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WebSphere Portal 6.0 Mark Neumann IBM Portal and Workplace Product Specialist. Introducing WebSphere Portal Accelerator Solutions. “I need to track my organization's goals and performance against them to more effectively drive results”.
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WebSphere Portal 6.0 Mark Neumann IBM Portal and Workplace Product Specialist
Introducing WebSphere Portal Accelerator Solutions “I need to track my organization's goals and performance against them to more effectively drive results” “I need my teams to work together more effectively and efficiently, while easily accessing relevant corporate applications” “I need to deliver low touch or no touch processing of transactions – to customers, partners, or employees.” “I need a flexible IT platform where I can pick and choose those key accelerators needed for delivering my portal intranet, extranet, or internet site.” “I need to increase the value of my website by delivering real-time, personalized data based on user attributes”
Portal Defined • Classes of portals • Megaportals vs. enterprise portals • Vertical vs. horizontal portals • Internal facing vs. external facing • An enterprise portal is Web software infrastructure that provides access to and interaction with relevant information/content, applications, business processes and human resources for select, targeted audiences, delivered in a highly personalized manner.
Enterprise Portal Value Proposition Internally facing portal = Productivity W W W Externally facing portal = Revenue enhancement • Soft Benefits • Dam the "info flood" • Single UI • Single sign-on • Presentation layer • Correlation • User satisfaction • Ubiquity of access • Composition framework • Tangible ROI • Consolidation • Cost avoidance • Targeted deployment • Self-service • Business agility/velocity InformationAccess
Theme Navigation Portlets WebSphere Portal
Portlet Principle Each portlet is a separate Web application • Developed independently • Can be placed anywhere on the page • Dynamic deployment; dynamic configuration Portlets support multiple markups • Phones, Organizers, Voice • Unique views for each device • Business logic can be shared
Data Data Data Data Application Function Application Function Application Function Application Function Application Function Application Function Application Function Application Function Application User Interface Application User Interface Application User Interface Application User Interface Pain - Information Stovepipes User Frustration Conceptual View – Without Portal
Portal User Interface Purchasing Sales Conceptual View – With Portal Application Function Data Application Function Data Application Function Data
Personalized News Evolution of Portal - Content access
Domino Application 3270 Green screen SAP Siebel PeopleSoft Evolution of Portal - Simple Single Sign on Multiple Applications
Sales Data SAP Inventory Collaboration Evolution of Portal - Executive Dashboard
Lack of business process standards Architectural policy limited Point application buys to support redundant LOB needs Infrastructure built with no roadmap The Barrier to Business Flexibility = Process Portal…
Task Alerts Workflow Workflow Status Evolution of Portal - Process Portal
WebSphere Portlet Catalog • Over 1,500 Pre-made portlets • 270 ISV’s Providing Portlets • 26 ISVS have OEM’d IBM Portal • 1,200 Partners Trained on Portal http://catalog.lotus.com/wps/portal/portal
Magic Quadrant: Portal Leadership 2006 WPS is more than just a Portal: • Portal - #1 • Web Services - Co Chair • Web App Server - #1 • Collaboration - #1 • Java Tools - #1 • Commerce - #1 WebSphere Portal is uppermost & rightmost for 5th straight year .