Portals are mainly used in form of internal portals, external portals are relatively rare and prove a big challenge when supposed to work across internal systems. As one of the first steps it is absolutely necessary to achieve a shared definition and wording. Here the example:
So, what is a portal?A portal is an online application using certain techniques to give
![]() And what does a portal do?Main functions of a portal are
External facing enterprise portals remain exceptionsEspecially in the setting of companies, enterprise portals, customer portals and employee portals are well described. While true customer facing enterprise portals are still not very common, internal facing portals for employee self service and knowledge management are common and can be very cost effective and successful. Public portals are dead. Public portals are back! Thoughts on the new portals with social web elements |
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