IBM today announced a single, simplified IBM WebSphere Portal offering with enhanced Web 2.0 tooling and a set of tailored business-ready packages - or "accelerators" that support a quicker return on investments and shortened implementation cycles for specific business problems
Also available later this month is IBM Portlet for Google Gadgets that allows end users to integrate consumer-style web utilities, extending the value of Internet services to business environments.
Accelerators for WebSphere Portal address specific business problems and can simplify the implementation of customized solutions on a single portal platform. For example, IBM Dashboard Accelerator provides an easy way for companies to align objectives, view real time business results, and take action on performance gaps. The Dashboards are easily customizable and can be tailored to any industry. For instance, an energy company can build an emissions dashboard for plant operators showing real time emissions from the different utility devices as well as a scorecard that monitors performance against a set of objectives to help comply with regulatory requirements.
WebSphere Portal also includes expanded support for Web 2.0 technologies that provides users with popular features such as enhanced interactivity and responsiveness, in-line editing, intuitive drag and drop features, and intelligent page refresh. New Web 2.0 tooling means organizations can easily deploy high performing, intuitive applications, satisfying end users' expectations for a rich browser experience. IBM's WebSphere Portal is the industry leading enterprise portal that offers extensive support for Web 2.0 technologies, including Ajax (Asynchronous Java + XML) and support for Representational State Transfer services (REST). These technology advances make portals more responsive and user-friendly than traditional Web applications.
Because of WebSphere Portal's open architecture, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) concepts and rich support of Web 2.0 technologies, a user can mashup over 5,000 portlets and services from IBM's Portal Solutions Catalog with an entirely new portfolio of Key Performance Indicator (KPI) portlets for faster dashboard assembly.
For the second half of 2007* IBM plans additional enhancements that allow WebSphere Portal users to combine business data with available Google Gadgets to create new dynamic business applications. For example, a logistics company can create a customer service application over the coordinates on a Google map to show different pickup points - IBM.
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