This document discusses portals, their benefits, reasons for implementing one, design patterns, and whether Oracle WebCenter Portal meets key requirements. It defines a portal as a framework for integrating information, people, and processes through a consistent user interface. Benefits include single sign-on, personalized and context-focused displays. Reasons for a portal include refreshing the user experience, reducing costs, and enabling self-service. Design patterns address portlet interactions and relationships. Oracle WebCenter Portal provides the necessary architecture and capabilities.

1. Why do you need a Portal?
What is a portal?
Benefits from implementing a Portal
Reasons for a portal
Design patterns for a portal
Does Oracle WebCenter Portal meet requirement?
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3. What is a Portal?
Wikipedia states:
Enterprise Portal – a framework for integrating information, people and processes
Web Portal – a website that brings information together
Presentation is on Enterprise Portal
Gartner defines an Enterprise Portal as:
“a Web software infrastructure that provides interaction with relevant information assets (for example,
information/content, applications and business processes), knowledge assets and human assets by select
targeted audiences, delivered in a highly personalized manner “
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4. Benefits from implementing a
Portal?
Consistency of User Interface
Delivery of Single Sign-on
Context focussed displays
User personalisation
A framework which delivers the foundation of capabilities that enable
each application to leverage the functionality
making each application quicker to implement
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5. Reasons for a Portal?
Three different audiences
Business to customer (B2C)
Business to Business [Supplier / Partner] (B2B)
Business to Employee (B2E)
Reasons for a Portal
Refresh of User Interface and minimise User training
Reduce costs to implement applications
Automate processes through self-service
Enable “out-source” of process activity
Deliver “Context” specific “Role” based facilities
Achieve wide device support and the challenge of “BYOD”
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6. Design Patterns for a Portal
Key Architecture
Client - Presentation functionality implement “Portlets”
Server – Context, Transactions, Integration, Work flow, User profile, Support for standards
Emergence of “Portal – Lite”
Good User Interface
“Limited” server functionality
Good enough – meet immediate requirements
Portlet Patterns
Display refreshed automatically on a time basis
Navigate menu options within a Portlet
Process of a form dialogue
Multiple Portlets working as “Parent – Children” relationship for the display
Event in a Portlet being “Broadcast” and other “Portlets” listening for events
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7. Oracle WebCenter Portal
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8. Portal for Web / Intranet / Extranet
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9. Oracle WebCenter Portal
Software delivers the Key Architecture
Achieves integration for User Administrators and Developers, through
“Composer”
Meets enterprise criteria
Able to scale
Flexible delegated administration
Support for standards
Portlets available for major application integration
Strong forward development roadmap
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