenario 2

Members of the public of Anytown want to interact with their local authority using the Internet. Submitting planning proposals, building control plans and land charges searches are all on the cards and Anytown Council are committed to improving the service they offer in these areas. Meeting central government targets is also a priority for Anytown but they don't want to get there through gimmicks or short-term solutions.

Plantech ACOLNET offers them a viable way forward that is flexible, well thought through and more than able to cope with present and future e-government demands.

Plantech ACOLNET is a forward-thinking, fundamental framework that provides the basis of a long-term architecture for e-government provision.

Plantech ACOLNET solutions: Mobile working

With the advent of the latest generation of mobile phones and handheld computers, Plantech ACOLNET no longer even needs a laptop when you leave the office. Case officers can enter data directly into a handheld device during inspections. Time, effort, trouble and money can all be saved, and with the financial pressures and current staff shortages in some areas of local government (especially building control and environmental health) anything that can help you to cut corners and still get the job done has to be considered.

Arrangements with mobile phone companies that allow on-site workers to keep their mobiles on and the connection open all day, but only pay for the amount of data they send, now make mobile working even more attractive.

The technology is here. If the data exists in Plantech ACOLAID you can read it and update it - wherever you are.

Scenario 1

You're a building control surveyor up to your ankles in mud and you need to check the inspection notes for the plot you're on...

With a mobile phone in your pocket, a palmtop can literally put the information in your hand.

Scenario 2

You've done your inspection and you want to update your records from home rather than having to travel back to the office...

A Plantech ACOLNET-created web page allows you secure access to update the database.

Scenario 3

You're an Environmental Health inspector about to get a sample and you've got a feeling the restaurant owner himself could present a health hazard for you...

Any information you need about potential dangers on site is available.