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An Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) is intended for
integrating information and applications for different user communities.
Enterprise portals are classified as information portals, collaboration
portals, expertise and knowledge portals, operations portals, etc. However,
a particular implementation is likely to be a hybrid model.
The portal architecture was designed to maximize the
benefits of web-enabled applications while minimizing total cost of
ownership. An enterprise portal provides a base set of functionality – role
based security, unified view of information, standards based platform,
scalable architecture – allowing organizations to focus on building
components to satisfy specific business needs. From a maintenance
perspective, the portal breaks the “silo” mentality, creating a consolidated
enterprise architecture under which business functionality can be deployed
and managed. No longer is there a need for disjointed server maintenance
teams supporting multiple architectures.
The versatile and robust nature of an enterprise portal
architecture allows for easy integration with legacy systems. A portal
application should not be thought of as a replacement for all other systems
within an IT footprint, instead, portals can facilitate the integration off
all legacy systems to create one common, consistent, view for users. Portals
align IT with the business. As the organization evolves the portal can be
extended to meet the increasingly sophisticated demands.
Integrated Secure's Enterprise Portal Consultants assist
clients in the creation of enterprise information portals that provide a
centralization system containing all a company’s information and application
assets. Enterprise Portals drive business value through increased
productivity, allowing employees and customers to quickly access an
organization's information from a common application connecting functions
and data from multiple disparate systems. Enterprise Portal architectures
include frameworks for content management, collaboration, personalization,
single sign-on, and access controlled security services. |
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born out of the need for unified application development and management. The
benefits of portal adoption are numerous. |
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| Improved Communication
and Collaboration.
Portal environments, through their ease of use and
consolidated views, help to provide organizations with the platform required
to improve communication. |
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| Reduced Time-to-Market,
Increased Return on Investment.
Portals provide a standardized framework through
which services can be delivered. Services are able to re-use common
components provided by the framework, eliminating the need to redevelop
these components for each new application. |
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| Consolidated
Architecture, Reduced Cost of Ownership.
The impact of Web sprawl on an organizations ability
to fund new and innovative initiatives has been significant. Standardizing
on a common platform reduces the need for redundant system support services. |
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| Unified View of
Organization’s Information.
The tight integration inherent to an enterprise
portal architecture allows organizations to present a unified view of
enterprise information tailored to a particular user’s role and preferences. |
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Consistent and Reliable
Security Practices.
A rationalized, centralized security environment that
can be re-used by new services is a critical component of a unified portal
architecture. Without it, organizations are forced to constantly
re-architecting security for every new service or application that is
developed, threatening the integrity of the security environment. |
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