- WSO2 Gadget Server is an open source portal platform that allows users to create personalized homepages using web widgets called gadgets. It supports the Google Gadget specification and provides additional enterprise features. - The Gadget Server provides single sign-on, an enterprise gadget repository, user management, and portal customization. Administrators can configure available gadgets and users can add, arrange, and customize gadgets on their personal portals. - Key benefits include no licensing fees, increased personalization and productivity, unified access to data and applications, and lower costs compared to traditional portal solutions.

1. WSO2 Gadget Server Technical Briefing Tyrell Perera Technical Lead and Product Manager – WSO2 Mashup Server & WSO2 Gadget Server December 2009

2. Company Founded in 2005 by pioneers in XML, SOA, Open Source

3. Significant contributors, members and committers at Apache Software Foundation

4. Offering complete Enterprise Middleware platform, 100% free and open source under Apache license

5. Business model based on providing training, consultancy and support for the software

6. Global company with offices in US, UK and Sri Lanka

7. Common Enterprise Architecture

8. WSO2 Enterprise Platform

9. WSO2 Gadget Server 1.0

10. Gadget Server Language neutral – no need for Portlet programmers Pure HTML + Javascript / AJAX

11. Google Gadget Specification is widely used because of iGoogle

12. Hundreds of available Gadgets and samples Full personalization of Gadgets Drag and drop

13. Multiple tabs

14. Add Gadgets from the repository or by URL

15. Anonymous mode can be used for public access Support for Enterprise capabilities Existing user directories – e.g. LDAP, ActiveDirectory

16. Enterprise Gadget Repository to manage available gadgets

17. Can restrict to authorized gadgets or allow open web-based gadgets

18. Understanding Gadgets The Google Gadget Specification is an open specification for building dynamic web content,

19. used in the iGoogle homepage Gadgets deployed in WSO2 Gadget Server are HTML and

20. Javascript wrapped in XML

21. Unlike old-style portals, Gadgets don't have to be installed by

22. the administrator before use instead, there is an option which allows gadgets to be loaded over

23. the network from any website The result is that your users can choose from hundreds of

24. ready written tools without needing the time of an administrator

25. Because gadgets are simple to write using standard web

26. technologies, your developers or external teams can quickly

27. and effectively create task-specific tools and reports