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10 th Anniversary 1999 - 2009

10 th Anniversary 1999 - 2009. Why Luminis ? What benefit does it really offer. Jonathan P. Wheat Duct Tape Programmer, Messiah College ITS. General Announcements:. Please turn off all cell phones/pagers If you must leave the session early, please do so as discreetly as possible

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10 th Anniversary 1999 - 2009

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  1. 10th Anniversary 1999 - 2009 Why Luminis ?What benefit does it really offer Jonathan P. Wheat Duct Tape Programmer, Messiah College ITS

  2. General Announcements: • Please turn off all cell phones/pagers • If you must leave the session early, please do so as discreetly as possible • Please avoid side conversations during the session • Questions will be answered ….. Thank you for your cooperation >SHHHHH

  3. Why Luminis? • The Real Purpose Of A Portal • Various Non-Portal Solutions • Popular Portal Solutions • Using Luminis To Tie It All Together >THE PLAN

  4. The REAL purpose : Reactive • Decentralized information • Unorganized systems • Unorganized users • Unorganized data entertainment housing parking >REACTIVE ecommerce foxpro authentication its help dining svcs. staff 3rd party person search online learning events class information activities mssql announcements hr / payroll clubs access oracle news registration finance concerts departments

  5. Ordo ab chao Order from chaos • Multiple Locations • Multiple Logins • No Communication • System to system • University to student • No Data Synchronization • Bookmarks / Favorites >CHAOS

  6. Non-Portal Solutions : Public Site • College Website • Department sites • Faculty sites • Club sites • Personal / Student sites >PUBLIC

  7. Public Site Advantages • Content is there • Content management • Hierarchy makes sense • Common place • Searchable • Easy sell • COMPLETED >ADVANTAGE

  8. Public Site Problems • Click, click, clickdrill down click paths • Central – yet displaced • Internal / external content • Links to private systems ‘in the public’ • Learning curve • Where’s Waldo ?? >PROBLEMS

  9. Non-Portal Solutions : Directory • Directory Style • Yahoo • Google • dmoz • Commercial • eSyndiCat • FocalMedia.net • Roll your own >DIRECTORY

  10. Directory Advantages • Simple Motif • Hierarchy makes sense • Common place • Searchable • Implementation >ADVANTAGE

  11. Link Directory Problems • Link Management • “Design-less” • Drill down – click paths • No Integration • No push • Where’s Waldo ? >PROBLEMS

  12. Enterprise Portals • SharePoint : Microsoft • Oracle Portal : Heavy / Oracle license • Apache Portals Project : O.S. • Bitrix : Intranet Portal 2.0 Jboss uPortal Liferay Hippo Interwoven Luminis Ektron ExoPlatform Roll-Your-Own (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_portal) >PORTALS

  13. Portal Advantages • Role Based • Push technology • Personalization • Integration • Single Sign On • Home base >ADVANTAGE

  14. Portal Problems • Decentralized information • Unorganized systems • Unorganized users • Unorganized data entertainment housing parking >CHAOS ecommerce foxpro authentication its help dining svcs. staff 3rd party person search online learning events class information activities mssql announcements hr / payroll clubs access oracle news registration finance concerts departments

  15. Ordo ab chao ! Good luck… • Organized information • Aligned systems • Organized users • Synchronized data oracle mssql >ORDER foxpro online learning dining svcs. parking its help housing news staff clubs finance activities class information authentication entertainment access hr / payroll announcements 3rd party departments events person search registration concerts ecommerce

  16. General Portal Problems • Portal Management • Content Management (decentralized) • Organizational issues • Above the fold fights • Committee Hell • Where’s Waldo ? >PROBLEMS

  17. Luminis Specific Problems • JAVA • Built on uPortal (older version) • “behind the times” • Difficult to modify / patch • Banner integration not for the light hearted • OOTB – terrible • Where’s Waldo ???? >PROBLEMS

  18. The Luminis Advantage • GCF / CAS / SSO to external systems • Self Service Integration • Deep links / custom channels • Banner Integration • Accounts / roles / channels • uPortal (Open Source inside) • Higher Ed focused >ADVANTAGE

  19. The Luminis Advantage • One vendor support site for all • Its ‘packaged’ • Can be installed by you / SGHE • Getting better • It is hackable / modifiable >ADVANTAGE

  20. The Luminis Advantage • You CAN integrate most any system • It CAN display personalized data • It CAN sync with Banner • It CAN be used OOTB • It CAN be what you want it to be >ADVANTAGE

  21. The Luminis Advantage The developer community ROCKS Luminis Developer’s Network http://www.lumdev.net >ADVANTAGE

  22. >QUESTIONS Jonathan P. Wheat Duct Tape Programmer Messiah College jwheat@messiah.edu http://www.lumdev.net

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