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Online
Employee Benefit Communication Technology
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Q.
Who is Employee Benefit 4 u?
A. The
Employee Benefit 4 u team consists of HR Professionals,
Employee Benefit Experts, Benefits Administrators, MCP Programmers,
Web Designers, CPAs, Legal and Administration Support Staff
providing Employer and Employee online systems for
maximum efficiency in HR planning, benefits communication and
administration.
System provide
total employee benefit communication to all your employees on a 24 x
7 basis. Employee may obtain all benefit information about medical,
dental, vision, 401k, group life or supplemental insurance
information. Employee contribution, insurance applications, change
form, employee handbook and summary plan description are all online
for the employees easy access and compliance.
http://www.employeebenefit4u.com
product is
distributed through licensed Value Added Resellers, Master General
Agents and Brokers only. Please contact your broker for more
details.
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Q.
Why should we consider
an online Employee Benefit system?
A. A
recent study that was conducted by the Aberdeen Group shows that: "Benefits cost American employers
approximately $2 trillion yearly. Companies characteristically spend
between $1,000 and $1,700 per employee, per year for HR
administration alone."
According
to a recent survey conducted by the research firm of Towers Perrin,
businesses that have utilized Web self-service and knowledge based
human resource tools have shown 100% improvement in administrative
timeliness, 38% improvement in accuracy and workload was reduced by
50%.
Towers
Perrin Survey shows that only 9 - 13% of the companies
in America are not using some form of online employment practice
tool to become more efficient and remain competitive in their
industry.
Based
upon the Aberdeen Group Study, this means a savings of $500 -
$850 per employee per year in administration costs.
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Q.
Do you really think our employees have access to the Internet?
A.
More
of them than you might imagine! THE
WHITE HOUSE, Office of the Press Secretary, January 21, 2000,
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY quotes these statistics, "During the
past seven years, computers, high-speed communication systems, and
computer software have become more powerful and more useful to
people at home and work. Nearly half of all American households now
use the Internet, with more than 700 new households being connected
every hour. More than half of U.S. classrooms are connected to the
Internet today, compared to less than three percent in 1993.
It
allows Americans to shop, do homework, and get
health care advice online, and it has enabled businesses of all
sizes to join the international economy."
As of January 2002,
over 164
.14
million
Americans are online (source: Nielsen
Net Ratings). The odds are very good that most your employees
have access to the Internet either at home or at a friends, at the
library or at work.
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Q.
Is the Internet safe for transmitting employee data?
A. Your
data and propriety information are secured. Our
security
is provided by our managed Internet Server provider Intelenet We
employ Secure Socket Layers (SSL) and Certificates issued by Thawte. Our
system supports 128-bit encryption, the highest standard of security
encryption available. Intelenet provides 24/7 protection against network invasions, physical
break-ins, and privacy violations. Intelenet.'s advanced
firewall system safeguards against those who do not belong on the
network. Intelenet facilities are secured by an experienced team of
engineers and administrators with around-the-clock
security surveillance.
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How secure is our information?
A.
Intelenet Telco grade data centers and private Tier 1
ATM networks ensure maximum performance and reliability. Intelenet's staff of highly trained network
engineers monitor the system 24 hours a day.
The Intelenet Network® architecture is based on Super Points of Presence
(SuperPOPs),
an advanced geographically-dispersed ATM and frame relay backbone,
distributed data centers which enable high functionality, low/fixed
latency, high throughput, and superior reliability to support a wide range
of applications. Intelenet
Hosted Web sites are
load-balanced across a multi-server cluster using a proprietary networking
architecture to increase performance and reliability. Should a server,
router, or other piece of hardware fail, other equipment in the cluster
will pick up the load and therefore your site will not be affected. Intelenet
backs-up all Web site data on a nightly basis to provide additional protection
against data loss.
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How dependable is the System?
A. We
construct and customize your company's system using technologies
from Microsoft's Windows 2000 with Internet Information Server IIS5, and M.S. SQL Server 2000
Enterprise database, which has proven track record. (see below) Intelenet Center
Distributed Server Environment guarantees 99.97% site uptime.
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Fully Web-Enabled...Query, analyze and
manipulate data over the Web. Use Extensible Markup Language (XML)
in SQL Server 2000 to exchange data between loosely coupled systems.
Access data easily and securely from a browser, through firewalls,
and perform fast full-text searches of formatted documents. Analyze
and link online analytical processing (OLAP) cubes, even over the
Web.
Highly Scalable and Reliable...Grow without limits with
enhanced scalability and reliability features. Partition your
database workload to achieve scale-out of applications. Take full
advantage of Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) hardware, and, with the
Microsoft Windows 2000 Data center. Server operating system, support
up to 32 CPUs and 64 GB of RAM.
Record Benchmark SQL Server 2000 posted world-record
benchmarks that eclipsed the competition on multiple platforms. For
details on the benchmarks, visit http://www.microsoft.com/sql/worldrecord
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Internet-enable your business: Windows 2000
Server will enable organizations to readily pursue Internet-based
solutions. With comprehensive Web, security and
communication technologies built-in, and the scalability and
performance to handle the demands of Internet traffic, Windows 2000
Server delivers a unique, Internet-enabled platform on which to take
advantage of the Business Internet.
Reliable: Windows 2000 Server will enable organizations to
minimize network interruptions to end-users. With system
architecture improvements for higher server uptime, fault tolerant
and redundant systems for increased availability, and online
configuration and maintenance capabilities.
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| Internet Information
Server 5.0 (IIS) |
Integrated Web
services enable users to easily host and manage Web sites to share
information, create Web-based business applications, and extend
file, print, media and communication services to the Web.
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| XML Parser |
Create applications
that enable the Web server to exchange XML- formatted data with both
Microsoft Internet Explorer and any server capable of parsing XML.
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| Windows DNA 2000 |
With the Windows
Distributed inter Net Applications Architecture (Windows DNA 2000)
– the application development model for the Windows platform –
you can build secure, reliable, highly scalable solutions that ease
the integration of heterogeneous systems and applications.
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| Active Server Pages (ASP)
Programming Environment |
Create applications
that enable the Web server to exchange XML-formatted data with both
Microsoft Internet Explorer and any server capable of parsing XML.
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Q. How long is the
implementation timeline?
A. Your
new employee benefit communication system will be online within hours of receiving your order and we can start
uploading your employee benefit information immediately.
Total system should be ready for use within 14 days after receiving all
information from your brokers.
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Is Online Employee Benefit Communication System easy to use?
A.
Yes. Our system is intuitive and user friendly. No IT
experience required. We designed the system from
the ground up specifically for ease-of-use while keeping day-to-day business
operations at the forefront. Our system offers simple
menus, intuitive transaction screens and point and click technology. Our goal
is to have your system up and running and employees using it in a matter of days. If
your employees can use an ATM at the bank, they can use our system.
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How expensive is your system?
A. Our system
cost is depending on your company size
and the level of
service you choose. No extra software or hardware to buy, no
additional upfront costs, no reallocating IT resources and your cost
will be less then the mailing and printing cost with the
implementation of the system.
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Q.
What are our system requirements if we decide to use the system?
A.
We have designed our software to operate on minimal system requirements.
All your employees need is a standard browser and Internet access to use
the system. Of
course, we do recommend meeting our recommended requirements for optimal
use. All software plug-ins are on our site, available for your free download.
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