DOE contractors are thinking "workgroup"

Thursday/07/06 2006 | Happenings

Within one trip around the exhibit floor, it was apparent that federal contractors have a problem for which Entellic provides solutions.

At the Department of Energy's Small Business Procurement Conference, Duane Wilton surveyed a variety of exhibitors to discover their perceptions about workgroup challenges. Speaking with more than 25 representatives from 17 companies, it is apparent that contractors understand the problem of I.T. department support for workgroups.

As one vendor described it: "Our purchasing department relies on information from the [legacy] system for contract and personnel information. But our real work takes place in spreadsheets and word processing documents. If there is a way to create a small system that can pull information from [our legacy system] and work with it independently, that would be valuable to us."

Of the 17 companies surveyed, nine were interested in learning more about customized workgroup systems from Entellic. Four purchasing agents were supportive in directing Entellic to end users to discuss specific workgroup needs for their operations.