Implementing BEA Portal 92

Mark Kolb

July 10, 2007

Abstract

The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King.

—Shakespeare, Hamlet

Portals have come into their own in the last several years. Over this time, I have seen portal technology become the latest expression of businesses trying to organize the torrent of information that computers bring.

BEA portal is a leader in portal technology. It allows for an enterprise level of support, stability, and capability. Portal 92 has the tools to make your next portal project a success. It also has the sophistication to keep your portal running and remaining relevant to your business. If you are investigating BEA Portal technology, or if you are a seasoned BEA administrator, you will benefit from this document. In this Short Cut, I will discuss implementing the latest version of BEA Portal in a no-nonsense, straight forward fashion. Interested? Read on.

The Business Case

To paraphrase the dialogue from Shakespeare's Hamlet, "The Portal's the thingwherein I'll catch the conscience of the business."

If you doubt any of this, ask what any department in your company is doing to make sense of all the information available to it. Collaboration and social networking are all the rage on the Internet, and the corporate intranet is going the same way. A portal is a great way to connect a far-flung global ...

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