Alika Internet Technologies designed the layout, workflow, publishing process and Web-based tools for the following projects, on a Lotus Notes/Domino platform:

The Aboriginal Canada Portal (ACP) is a bilingual Web site that represents the "Aboriginal Peoples" cluster under the Canadians Gateway, on the Canada Site (canada.gc.ca). It is part of the GOL initiative. The ACP Web site contains over 600 Web content pages and more than 16,000 external links. The site was built and is managed using an established publishing, content and metadata management tool developed entirely by Alika.

The ACP is a single window to Canadian Aboriginal on-line resources, contacts, information, and government programs and services. The portal offers ease of access and navigation to listings of Aboriginal associations, businesses, organizations, bands, communities, groups, news and peoples. The Aboriginal Canada Portal is a powerful tool to connect together Aboriginal peoples from all across Canada.

Alika has also participated in several initiatives associated with the Aboriginal Canada Portal Web site, including: Aboriginal Connectivity in Canada, the National Forum on Connecting Indigenous Peoples in Canada, the Job Centre Tool and the Virtual Aboriginal Trade Show (VATS).

Client: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

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The Business Start-Up Assistant (BSA) is a bilingual product developed and managed by the Canada Business Service Centres. It combines business start-up information from all levels of government, the community and many other sources, as well as practical resources such as business registration forms. Information is organized by topics such as market research, financing, taxation, business planning, and many others – all critical to starting a new business.

The Business Start-Up Assistant Web site contains over 450 Web content pages and more than 6,000 unique external links. Part of the GOL initiative, the BSA can be accessed via the "Business Gateway", on the Canada Site (canada.gc.ca). It was built and is managed using an established publishing, content and metadata management tool that was developed entirely by Alika.

Client: Canada Business Service Centres, Industry Canada

Company's Contribution

The Canadian Business Map Web site is a bilingual Internet portal which provides quick and seamless access to international, national, provincial, territorial and municipal business information.

The goals of the Web site are to provide a uniformly applied navigation aid for retrieving business information from multiple Canadian jurisdictions; to profile Canadian and international associations by industry sector; to present Canadian and international on-line company directories by industry sector; to enable a search capability for Canadian and international business resources referenced on the Industry Canada Strategis Web site; and to identify major Canadian mapping resources.

The Canadian Business Map Web site contains close to 1,000 Web content pages and over 30,000 external links. It was built and is managed using an established publishing, content and metadata management tool that was developed entirely by Alika.

Client: Industry Canada

Company's Contribution

Alika Internet Technologies Inc. successfully migrated 6 of the Business Gateway Clusters, from their original technology to the Alika Portal Publishing, Links and Content Management Solution. Alika also provided the technology for both a new Internet and a new Intranet Web sites. The Business Gateway Cluster and Intranet Web sites are:

• Business Gateway
• Business Start-Up Assistant
• Innovation in Canada
• Human Resources Management
• ExportSource
• Business Statistics
• ImportSource.ca
• InfoPort – Intranet

Alika worked on the installation, set-up and configuration of all the new Lotus Notes databases. We migrated the content pages and external link information for several of those bilingual Web sites, and provided technical support to those who migrated their own content.

Alika addressed all the migration issues. We provided training to all the team members of the different Web sites and wrote a full documentation manual. We also developed custom features based on the specific needs of each of the Web sites.

Client: Business Gateway, Industry Canada / Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

Company's Contribution

Alika has developed and implemented a customized quick survey poll, full survey and report-generating tool that was used on the following sites:

• Business Start-Up Assistant Web site
• ExportSource Web site
• ImportSource Web site
• Strategis Headlines Web page (strategis.gc.ca)
• Canadian Company Capabilities homepage
• Canadian Industry Statistics homepage
• ebiz.enable homepage
• Aboriginal Canada Portal Web site

The survey or polling form can be embedded into any HTML page. This allows the survey or source questions to be integrated into any third party application (e.g. Cold Fusion or static HTML pages).

Alika assisted with the initial set-up, including HTML coding and Javascript. We provided working reports that can be customized by the content manager. Training and documentation were provided on how to create new survey questions and custom reports, and how to manage the Lotus Notes databases.

Client: Industry Canada

Tool's Specifications

Alika Internet Technologies developed a bilingual on-line database to showcase success stories. We designed the entire workflow, database and design elements, using Lotus Notes/Domino R5 technology. We met on a regular basis with the client to review the progress of the project. We were fully involved in all aspects of the project, and were invited to formulate our suggestions and recommendations, from the initial mock-up to the implementation of the final product.

Client: Innovation Policy Sector, Industry Canada

Company's Contribution

The Financial Data System is a Lotus Notes/Domino project that has been developed to assist managers with their financial data. The process allows for the corporate data stored in OASIS to be converted in an organized way into a Lotus Notes database. It also produces automatically generated Intranet based layered reports that can be viewed in an organized manner. The work included the development of an archive process for previous imports.

Client: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

CultureCanada.gc.ca is the Government of Canada's one-stop Web access to government resources on the subjects of Culture, Heritage and Recreation. This bilingual Web site seeks to deliver quick and easy access to Canadian cultural information. Part of the GOL initiative, CultureCanada.gc.ca represents the "Culture, Heritage and Recreation" cluster under the Canadians Gateway, on the Canada Site (canada.gc.ca). It contains over 6,000 external links.

Alika Internet Technologies Inc. has assisted in designing the layout, workflow, publishing process and Web-based tools for the Culture Canada Web site, on a Lotus Notes/Domino platform. We provided technical support to their content team and designed custom elements for them, such as a feedback application and a mechanism to display random information on the homepage, every time the page is loaded.

Client: Canadian Heritage

This bilingual Web site provides quick access to valuable information for international investors looking to invest in Canada.

Alika created a process, using Lotus Notes/Domino, to import several data tables from Statistics Canada for display and download on the Internet. A full documentation manual was created on this process detailing how to import the data.

Client: Investment Partnerships Canada, Industry Canada

The Business Gateway Web site (businessgateway.ca) is one of the three main doors of the Canada Site (canada.gc.ca). Alika Internet Technologies Inc. created a bilingual Extranet Web site that includes information to be shared between the members of the Business Gateway Working Group.

Client: Industry Canada

Company's Contribution

Alika implemented, designed and developed Lotus Notes/Domino databases for both an Intranet and an Extranet. The two Web sites were bilingual.

Client: Innovation Policy Branch, Industry Canada

Company's Contribution

Alika implemented, designed and developed several bilingual portal Web sites part of the Government On-Line (GOL) initiative, using Lotus Notes/Domino technology.

This Web site is a comprehensive inventory of the best links to Canadian universities, public laboratories, municipal agencies and businesses actively promoting innovation. Part of the GOL initiative, Innovation in Canada is accessible from the main table of contents of the Business Gateway (businessgateway.ca), on the Canada Site (canada.gc.ca).

This Web site offers quick access to international, national, provincial, territorial and community Aboriginal business information.

This is a profile initiative database created to give exposure to all Aboriginal communities in Canada that did not have a Web site.

The Canadian Business Map is an Internet site which provides quick and seamless access to international, national, provincial, territorial and municipal business information.

This is a profile initiative database created to give exposure to all municipalities in Canada that did not have a Web site.

This Web site provides quick access to valuable information for international investors looking to invest in Canada.

This secure, password protected Intranet Web site for Aboriginal Business Canada (ABC) contains all the forms, policies, procedures and reference material required by ABC's agents to serve Aboriginal clients; the agents' mandate is to respond to emerging opportunities for Aboriginal business growth in regional, national and international economies.

ExportSource is Team Canada's on-line resource for export information.

Client: Industry Canada

Company's Contribution