Mastering Intranet and Internet Technology

Portal Configuration is determined by Portal Function(s)

Make sure that a Portal is what you want...

From Seybold:-

"Portalmania has taken over. Many companies are scrambling to create portal sites. This is probably a flawed strategy. Portals aren't going to cut the mustard in the information overload age. You need to deliver information, products, and transaction-support to customers wherever they choose to go: whether it's your site, a digital marketplace, a reseller's site, or a network of linked suppliers that will complete a customer's entire end-to-end scenario. "

• Determine Portal Function(s)
• Review Function(s) Support Requirements
• Get to Grips with Middleware
• Middleware Platforms

Determine Portal Function(s)

• Database Access
• Email Access
• Document Access
• Management
• Internet Access

Review Function(s) Support Requirements

• Security Implications
• Data/Information Ownership
• Communications Requirements
• Owner/User Authentication

Get to Grips with Middleware

Middleware functions as the "glue" that enables disparate systems to function together.

• Oracle: WebDB
• IBM: WebSphere
• Internet: LDAP
• Internet: WebDAV (Web Document Authoring and Versioning)
• Borland: IntraBASE

Middleware Platforms

Middleware provider may run on its own platform.

Separate platform means communications requirements.

Communications means data transmission, control/command transmission and data transmission.

	Web Author: Geoff May	Last Update: 28/04/00
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