Web Sphere Portal 6 0 Mark Neumann IBM

Web. Sphere Portal 6. 0 Mark Neumann IBM Portal and Workplace Product Specialist © 2005 IBM Corporation

IBM Software Group Introducing Web. Sphere Portal Accelerator Solutions “I need my teams to work together more effectively and efficiently, while easily accessing relevant corporate applications” “I need to track my organization's goals and performance against them to more effectively drive results” “I need to increase the value of my website by delivering real-time, personalized data based on user attributes” 2 “I need to deliver low touch or no touch processing of transactions – to customers, partners, or employees. ” “I need a flexible IT platform where I can pick and choose those key accelerators needed for delivering my portal intranet, extranet, or internet site. ” © 2003 IBM Corporation

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IBM Software Group Portal Defined § Classes of portals – Megaportals vs. enterprise portals – Vertical vs. horizontal portals – Internal facing vs. external facing § An enterprise portal is Web software infrastructure that provides access to and interaction with relevant information/content, applications, business processes and human resources for select, targeted audiences, delivered in a highly personalized manner. © 2003 IBM Corporation

IBM Software Group Enterprise Portal Value Proposition Internally facing portal = Productivity WWW Externally facing portal = Revenue enhancement • Soft Benefits Information Access • • Dam the "info flood" Single UI Single sign-on Presentation layer Correlation User satisfaction Ubiquity of access Composition framework Tangible ROI • • • Consolidation Cost avoidance Targeted deployment Self-service Business agility/velocity © 2003 IBM Corporation

IBM Software Group Web. Sphere Portal Theme Navigation Portlets 6 © 2003 IBM Corporation

IBM Software Group Portlet Principle Each portlet is a separate Web application § Developed independently § Can be placed anywhere on the page § Dynamic deployment; dynamic configuration Portlets support multiple markups § Phones, Organizers, Voice § Unique views for each device § Business logic can be shared 7 © 2003 IBM Corporation

IBM Software Group Conceptual View – Without Portal Data Application Function Application Function Application User Interface Pain - Information Stovepipes User Frustration 8 © 2003 IBM Corporation

IBM Software Group Conceptual View – With Portal Data Application Function Data Portal User Interface Purchasing Sales 9 © 2003 IBM Corporation

IBM Software Group Personalized News Evolution of Portal Content access 10 © 2003 IBM Corporation

IBM Software Group 3270 Green screen Domino Application Evolution of Portal Simple Single Sign on Multiple Applications 11 People. Soft Siebel SAP © 2003 IBM Corporation

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IBM Software Group Collaboration SAP Inventory 13 Sales Data Evolution of Portal Executive Dashboard © 2003 IBM Corporation

IBM Software Group The Barrier to Business Flexibility = Process Portal… § Lack of business process standards § Architectural policy limited § Point application buys to support redundant LOB needs § Infrastructure built with no roadmap 14 © 2003 IBM Corporation

IBM Software Group Task Alerts Workflow Status Workflow Evolution of Portal Process Portal 15 © 2003 IBM Corporation

IBM Software Group Web. Sphere Portlet Catalog §Over 1, 500 Pre-made portlets § 270 ISV’s Providing Portlets § 26 ISVS have OEM’d IBM Portal § 1, 200 Partners Trained on Portal http: //catalog. lotus. com/wps/portal 16 © 2003 IBM Corporation

IBM Software Group Magic Quadrant: Portal Leadership 2006 WPS is more than just a Portal: – Portal - #1 – Web Services - Co Chair – Web App Server - #1 – Collaboration - #1 Web. Sphere Portal is uppermost & rightmost for 5 th straight year – Java Tools - #1 – Commerce - #1 17 . © 2003 IBM Corporation