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WebSphere Portal

WebSphere software

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FeatureWebSphere Portal V6.1.5WebSphere Portal V7WebSphere Portal V8
Virtualization


VMware supportYesYesYes
Multiple profile supportYesYesYes
Portal Core


WebDAVYesYesYes
Active Site AnalyticsYesYesYes
Web Analytics Page Overlays

Yes
Article, Blog and Wiki templates

Yes
Page builder feature


The Tab Menu - Page Builder theme is now the defaultYesYesYes
Tab navigation widget with drop down menus, inline page creation, and drag and drop page re-orderingYesYesYes
Content Search to quickly find and add portlets to the pageYesYesYes
Change Style - choose from a list of pre-defined visual style to apply to the pageYesYesYes
Change Layout - choose from a list of pre-defined page layouts to apply to the pageYesYesYes
Manage Pages Integrated Toolbar – Create, manage, approve and syndicate Portal and Web content pages

Yes
Optimized Theme - modularized framework for greater precision and control of web site design

Yes
Mashup Integration


Easily add content and function to your portal by integrating mashups.YesYesYes
Security


Impersonation allows access to the system as another user to test out new pages and portlets. YesYesYes
Paging support for Puma user searchesYesYesYes
OpenID Authentication enables portal users to authenticate with public social network credentials,
YesYes
Currency


Portal installs WAS v7.0.0.11 or requires at least that level in an existing WAS
Yes
Express installs DB2 v9.7 WSE
Yes
Portal installs WAS 8.0.0.3 and DB2 9.7 via IBM Installation Manager

Yes
Updated platforms


Win7, Win 2008 R2
YesYes
SLES 11
YesYes
HP (Itanium and PA_RISC)Yes

SLES 9, Redhat v4 for Express onlyYes

Supports installing into AIX WPAR
YesYes
AIX 7.1YesYesYes

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