IBM WebSphere Portal Portal Solution

A. Who needs IBM Portal.

If your customer wants to use the same interface as a car dashboard to get the key information for a variety of business applications in the background, if your customers want to be able to reconcile the various applications, proactively push useful information to the right people, and if it wants to simplify the management of the foreground application terminal, IBM The portal is his best choice.

B. What is IBM Portal?

The IBM portal is somewhat similar to a dashboard for an enterprise business. It provides enterprises with an integrated electronic workspace, p for a variety of end users through a single information portal, personalized, role-based integration to access the enterprise's various back-Office applications, information and through the rich collaboration features and efficient collaboration with others. The IBM portal solution, consisting primarily of IBM Websphere Portal Server, includes enable, extend, and express three versions, and is the core of the IBM workplace front-end consolidation model. It offers four functions:Application Access Consolidation (Integration Services):Integrated access to enterprise information systems through portal programs (DB2, Oracle, Informix, MS SQL, SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel, JD Edwards, MS Exchange, Domino, etc.) , through the business process integration of the portal program reengineering, content integration, host application integration mainframe integration (HATS), through Web services and a variety of other applications to consolidate (for example, a variety of Internet-based can provide web Services for various stocks, weather, news, etc.)Enterprise IT Infrastructure consolidation (Framework Services):Access to a variety of backend applications through the portal program (Portlet) to shield back-end complex applications, facilitate efficient user access, customize and personalize access and content, create virtual portals, mobile device support, security system integration (Single sign-on, authentication, permission settings, etc.); translation services ; Log and Access analysisDocument, Content Management (contents Services):Search, document management, content management, productivity components (for word processing, spreadsheet processing, slide processing, cost savings for customer desktop systems)Collaboration Service (Collaboration Services):The built-in collaboration center provides staff lookup, Web conferencing, instant messaging, Team Workspace sharing, and a rich out-of-the-box portal program to integrate Lotus or other collaborative applications (domino/notes, Domino Document Manager, Lotus team Workplaces (Quickplace), Lotus Instant Messaging, Web Conferencing (Sametime), MS Exchange)

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c. Advantages of the IBM portal

Technically, the IBM portal solution is the most complete portal solution for application consolidation, IT infrastructure consolidation, document content management, and collaboration services. Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 primarily provides documentation, content management, and a variety of search services, does not support Portal program standards, is difficult to integrate with applications through the portal program, and is difficult to consolidate with other security systems (most security features rely on Microsoft Active Directory-ms AD, not open) , functional and performance dependent on Windows Server 2003 and Ms Office 2003, providing limited collaboration services and difficulty supporting enterprise-level customer needs (concurrent user support is limited by Windows systems.) BEA, Oracle, SAP, and Sun also have portal solutions, but at the technical level compared to the IBM portal solution, the gap lies in the Portal program consolidation, document and content management, the number of out-of-the-box portal programs, collaboration capabilities, and personalization cost , the IBM Portal solution provides maximum flexibility and choice (supporting a variety of hardware and software platforms and various open standards), including a large number of out-of-the-box portal programs, enabling customers to quickly build the portal system, providing the enterprise the best return on investment. MS, BEA, Oracle, SAP, Sun and other portal solution providers in the number and quality of out-of-the-box portal programs compared to IBM have a large gap, customers often need to do a lot of custom development for the requirements, and the corresponding integration work, while in the Portal program development, IBM offers leading development tools to enable users to quickly develop on-the-go , and IBM Portal solutions are widely recognised by a variety of businesses, organizations, IBM business partners, and professional evaluation agencies (based on Gartner Group's reviews, IBM Websphere Portal Server is the most advanced portal solution on the market, and IBM is close to SAP, BEA, with market share first (approximately 10% leading second), proven to be a proven, trusted portal solution

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D. Success Stories

Beijing Mobile Knowledge Management Portal:

Beijing Mobile and IBM and IBM Partners, developed a complete knowledge management portal strategy, and successfully implemented the project, focused on the document centralized storage, sharing, access control, communication and collaboration, real-time awareness, real-time messaging, Web conferencing, workgroup, Access to other systems through portal system integration (process management, logistics management, business process management, e-reimbursement, e-learning, new employee training, induction training, technical training, search engines, etc.)

Other domestic users:

China Mobile (nearly 20 provincial mobile companies such as Beijing Mobile, Tianjin Mobile, etc.), Chinese netcom, China Unicom (provincial companies), Chinese Telecom, CCTV, Shenzhen television, Xinhua News agency, Shenzhen Traffic Bureau, Shanghai High Court, local government, Beijing power supply Bureau, Xi ' an electricity supply bureau, Lanzhou power supply Bureau, Chongqing Electric, Yunnan Electricity , Fujian electric Power, Dagang oilfield, ZTE New Communications, Huawei Corporation, Sinotrans, Shanghai GM, BOC in Guangdong, BOC in Macao, etc.