Portal Technology

The idea of being able to get all of your applications and business information using server-based technology solutions wherever you are and no matter how you are connected is a compelling concept. As you can see by this chapter, however, a huge variety of different server-based solutions are available. Companies who have implemented, or are considering implementing, multiple server-based solutions are beginning to see the power of being able to bring all the different services these solutions provide together into a single service and information web portal.

The recent purchase of Sequoia's enterprise portal software by Citrix and the wide acceptance of their NFuse application portal are strong indications of how important ...

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