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Corporate Portals Empowered with XML and Web Services

Guruge, Anura

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Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Contentsvii
  • Forewordxi
  • Prefacexv
  • Acknowledgmentsxix
  • Chapter 1. Corporate Portals: What, Why, and When?1
  • 1.1 What are corporate portals?4
  • 1.2 Why do you need a corporate portal?19
  • 1.3 When should you implement a corporate portal?28
  • 1.4 What have others done with portals?31
  • 1.5 What do you have to lose?33
  • 1.6 What can you gain?34
  • 1.7 Why have people procrastinated?35
  • 1.8 Q&A„A time to recap and reflect37
  • Chapter 2. Types of Portals41
  • 2.1 PublicŽ versus corporate portals45
  • 2.2 Types of corporate portals50
  • 2.3 Partitioning a corporate portal55
  • 2.4 B2e portals62
  • 2.5 B2c portals65
  • 2.6 B2b Portals69
  • 2.7 Wireless portals72
  • 2.8 Q&A„A time to recap and reflect74
  • Chapter 3. Architectures and Technologies79
  • 3.1 An overall architecture for corporate portals83
  • 3.2 Portal-facilitating techniques: Portlets, gadgets, and Web parts89
  • 3.3 A corporate portal relative to the rest of IT96
  • 3.4 Integrating data-center resources101
  • 3.5 Putting portals on a platform107
  • 3.6 Q&A„A time to recap and reflect111
  • Chapter 4. Security, Scalability, and Speed115
  • 4.1 Trying to put locks on corporate portals118
  • 4.2 Capacity planning for a corporate portal141
  • 4.3 Factors that influence speed144
  • 4.4 Planning for scalability147
  • 4.5 Q&A„A time to recap and reflect149
  • Chapter 5. Managing and Monitoring Corporate Portals153
  • 5.1 Content management158
  • 5.2 Keeping on top of usage patterns and statistics165
  • 5.3 Enhancing reliability, resilience, and availability167
  • 5.4 Mirrored portals173
  • 5.5 Managing and monitoring corporate portals176
  • 5.6 Q&A„A time t o recap and reflect178
  • Chapter 6. Knowledge Management183
  • 6.I Enterprise resource planning191
  • 6.2 Contemporary knowledge management198
  • 6.3 Data collection for knowledge management203
  • 6.4 Data mining207
  • 6.5 Web mining209
  • 6.6 KM information dissemination and collaboration211
  • 6.7 Q&A„A time to recap and reflect212
  • Chapter 7. Supply-Chain and Customer Relationship Management215
  • 7.I Supply-chain management using portals220
  • 7.2 Supplier relationship management via portals227
  • 7.3 Customer relationship management via portals231
  • 7.4 Synthesizing all of the portal-related applications234
  • 7.5 Other pertinent portal-related applications239
  • 7.6 Q&A„A time to recap and reflect241
  • Chapter 8. Web Services245
  • 8.I The scoop on Web services249
  • 8.2 The role of XML254
  • 8.3 SOAP and WSDL263
  • 8.4 UDDl267
  • 8.5 Java or Microsoft .NET?268
  • 8.6 Q&A„A time to recap and reflect270
  • Chapter 9. Living and Breathing Portals273
  • 9.I Laying the costs down for a corporate portal276
  • 9.2 Budgets and mandates279
  • 9.3 Taking the plunge280
  • 9.4 Q&A„A final chance to recap and reflect281
  • Selected Glossary285
  • Acronyms293
  • Bibliography299
  • Index301
  • About the Author313
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9781555582807
  • ISBN-13 9780080503226
  • Author Guruge, Anura
  • Category Computers
  • Subject General

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Following the humbling of the 'dot.coms' it is well implemented corporate portals that are ushering in a new and prosperous era of e-business. Corporate Portals Empowered with XML and Web Services provides decision makers with a clear and concise explanation of what portals are all about, why you really need a portal strategy, how you go about implementing one, and the issues you have to encounter and surmount. Guruge shows how you can successfully use XML and web services to empower your portals for collaboration, knowledge management, CRM, ERP and supply chain management.

· Extensive examples of corporate portals illustrate the viability of the technology
· Architectural and network diagrams show detailed portal implementations
· Comprehensive references to guides, solutions, products and terminology leverage living outside resources