Content area
Full Text
At the top of the start page on Staples Inc.'s portal is something the company likes to call a speedometer. Some days, the number on the speedometer increases by just one. On other days, it takes a leap: One recent Friday, it read 1,162, and the next Monday, 1,170.
"That means we opened eight stores that weekend. It gives you an idea of how fast we're moving as a company," says Tom Tracey, IS manager-intranet and the chief IS officer for the Framingham, Mass., company's enterprise information portal.
"Frankly, we needed an information system that can move as fast as we do," he says. "That's why we built this portal."
The portal, launched in February, is used by 3,000 executives, knowledge workers,...