HintTech Engineering | IBM WebSphere® Portal

Portal Platform

On Demand Business

In the era of On Demand Business, there is an acute awareness of the need to deliver tangible progress and quantifiable results. The IBM WebSphere Portal offering can help realise this level of business responsiveness by providing dynamic access to information and applications, thereby enhancing collaboration among users and enabling companies to respond in real time to changing market conditions.

WebSphere Portal uses the advantages provided by the IBM WebSphere software platform. The WebSphere software platform delivers standards-based integration and infrastructure software to maximise business flexibility and responsiveness. As Figure 1 shows, the WebSphere software platform is built with services to support scalable, reliable Web applications, with components and technologies that enable you to add extensions to new applications and processes, and provide integrated collaborative services.

IBM is helping customers today build their strategic business design and business case for successful portal projects. WebSphere Portal software represents an excellent opportunity for organisations to improve access and reduce the complexity of today’s computing environments—in their own time, at their own pace, aligned with their short- and long-term business goals. An integrated portal solution can help companies realise the following business benefits.

Cost savings. Build and deploy applications and services faster; consolidate the procurement of hardware and software; and reduce back-office staff and administration costs.
Operational efficiency and productivity. Enable internal employees and external partners to communicate through one channel; link event-based, cross-functional business processes; increase data accuracy; and speed decision making.
Revenue generation. Provide more cross-selling opportunities to employees; leverage the expertise of knowledge experts through enhanced collaboration and learning; and expand market share and move into new markets.
User satisfaction. Increase customer retention through enhanced service capabilities; improve productivity with easier access to information; and gain a competitive advantage through superior customer service.
Accelerated application and content deployment. Enable the quick building of business services; easily modify applications to meet changing requirements; remotely deploy managed applications for users, based upon roles; and facilitate access of business applications whether the user is connected or disconnected—anytime, anywhere.