Think back to the late 1990s and it looked like the enterprise portal (sometimes referred to then as a corporate portal or now simply as a portal or EP) was seen as a quirky offshoot of high-profile consumer plays from the likes of Excite...
As part of the partnership BEA will get access to some of Google's hidden application programming interfaces (APIs), which will allow developers to create mash-ups using a new technology feature in BEA's WebLogic Portal, called Adrenaline.
A couple of weeks ago, as a part of a football sponsorship deal, a portal was set up for all the official websites of English Football League clubs. The creators of the Football League Portal appear to have no idea how to get the best from web...
Nevertheless, the relaunch does mark a welcome shift in emphasis from information retrieval to providing online services to citizens. Analytical Source: French Caldwell, Knowledge Management, Gartner (www.gartner.com)
DIY chain Homebase has rolled out mySAP Business Suite in the form of SAP for Retail and mySAP Enterprise Portal. The global implementation - which includes an employee portal and front end technology to be used by students - is being enabled by...
Portals can help here because the signing off process can be integrated with the portal, and into the workflow. This entire workflow can be incorporated into the enterprise portal. For example, if a customer service representative creates a new...