Enterprise Portals
There is an ever-increasing abundance of data within enterprises. Integrating data from disparate sources and filtering the required information can be very tedious and time consuming. Enterprise Portals are the most commonly used tools that seamlessly integrate and display digital content in a highly personalized environment.
They integrate not just data and information, but also organizational knowledge and business processes, and facilitate sharing of applications, services, and core competencies among the employees, customers and business partners. By offering features like single sign-on, personalized web interfaces, and connectors to the most common applications, Enterprise Portals offer consistent and optimized access to a broad range of Enterprise information assets
Typical Portal Functionalities
Enterprise Portal functionalities are classified as follows
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Primary functionalities |
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Integration functionalities |
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Business specific functionalities |
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The figure above shows the different layers within a typical portal architecture. |
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Primary functionalities include features like security (single sign on), search, customization, personalization, administration etc. Components providing primary functionalities act like the foundation in a typical portal architecture. Henceforth additional efforts need to be taken to ensure that they are highly reliable and failsafe.
Integration functionalities assist in integrating existing systems like Businesses intelligence (BI), Intellectual capital management (ICM), Best practices management (BPM), E-Business, E-Learning, etc. Components providing integration functionalities are the next level in a typical portal architecture and are more complex to develop.
Business specific functionalities include features that are added based on business requirements of clients. For example if a client has an E-marketplace portal then legal and regulatory compliance frameworks are included. Some typical business functions include sending email alerts, mobile alerts, customizing virtual workplaces, content management, etc.
Global Landmark can help you put together a portal architecture that can suffice your current requirements at the same time keeping in mind the need to scale up in future. Our solutions seamlessly integrate Inventory management, systems, Financial systems, Production management systems, ERP systems, Datawarehousing systems, general network utilities such as electronic mail and calendaring, etc. and make all these systems appear to work in perfect harmony for a decision-maker.
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