A Web-based, integrated customer interface system (200) for data management. The customer interface system is provided with a graphical customer interface (79) for enabling a customer to interact with one or more products and services provided by remote servers located in an enterprise Intranet/Extranet, and utilizes a Web paradigm to allow easy and convenient access to all of the services from the customer's perspective. The products and services delivered to a client workstation having the integrated customer interface include: 1) report requestor (212), report viewer (215), and report management applications (250); 2) centralized inbox system (210, 270); 3) an operational data storage system (400); 4) a trouble ticket tool; 5) a Web-based invoice reporting system; 6) an Internet "online" order entry (280, 39) and administration service; and, 7) a system for handling security and authentication requests from both client and server side.