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Planning Openreach's actvities
December 2006
Managing a hectic schedule for a large business is at best complex. Hildebrand helped Openreach plan its future activities by architecting, designing and building a bespoke tool.
Assimilating large amounts of information in a table format is a difficult task. Hildebrand were briefed to transform this mechanic to a simple visual experience, where the viewer can understand the frequency and type of activity for an entire year in a single glance.
Hildebrand chose to use OpenLaszlo to provide a "better than browser" user experience. OpenLaszlo in an opensource platform that produces a flash application from XML and javascript allowing us to concentrate on producing a seamless cinematic experience rather than wrestling with OS and browser incompatibilities.
The creation of Openreach by the BT Group is the result of ground-breaking Undertakings with Ofcom. Their remit is to ensure that the entire UK telecommunications industry, including other parts of BT, has fair and equal access to the local access and backhaul networks.
