BEA to acquire Plumtree for $200 million in cash.[bea]
Category: Portal
Thoughts on portal solutions.
Plumtree going to Linux
Plumtree to Make Linux Shift.
Plumtree Software is preparing to release its first vertical
applications for the retail and pharmaceutical industries while porting
its portal, content management and application development platform to
Linux. [eWEEK Linux]
PloneLive book
There
is a new Plone Book available: PloneLive 1.0 by Michel Pelletier and
Munwar Shariff. What makes PloneLive really interesting is that it is a
LiveBook that is constantly being updated. You can buy it print on
demand for $44.95 from Amazon or a year’s subscription for $29.95. The
PloneLive Site also has a blog and other content…[Enter Content Here]
is a new Plone Book available: PloneLive 1.0 by Michel Pelletier and
Munwar Shariff. What makes PloneLive really interesting is that it is a
LiveBook that is constantly being updated. You can buy it print on
demand for $44.95 from Amazon or a year’s subscription for $29.95. The
PloneLive Site also has a blog and other content…[Enter Content Here]
List of public Vignette-based portals
From a CMPros listserv post by the Product Manager for Vignette Portal, a list of all publicly-available Vignette-based portals:
BankOne (http://www.bankone.com/)
Bechtel (https://supplier.bechtel.com/)
Business Wire (http://home.businesswire.com/)
Chase (http://www.creditcardsatchase.com)
Ciminelli (http://www.ciminelli.net/)
Citibank (https://www.citibank.com.sg)
Caixa Galicia Portugal (http://www.caixagalicia.pt/)
CEO Sydney (http://www.ceo.syd.catholic.edu.au
City of Athens, Greece (http://www.cityofathens.gr
Claro Você (http://www.claro.com.br)
City University of New York (http://portal.cuny.edu)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (http://www.mass.gov)
EDS (https://www.my-eds.com)
Expopage (http://www.expopage.net)
Fiera Milano (http://www.fieramilano.com)
FundsXpress (http://fxfn.com/fx/)
Georgia Technology Authority (http://www.georgia.gov)
GFI (http://www.gfigroup.com)
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (http://www.hgst.com)
IEEE (http://www.ieee.org)
IHC.net (https://www.ihc.net)
Lesedi FM (http://www.lesedifm.co.za)
Merck Medicus (http://www.merckmedicus.com)
Merck Services (http://www.merckservices.com)
Merck Source (http://www.mercksource.com)
Metro FM (http://www.metrofm.co.za)
Mobitel end-customers site www.planet.si
Mobitel relaunched www.m-vrata.com
Nextel (http://developer.nextel.com)
Nike (https://www.nike.net)
NYC.gov (http://www.nyc.gov)
Optus (http://www.optus.com.au)
PricewaterhouseCoopers (http://www.pwcglobal.com)
Qwest (http://onetouch.qwest.com)
SABC 2 (http://www.sabc2.co.za)
SABC Africa (http://www.sabcafrica.co.za)
SABC Sport (http://www.sabcsport.co.za)
SABC (http://www.sabc.co.za
SaskTel (http://mysask.sympatico.ca)
Scotiabank (http://www.scotiabank.com)
Telenor (http://www.telenorsbc.com)
The Hartford (https://www.hartfordadvisor.com)
TXU Energy (http://www.txusmallbusiness.com)
University of Wisconsin – Madison (http://my.wisc.edu)
Verizon (http://netservices.verizon.net)
Vodafone (http://www.vodafone.com.mt)
Volkswagen Autostadt Pressedatenbank (http://press.autostadt.de)
World Trade Center Association (http://www.wtca.org)
Wyeth Vaccins.be Preventie – Prévention (http://www.vaccins.be)
The future of portals
“Technology” is one of the three converging forces. Under that heading, Charlie notes how blogs and CMS/Portals are converging.
Technology: the perfect storm for portals?. Charlie Wood has written a blog entry on the uncertain future of portals. To quote: The enterprise portal industry stands squarely in the path of three converging forces, any one of which could be devastating. Together, they might be fatal…. [Column Two]
When to move the intranet to a portal
Portals: are you ready to make the leap?. Shiv Singh has written an article exploring when to migrate to a portal for your intranet or extranet. To quote: For a business manager, choosing a portal package is not an easy decision. While the benefits for corporate IT departments… [Column Two]
This is a short, excellent article that can help you really think about whether or not you will get business value out of a portal implementation. One of my favorite tidbits:
Intranets and extranets built on portal platforms are less usable than regular websites. Most portal vendors limit how much the user interface can be customized to prevent the software from becoming buggy. As a result, most portal packages have user interfaces that are clunky, and relatively unusable for novice computer users.
Agreed. It is somewhat deflating after a large portal implementation, particularly if it is very content-centric, to take a step back and realize that millions of dollars and thousands of person-hours have essentially resulted in a web site that is difficult to maintain and use. Obviously, this anti-climactic feeling can subside if personalization can be leveraged, if applications can be integrated, and if user adoption flourishes, but organizations need to walk in to a portal implementation with their eyes open on this issue.
eForms in an intranet
Step-by-step: implementing online forms. My KM Column article for February (released a day early) covers implementing online forms, in the context of a corporate intranet. To quote: Online forms should be a key component of all corporate intranets, as they deliver clear productivity benefits… [Column Two]
Integrating Content Management Server with SharePoint Portal. Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 lacks functionality in some useful areas when deploying a web application. Bill Schneider returns to CMS Watch to detail how to integrate the product with MS SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to obtain key search, asset-management, and portal-integration services…… [CMSWatch Trends and Features]
Portals magazine has a high-level overview of Business Intelligence in their February issue.
Migrating a Struts application to WebSphere Portal
Migrating a Struts application to WebSphere Portal. Struts is one of the best-known open-source embodiments of the Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework. MVC provides a convenient way for modular applications to cleanly separate logic, presentation, and data. JavaServer Pages (JSP) typically plays the View role in the MVC framework, which generates a dynamic user interface based on business logic and data. Struts is very popular because it helps developers… [cmswire]