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“Oracle Database 10g delivered functionality and stability at a competitive price. With these characteristics, the solution was ideal for our projects”

Antônio Fernando Rosa, Chief Intelligence Officer of Bragança Paulista City Council

Bragança Paulista City Council
São Paulo, Brazil
» www.camarabp.sp.gov.br

Industry:
» Government

Annual Revenue::
» US$1.7 million

Employees:
» Fewer than 500

Oracle Products & Services:
» Oracle Database 10g
» Oracle Application Server 10g
» Oracle Developer Suite
» Oracle Application Server Portal

Implementor:
» Bertini

Bragança Paulista City Council Reaches Out to Citizens Through New Oracle-Based Web Site

Founded 208 years ago, one of the oldest city councils in São Paulo, Bragança Paulista City Council serves 120,000 residents. In 2004, the council set up a Web site to give citizens real-time coverage of pending legislative projects, as well as information about tax codes, residential codes, and services. In 2000, the city of Bragança Paulista received the quality control certification for excellence in resident’s care from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Challenges

» Provide a graphic interface to support a new Web site
» Deploy a solution that helps create access rules and forms in addition to generating reports on council activities
» Facilitate compliance with regulations concerning city councils
» Automate internal production procedures to allow creation and management of user accounts
» Optimize and expand access, performance, and resources of the city council portal for citizens

Solution

» Implemented Oracle Database 10g for better control of user access and the ability to produce reports and forms
» Improved IT staff productivity, reducing programming time by one hour per day
» Use the reports and forms functions of Oracle Database 10g to more easily comply with governmental regulatory requirements
» Used Oracle Application Server 10g and Oracle Application Server Portal with Oracle Developer Suite to create a new city council Web site, delivering more resources and interactivity to 120,000 citizens
» Used Oracle Database 10g functionalities to create new access rules, thereby increasing security in the city council systems.