Enterprise Portal Development.

Nice article explaining the strategies and philosopy of top Enterprises about there portal and technology to build that.

The enterprise portal has moved beyond its roots in role-based content management to become a core component of software architectureÂ?the universal interface for enterprise applications. That puts portal development plans center stage in overall enterprise technology strategy, and it raises the stakes for software suppliers to extend deployment and integration platforms with a standards-based presentation layer.

12 Vendor Strategies
ATG: Sales and Customer Portals
BEA Systems: Interface for Custom Apps
Bowstreet: Value-Added Development
IBM: Powerful Technology Portfolio
Microsoft: From Department to Enterprise
Novell: Interaction Plus Identity
Oracle: Declarative Portal Publishing
Plumtree: Portable Pure Play
SAP: Expanding the Enterprise App
Sun Microsystems: Finding Its Identity
Sybase: Rapid Development, Slow Market
Vignette: Beyond Content Management

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