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Portal 2.0Portals for your business delivered faster with our Agile Approach
using
Liferay, JBoss Portal and Websphere Portal
What is a portal?Gartner defines a portal as a "Web software infrastructure that provides access to, and interaction with, relevant information assets (for example, information/content, applications and business processes), knowledge assets and human assets by select targeted audiences, delivered in ahighly personalized manner."
How to use a Portal?
IntranetCompany to Employee, Employee to Employee
ExtranetCompany to Partners, Company to field staff, Partners to Partners
Collaborative WebsitesKnowledge sharing, research, team building, Networking,
Content Management and PublishingDocument creation, review, publishing and archiving
Portal
Benefits
• Create rich websites with minimum effort and costs
• Build an active collaborative community within your company
• Build customer/employee self service interfaces integrated with backend systems
• Publish and share the latest information using CMS
Common Portal Features
• Page Design and Layout• Users, Roles and Face book• Discussion Forum, Tagging, Blogs• Shared calendars• Chats and Messaging• Content Management and Publishing• Portlets for Maps, Weather, Dictionary
Levels of Customization
Integration with backend systems
using Portlets, Custom Mash-ups
Basic Look & Feel, Page Layout
Complex
Simple
Advantages of JEE Based Portals
• Development according to standards (JSR-168, JSR-286)– Interportlet communication, Portable
• Use proven open source frameworks, like spring, hibernate and wicket (“keep your prior investments”, for maintainability)
• Integrate easily with your existing database and security systems
• Use cutting edge, highly productive technology like Grails where applicable/needed
• Backend integration through standards, like WS, EJB, ESB or customized protocol, e.g. REST.
• Support for FLEX and AJAX for great user experience
Our Expertise
• Portal look & feel, and page flow design• Configuration of advanced features such as
security and workflow• Customized portlet development based upon– Java, GWT, Google Maps – APIs of Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Open Social etc.– Integration with ESB and backend systems
• Content Management and Workflow Customization
Our Approach
• Start with high level requirements• Define key integration areas• Design user experience and page flow• Work in small iterations of 2-3 weeks• Deliver tested and working features after
every iteration• Cost effective because of our Agile Offshore
Approach
Sample Screens
A sample of Enterprise portal implemented on Websphere Portal
Sample Screens
A sample of rich media based portal implemented on Liferay
Portal Product Knowledge
• Liferay– Open source, Commercial Support – Rich collaboration features– Named visionary by Gartner
• JBoss Portal– Open Source, Commercial Support– Backed by a strong organization
• Websphere Portal– Commercial Support– Expensive– Plenty of References
For More Information and Demo
India
• Anurag Shrivastava ([email protected])• Xebia India• +91 9910 174582
Europe
• Edward van de Pas ([email protected])• Xebia Global Services• +31 616 962711