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A web portal increases productivity while lowering deployment costs
Web portals provide users with personalised access to tools using Web 2.0 capabilities, data and expertise so they can connect and interact with colleagues and information inside and outside the firewall. They can also help combine the countless software applications run by a typical organisation, delivering all the data required within a familiar, unified browser interface.
Web portals reduce the need for expensive back-end integration by enabling users to perform custom integrations of their own without IT intervention. By integrating email and instant messaging tools across applications, portals can even help the most geographically distributed users to collaborate.
Watch this 4 minute intro to learn: What exact is a Web Portal?
- Deliver exceptional Web experiences – Take advantage of innovative Web 2.0 technologies and philosophies that put new business models within reach and improve efficiency
- Extend your business assets – Preserve existing investments while creating and deploying custom-branded, market-driven solutions comprised of existing and net-new business assets which you can re-purpose and reuse as appropriate
- Run your business efficiently – Built on WebSphere software so that enterprise-class applications, processes and transactions can reside on a proven, reliable, scalable and high-performance foundation
- Grow as you go – "Snap on" business-specific capabilities that speed time to value and allow you to pursue new market opportunities – all while reducing the of cost of deploying portals
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IBM web portals & mashups
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Discover solution
- What is a portal (US)
Provide exceptional Web experiences to your customers, partners, suppliers and employees.
- What are mashups (US)
Unlock and transform diverse information into mashable assets and dynamically assemble them to address daily business challenges.
Explain benefits
- The top line (435KB)
Using portals and mashups together can foster a more connected, productive workforce.
- The benefits summarized (US)
Achieve lower costs, greater speed.
- The details (US)
How portals and mashups help enhance your bottom line.
- A deeper dive (1.3MB)
Web portal and mashup integration
Assess value
- Portals provide value in your industry (US)
Customers use portals for exceptional Web experiences.
- Business Value of Mashups (167KB)
Dynamic demand planning mashup for semi-conductor industry
- Mashups in action at Boeing (Youtube video)
Boeing uses mashups for a government contact disaster relief scenario.
- TCO for portals (184KB)
IDC analysis: buying vs. building portal solutions.
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- Collaborate: WebSphere Portal Wiki
- Collaborate: IBM Mashup Center Wiki
- Subscribe: IBM Portal and Mashup News (US)
- Discuss with peers: WebSphere forums (US)
- Connect with the experts (US)
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