Partners

Each NLC practice area team is continuously evaluating the technology environment. We select technology partnerships that have a proven track record of delivering value to customers.

Technology Partner
	Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. As a Gold Certified Partner, we provide our clients with the highest levels of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and hands-on skills. We help our clients effectively deliver their technology solutions and tap into the power of Microsoft technologies to generate value for their businesses.
Business Process Management
	K2 K2 Workflow (http://www.k2.com/) provides the platform for a new generation of users to collaboratively assemble business process applications from reusable items. Its solutions are deployed by a growing number of the global Fortune 100, and since the release of its first software in 2000, K2 has helped clients in more than 40 countries increase profitability and productivity. K2 is a business unit of SourceCode Technology Holdings, Inc., based in Redmond, Washington, and has offices in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Enterprise Content Management Technology Partnerships
	Sitecore Sitecore has, since 2001, developed content management systems which allow companies in a simple and manageable fashion to control the content of their websites and intranets while integrating with external IT systems, including CRM systems. The company has a well established network of Solution Partners and an extensive network of certified developers. Sitecore's system is based on Microsoft .NET technology and the World Wide Web Consortium's open Internet standards. Sitecore is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. > More about Sitecore CMS
	Hummingbird Hummingbird is a leader in the Enterprise Information Management Systems (EIMS) market. EIMS technologies enable organizations to manage business content throughout the entire lifecycle as a mission-critical knowledge asset, streamline business processes, and optimize knowledge transfer within the extended enterprise.
	OpenCms OpenCms is a professional level Open Source Website Content Management System. OpenCms lets end users create and manage complex websites easily without knowledge of html. An integrated WYSIWYG editor with a user interface similar to well known office applications helps the user creating the contents, while a sophisticated template engine enforces a site-wide corporate layout. As true Open Source software, OpenCms is completely free of licensing costs. OpenCMS forms the core of NLC’s hosted content management offering.
Search Technology Partnerships
	Endeca Endeca offers innovative Guided NavigationSM information delivery solutions for companies who need to integrate, discover, and navigate enterprise data to solve the business problems associated with information overload. Endeca technology is at work for leading financial services companies including Putnam Investments and MFS (Division of SunLife Financial) and is driving increased sales on many e-commerce sites such as IBM.com, Barnes and Noble, 1-800-Flowers.com, and Indigo Books & Music. Endeca solutions empower users to explore and discover relevant relationships in data and find accurate and precise results with unprecedented speed. Patent-pending algorithms provide a scalable, Web-based infrastructure for data exploration, leading to highly relevant and meaningful results every time. > More about Endeca Guided Navigation
	Google Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information everyday. Founded in 1998 by stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google Enterprise offers a wide range of products to help organize corporate information and securely make it available regardless of its location or nature. The Google Search Appliance and the Google Mini make it easy to discover and retrieve the information stored in coroprate intranets, web servers, file servers, content management systems and more. These enterprise search tools allow users to discover information stored in more than 220 different file formats and in over 109 different languages. > More about Google Enterprise Search
	Siderean Siderean Software, Inc. helps people quickly view and explore the full scope of enterprise and Web-based information available for better-informed decision making. Going beyond search, Siderean illuminates previously unseen relationships that help users discover new avenues of exploration and “lets you know what you don’t know” while navigating from a “bird’s-eye” to a “bug’s-eye” view. Founded in 2001, Siderean is backed by leading investment firms Clearstone Venture Partners, InnoCal Venture Capital and Red Rock Ventures. > More about Siderean Software
E-mail Marketing Technology Partnership
	Prospectics Prospectics is a Lead Nurturing company. We are all about one to one marketing. We have spent years in the trenches developing campaigns and battling for leads and prospects. Now, we have taken that experience, wrapped technology around it and put it to work for you, the marketeer. Building automated best practise tools to deliver leads and manage the front end of the sales process. Automating lead acquisition using SEM and scripting the lead nurturing dialog to deliver only qualified leads to sales. No lead gets left to atrophy. Marketing can deliver consistent high ROI. > More about Prospectics
Web Analytic Technology Partnership
	Watchfire Watchfire is the leading provider of software solutions to manage the brand, risk, and cost effectiveness of online business to ensure an organization's online practices are in line with their business goals. More than half of the Fortune 500 use Watchfire technology to ensure their web properties are in compliance with corporate policies.