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Leveraging the Directory ServiceWith the successful deployment of the HRP extranet, HugeCo directory designers have begun to make plans for additional directory-enabled extranet applications. These applications will continue to leverage the directory to improve service to HugeCo retailers and customers. ApplicationsHugeCo plans to extend its extranet to support a new application through which authorized retailers can become certified to sell new HugeCo product lines. This application would be a combination of an online education application and a database of certified employees . The directory could be leveraged to store information about the online courses the employee has taken, and it could even be used to store information about the current course the employee is taking. After the employee completes the appropriate course and passes an online examination, the store would be marked as authorized to sell the new product. Other extranet applications being considered might extend HugeCo resources directly to consumers. In particular, an application being prototyped allows consumers to take a virtual tour of a home finished with various HugeCo products. Consumers can select from a number of different model homes one that closely matches theirs, and they can experiment with "virtual installation" of various products. If the customers find a combination they like, they can travel to an authorized retailer who can retrieve the virtual plans and begin the ordering process for the customer. Customer information and virtual plan choices are stored in the directory. Directory Deployment ImpactThe HRP retailer extranet has enhanced HugeCo's business in the following ways:
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