Canadian Cancer Society Builds a Better Web Resource

In an effort to make its Web site the number-one Canadian source of information and resources about cancer and local cancer support services, the Canadian Cancer Society, Toronto, has decided to rebuild www.cancer.ca using V6 Web content management software from Vignette, Austin, TX, (www.vignette.com). The new site was scheduled to go live in mid-November.

In addition to making the site more complete and presenting content from outside sources such as Health Canada, the Vignette software will be used by the society to consolidate 10 regional Web sites into one. The new site will also allow thousands of volunteers and 250 nontechnical employees to contribute content using familiar tools such as Microsoft Word.

V6 is being deployed in a combined Microsoft/IBM environment; the Canadian Cancer Society uses Microsoft Windows 2000, SQL Server and Internet Information Server along with IBM WebSphere application server. Future plans include the development of an intranet for staff and volunteers.

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