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Portal Applications: Google Apps, WebOffice and Others

Portal Applications: Google Apps, WebOffice and Others. Christina Lee Jefferey Saiger Brina Situ 02/14/2008. Overview. GoogleApps WebOffice Other Portal Applications Selecting the Right Portal App. GoogleApps. Purpose

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Portal Applications: Google Apps, WebOffice and Others

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  1. Portal Applications:Google Apps, WebOffice and Others Christina Lee JeffereySaiger Brina Situ 02/14/2008

  2. Overview • GoogleApps • WebOffice • Other Portal Applications • Selecting the Right Portal App

  3. GoogleApps • Purpose • Many tools for diverse organizations interested in effective collaboration and communication. • Target demographics • Businesses, schools and organizations

  4. User Features • Communicate and Connect • Gmail, GoogleTalk, Google Calendar • Collaborate and publish • Start Page, GoogleDocs, Page Creator • Manage services • Control Panel, APIs, security, support

  5. Hardware Requirements • System Agnostic—if you can connect to the Internet, you can use Google Apps • That said, the better your computer (particularly RAM and processor speed) and faster your internet connection, the better your experience

  6. Security • Utilizes SSL as standard for encrypting web sessions • Premier edition can integrate with your domain to provide SSO (single sign-on) capability as well as app-to-app authentication via APIs. • Can create accounts one at a time, or do a bulk CSV upload

  7. Cost http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/editions.html

  8. Service and Support • 24/7 online and phone support (Google Apps Premier Edition) • Help Center (FAQ) • User community (Wiki)

  9. Reputation • Google is widely viewed as a leading innovator of web technologies • Stock is current trading at around $520 per share on NASDAQ (GOOG) • “More than half a million businesses have already chosen GoogleApps to collaborate and share information across the organization,"said Dave Girouard, vice president and general manager of enterprise,Google”—Business Wire

  10. Summary of Google Apps • Innovator of ‘web experience’ is always looking to expand offerings • Ability to tie into existing infrastructure can be highly attractive for small-midsized organizations • Strong product for teams that are geographically dispersed • May be too ‘socially oriented’ for formal organizations http://partnerpage.google.com/depaulpm440.org

  11. WebOffice • Purpose • Useful for businesses of all sizes looking to increase profits and productivity. • Target demographics • Office orientated • Co-workers, clients and vendors

  12. User Features • http://pm440.webexone.com/ • Customize your WebOffice • Share documents • Coordinate calendars • Web meetings and databases • Manage tasks, expense reports • Follow discussions, take polls • All in real time!

  13. Hardware Requirements • Also platform agnostic—get onto the net, and you can get into WebOffice • Will need some sort of office productivity suite, as there are no authoring products included with current offering

  14. Security • Standard authentication method (username/password)—at least demo version is not SSL compliant • Administrator creates accounts & invites others to join site or creates accounts one at a time

  15. Cost http://www.weboffice.com/EN/Pricing/Workgroup/ http://www.weboffice.com/EN/Pricing/NonProfit/

  16. Service and Support • Free 24/7 phone and email support • Help Center (FAQ)

  17. Reputation • WebOffice is owned by Cisco • Stock currently trading at about $23 per share on NASDAQ (CSCO) • S&P analyst, A. Bensinger, says, "We think CSCO's well-balanced portfolio of customers, technologies, and geographies, will allow it to weather any potential U.S. enterprise slowdown. We forecast continued solid growth in the service provider, commercial, and international markets, and remain confident in our FY 08 (July) EPS estimate of $1.48. We view CSCO's financial profile as one of the best in the industry, with $25B in cash and cash flow generation averaging more than $600M per month. Based largely on peer average P/E, we keep our 12-month target price at $33, attractive, we think, after recent decline.“—SteetInsider.com

  18. Summary of WebOffice • Possibly overwhelming for non-technical • Steep learning curve • Need time for practice before use in real situations • After using WebOffice awhile, you become more efficient in executing tasks

  19. Other Portal Products • Zimbra • www.zimbra.com • Open-Source Version Available • Runs on Mac/Linux or as ASP (via 3rd party vendors/partners) • Recently purchased by Yahoo • Full suite of application, messaging and collaborative tools

  20. Other Portal Products Con’t. • MS SharePoint • http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/FX100492001033.aspx • Comes in two flavors: SSC (SharePoint Services) or MOSS (Microsoft SharePoint Office Server) • SSC is a free add-on to a Windows 2003 server, MOSS is licensed software • Integrates tightly into MSFT environment (good if you run a MSFT shop, bad if you don’t) • Need your own productivity suite and messaging backend (Exchange, SMTP, etc)

  21. Other Portal Products Con’t. • Vignette • http://www.vignette.com • Highly customizable environment for delivery of business solutions (can use either Java or .Net environments) • Security can be as loose or as tight as deemed necessary (selective SSL) • Seems to be directed at enterprise level consumers

  22. Other Portal Products Con’t. • WebSphere, Drupal, Lotus Notes and other products all fall into Collaborative Web Portal product silo • With so many products and vendors, the question becomes…..

  23. How to Make a Portal Product Selection? • Know what you know • Do you have access to high level admin type? • What are you trying to achieve with a Portal? • Collaborative environment • Information sharing • Application delivery • What is your desired end state look/feel?

  24. Selecting a Portal Product Con’t. • Prioritize the features you need • Workflow Automation • Communications/Messaging • Application Delivery • Document Management/Tracking • Etc. • Perform Due Diligence • Does this company have a good rep? • Does their vision/mission align with your organization’s? • Is it a stable product/well supported?

  25. Evaluate Products and Select • Make sure you have a formalized evaluation method • Will ensure fair selection • Will withstand scrutiny • Involve entire team/stake holders in selection process

  26. Sample Eval Form

  27. The End • Any questions?

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