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Summary: Great reference for understanding Portal concept!
Review: A few months ago I started working for a company that develops Corporate portals. With an IT background, but no concept of a "portal", I needed a source that was easily understood, yet technically savvy. Ms. Collins' book is just what I needed. She clearly explains the concept of a user-friendly, one-stop-shopping type of interface that allows a group of users to access customized information appropriate to their e-needs!This author clearly explains the technology behind portals, looks at the benefits of using portal technology in a corporate environment, as well as determining how to "sell" the idea of a portal as a company-wide business solution. She also goes into detail about Knowledge Sharing and design customization. I recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about this immportant technology.
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Summary: A comprehensive portal approach
Review: Corporate Portals is a great reference book. I have a solid picture of what I want the portal to accomplish to create a lower cost of ownership of technology as we plan and budget for the future. I highly recommend you purchase this book and map your portal to fit your business and process strategy. The material gives you a logical path forward to establish a business case you can use to plan and execute your portal implementation to drive benefits. Thank you Ms. Collins.
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Summary: Understanding portals from scratch
Review: Corporate Portals provides you with a clear, practical, and detailed picture of all the technical and organizational issues involved in creating a corporate portal solution. Collins defines and clarifies the main benefits on a corporate portal and then explores each in depth, including:
Better decision-making capabilities through access to aggregated information residing in many different systems and physical locations
A consistent view of your organization that allows employees to easily find information through a single, user-friendly interface
Sophisticated information organization and search capabilities
Direct access to corporate knowledge and resources
Direct links to reports, analyses, queries, relative data, and knowledge experts
Thank you, this is exactly what I needed to begin planning my intranet upgrade to a portal solution.
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Summary: The Portal Revolution
Review: Corporate Portals will revolutionize business productivity in the coming decade. Don't be fooled thinking it is a fad. Ms. Collins creates a vivid portrait of what is and what's to come. Highly recommended for students and IT folks currently in the trenches.
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Summary: Great Handbook on Corporate Portals
Review: Excellent "how to" guide for those considering a corporate portal solution. Very detailed in the preparation of a business case through to design and implementation phases.
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Summary: Great Handbook on Corporate Portals
Review: Excellent "how to" guide for those considering a corporate portal solution. Very detailed in the preparation of a business case through to design and implementation phases.
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Summary: Corporate Portals - A Must Read
Review: For anyone contemplating whether or not to move forward on a project involving the deployment of an enterprise portal, this book is a must read. Heidi Collins does an excellent job explaining the structure of an enterprise portal project including a very valuable checklist at the end of the book which is extremely helpful for those who are in the early stages of portal architecture design. There should be more good works to come from this author.
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Summary: Portals from the perfect perspective.
Review: I am a web application developer in the healthcare industry. I used this book as a guide through the entire process of planning and promoting the portal concept to my company. It gave me the information I needed to sell the idea to upper management and the insight to direct the development process within the IT department. Thank you Ms. Collins for sharing your knowledge on this important topic.
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Summary: Separating Reality from the Hype...
Review: I have found this book to be extremely helpful to me in my independent consulting practice. Understanding what to think about, focus on, and pull together in order to discuss corporate portals with my clients was more than worth the price. I learned much about what to truly expect from the myriad vendor products available; this enabled me to effectively evaluate the products and architecture differences in enterprise portal software solutions. If you want to know the right questions and specific issues to concentrate on when looking for a corporate portal -- this book will be very valuable to you.
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Summary: Separating Reality from the Hype...
Review: I have found this book to be extremely helpful to me in my independent consulting practice. Understanding what to think about, focus on, and pull together in order to discuss corporate portals with my clients was more than worth the price. I learned much about what to truly expect from the myriad vendor products available; this enabled me to effectively evaluate the products and architecture differences in enterprise portal software solutions. If you want to know the right questions and specific issues to concentrate on when looking for a corporate portal -- this book will be very valuable to you.
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