Portal Software accelerates time to value.
Press Release Summary:
WebSphere Portal-Express and Portal-Express Plus for Multiplatforms v5.0 allows user to deploy portals for employees, trading partners, and customers on which content, applications, portal page organization, and graphic appearance have been customized for user's needs. Portal-Express Plus adds team collaboration features including instant messaging, people online awareness, and virtual teamrooms. Choice of user-based or processor-based licensing is available.
Original Press Release:
IBM WebSphere Portal - Express for Multiplatforms V5.0 Accelerates Time to Value for Your Portal
At a glance
IBM WebSphere Portal - Express for Multiplatforms V5.0 allows you to:
o Deploy sophisticated portal solutions that fit within small and mid-sized company budgets
o Provide a central point at which employees, trading partners, and customers can find the information and applications they need
o Create portal pages that are customizable by end users
o Enable user authentication and single sign-on across multiple applications
o Choose between user-based and processor-based licensing options for intranet-, extranet- or Internet-based portals
o Provide integrated document management capabilities
o Provide an integrated database
IBM WebSphere Portal - Express Plus for Multiplatforms V5.0 has all the features of IBM WebSphere Portal - Express for Multiplatforms V5.0 and adds team collaboration features including:
o Instant messaging
o People online awareness
o Virtual teamrooms
Overview
WebSphere® Portal - Express and WebSphere Portal - Express Plus have been designed for the needs of small and medium-sized business, as well as departments within larger companies. With WebSphere Portal - Express, you can deploy portals for your employees, trading partners, and customers on which the content, applications, portal page organization, and graphic appearance have been customized for each user's needs and preferred work patterns. This means critical business information and applications will be much easier to locate and use. This can help employees become more productive, improve service to trading partners, and attract new customers to your site. WebSphere Portal - Express Plus has all the features of WebSphere Portal - Express and adds features that help teams of individuals work together more effectively on projects. Also, WebSphere Portal - Express and WebSphere Portal - Express Plus are available with a choice of user-based licensing or processor-based licensing. User-based licensing and processor-based licensing can be used on an extranet, intranet or Internet portal. You can choose the licensing option that best fits your budget.
WebSphere Portal - Express provides a single unified workspace in which your employees, trading partners, and customers can easily find and use the applications and information that they need. Its features include:
o A portal user interface that can be customized to match each portal user's specific needs
o A portal framework that allows you to integrate your applications and information sources into the portal
o Easy-to-use interfaces for performing portal administration tasks such as controlling portal membership and assigning portal user privileges
o Portlets for accessing applications such as e-mail, calendars, and syndicated news
o Authenticated single sign-on, which allows users to log on to multiple portal applications without the need to sign on to each application individually
o Integrated document management
WebSphere Portal - Express Plus includes all the functions of WebSphere Portal - Express and adds:
o Team workspaces that create online environments that help team members work together more effectively.
o Instant messaging for real-time collaboration with your customers, trading partners, and teammates.
o A team calendar to keep track of a team's shared calendar events in the team workspace.
o Management of projects, assignment of tasks, and tracking of milestones for specific projects or initiatives.
o Display of online status for portal user names that appear in portlets. To initiate a chat, just right-click the name of a user who is online and choose Chat.
Key prerequisites
IBM-compatible PC with one of the following operating systems:
o Windows® 2000 Server or Advanced Server with SP2 or SP3
o Red Hat Linux 8.0 or Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1
o SuSE Linux 7.3 or SuSE Linux SLES 7 or 8
Planned availability dates
o August 22, 2003 (electronic software delivery)
o September 15, 2003 (media and documentation)
