WebSphere Portal v6 Overview
Overview
IBM WebSphere Portal consists of middleware applications (portlets), and development tools for building and managing secure business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C), and business-to-employee (B2E) portals.
The base offering of WebSphere Portal provides...
The extended offering adds collaborative features.
A portal is a Web site that provides users with a single point of access to Web-based resources by aggregating those resources in one place and by requiring that users log in only to the portal itself, and not to each portlet they use. WebSphere Portal can deliver Web content to WAP-enabled devices and i-Mode phones, and to various Web browsers.
We can customize WebSphere Portal to meet the needs of the organization, users, and user groups. We can adapt the look and feel of the portal to fit the standards of the organization and to customize page content for users and groups in accordance with business rules and user profiles.
Users can add portlets to pages and arrange them as they want and control portlet color schemes.
Portlets are central to WebSphere Portal. As special reusable Java servlets that appear as defined regions on portal pages, portlets provide access to many different applications, services, and Web content. WebSphere Portal ships a set of standard portlets, including portlets for displaying syndicated content, transforming XML, and accessing search engines and Web pages. Portlets for accessing Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange, and instant messaging are also included.
Several third-party portlets are also available. Examples include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) portlets. WebSphere Portal also ships an API that portlet developers can use to create custom portlets.
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