punkt.de has connected more than five different databases to the new extranet, amongst others DB2, Oracle and Progress. As desired, user administration is delegated to the respective partners in the password-protected administration interface of the extranet. Each member company can issue user rights to its employees via the master data, while the latter are synchronized dynamically by the partners, the employees and the suppliers. With the partner information system it is also possible to make the contact data of the partners centrally available. For users to be able to access external applications such as credit assessment or the dangerous goods database without having to log on again, these applications are connected to the extranet via a single sign-on. In order to be able to display product and marketing information in a transparent manner, punkt.de has automatically migrated more than 15,000 individual pages from the old extranet to the new platform. After the relaunch, the 25 editors are able to directly publish contents in the system. Last but not least, an event and shopping calendar shows all relevant dates and activities. Fairs, regional events, annual general meetings and purchase actions can be displayed according to the access rights of a partner. For Thorsten Göth, Project Manager at EUROBAUSTOFF, this is a tailor-made result: “In close cooperation with punkt.de, we managed to convert the very heart of the communication within our cooperation to a new, future-proof platform within a very short period of time.”