Conglomerate Unites Holdings Online

Ingersoll-Rand, a Woodcliff Lake, NJ-based holding company, is using content management software from London- and New York-based Mediasurface (www.mediasurface.com) to unite a score of companies through its intranet.

Ingersoll-Rand implemented the intranet and eponymous Mediasurface system to distribute human resources and training information, executive briefings and company news to more than 50,000 employees in 20 business units and operating in 20 countries.

"Each of our 20 business units works autonomously, so the companywide intranet helped create a feeling of unity for our employees around the world," stated Herbert Henkel, chairman, president and CEO at Ingersoll-Rand.

The Mediasurface software was integrated with Autonomy Fetch, a search application from San Francisco-based Autonomy (www.autonomy.com). The first phase of the implementation was reportedly completed in fewer than 45 days. With the content management system in place, Ingersoll-Rand expects to significantly expand the amount of information online.

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