Collaborate, Inform, Decide, Transact and Manage - Across the Enterprise

Central to the core integration focus is the integration of the user experience

With the disparate customer B2C applications, internal single-points of interactions, and collating of disparate MIS information the need to have a portal interface as a window into the enterprise is increasingly preferable than silos of cumbersome different applications

The Portal solution addresses these inherited organisational IT contraints by integrating this user experience, information and transactions into a single inter-related experience while still leveraging the investments to-date on existing applications, information stores, Enterprise content, portals and middleware investments.

IBM Portal Server Product Components

• Websphere Portal Express
• WebSphere Portal Server
• WebSphere Portal Enable
• WebSphere Portal Extend
• Lotus Domino

Approach

The Enterprise Portal is inherently the complex domain of disparate departments, end-users and integration components. With historical EAI, portal and SOA engagements we are able to bring both the discipline of industry tried methodology and technical expertise to this critical Portal domain.

Portal Services

The Portal specific services packs we provide include:

• Portal Enterprise Architectural methodology
• Patterns and Implementation Frameworks
• Portal integration solution architecture
• Portal development solution architecture
• IBM Tool expert knowledge and implementation
• Lab commoditised portlet development

Solutions References

• Element 6’s Patent Management Portal

  As part of the International Collaboration between portfolio managers, inventors and legal teams the portal collated the information, life cycle and reference material to facilitate the successful lodging and tracking of Patents.

• National Ports Authority B2B and B2E portal

  As a gateway for logistics, tracking and control the portal enabled the NPA Ports captains, shipping clients and logistics departments to manage the central activities of the national South African ports.

• T-Systems Customer Service Portal

  With hosted solutions for T-System’s customer the portal aggregates disparate platforms, MIS information, SLA monitoring information and customer self-service applications. The portal is scheduled to go live in April 2008.