Cancer Research UK Deploys Public Information Web Sites 70% Faster, Cuts Event Support Costs by 20%
 
 

Cancer Research UK Deploys Public Information Web Sites 70% Faster, Cuts Event Support Costs by 20%

  • Oracle Customer:  Cancer Research UK
    Location:  London, England
    Industry:  Life Sciences
    Employees:  3,500
    Annual Revenue:  $500 Million to $1 Billion

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Cancer Research UK is a world-leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research. Its work has resulted in a significant number of discoveries that have fundamentally changed the way cancer is prevented, diagnosed, and treated.

 
 

 
 

Challenges

A word from Cancer Research UK

  • “Oracle Universal Content Management mobilizes full value of our data assets to equip our scientists, researchers, fundraisers, and the general public with the knowledge and resources they need to join us in the fight to beat cancer.” – Srdjan Bakovic, Product Manager, Cancer Research UK

  • Cut development time and cost of creating, updating , and managing informational and event Web sites, such as CancerHelp and News & Resources that inform the public about cancer and encourage participation in fundraising
  • Consolidate Web technology onto a single strategic platform
  • Share knowledge seamlessly, across departments; streamline searches by scientists, researchers, fundraisers, and planners; and enforce document control in a highly regulated industry
  • Define information classification for structured and unstructured content across business functions
  • Establish best practices for information management

Solutions

Oracle Product and Services

  • Oracle Universal Content Management
  • Replaced multiple legacy content management and Web site development tools with Oracle Universal Content Management to gain an enterprisewide content management platform
  • Migrated 20,000 Web pages from 18 flagship sites receiving 3.5 million hits each month from United Kingdom and overseas
  • Leveraged Oracle Universal Content Management Site Studio to drive further efficiency in integrated Web site creation
  • Leveraged intuitive, automated content creation tools in Site Studio to streamline updating of public information Web pages and enforce adherence to corporate branding across all sites
  • Benefited from standardized, reusable templates in site studio to cut time and cost of launching new online content by 70%
  • Consolidated structured and unstructured information from all sources in a single repository with built-in access security and version control, which simplified auditing and compliance
  • Used advanced search, taxonomy, and faceted navigation tools developed by Oracle Partner infoMENTUM to cut search times for users of Cancer Research UK’s knowledge repositories
  • Generated substantial cost savings by in-sourcing the creation, deployment, and management of event Web sites supporting annual fundraising activities, such as Race for Life
  • Set to cut cost of organizing Race for Life 2012 by 20%, using Oracle WebCenter Suite’s collaborative portal platform to build Enterprise 2.0-enabled sites to streamline handling of contact center queries and merchandizing fulfillment for online shop

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