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6 Microsoft SharePoint Server is Primarily a Departmental Portal SharePoint Server Is built on SharePoint services Typical use case is as a repository for documents created by Office SharePoint Server is weak in key enterprise portal requirements Accelerators to speed portal solution development Dynamic personalization and content re-use Performance dashboards and business scorecards Virtual portals Rapid development environment Integration with back-end systems Let's look at how WebSphere Portal addresses these requirements 08 - Enterprise Portals v1.3 6

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10 Cering Account Reps Need Rapid Access to Different Information Browse/search customer list from one data source Account Representative Portal Application Retrieve customer details from another data source and combine it with a map of their location from the Web (e.g. Google maps) Retrieve customer orders, including specific order details from yet another data source Portlets wired together visually Use of AJAX-enabled portlets can help improve the overall user experience 08 - Enterprise Portals v1.3 10

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13 Create Custom Performance Dashboards Using the IBM WebSphere Dashboard Framework Provides a set of re-usable components and administration tools from which to rapidly build custom dashboards Alerting Charting Data Filtering Includes ability to drill-down for additional insight and information Online catalog of pre-built, industry-specific dashboard Key Performance Indicator (KPI) assets available for download at no charge* Reusable Components Flexible Data Filtering Performance Dashboards Hi-Fidelity Charting Robust Alerting Module * IBM WebSphere Dashboard Framework included with IBM Dashboard Accelerator; Dashboard KPI catalog available for free to licensees of IBM Dashboard Accelerator only 08 - Enterprise Portals v1.3 13

14 DEMO - Finding Answers and Improving Decision-Making Use manufacturing dashboard to monitor status of production Employee- Facing Portal NOTE: need screenshot of dashboard 08 - Enterprise Portals v1.3 14

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17 Scale Up By Running WebSphere Portal on Power Systems Portal workload can be heavy Customer facing Employee facing WebSphere Portal Server runs on Power Systems Servers Scale up on a large Power Systems SMP Server Microsoft SharePoint Portal can only run on Windows Extensive scale-out environment may be required 08 - Enterprise Portals v1.3 17

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19 WebSphere Portlet Factory Builds Portlets With No Programming Required Automates the creation, customization, deployment, and maintenance of custom portlets Uses wizard-like components (Builders) that automatically generate the portlet Java code Integration Builders easily access backend systems SAP R/3, SAP Business Warehouse, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Oracle e-business Suite, databases, Lotus Domino, Hyperion, Web services, etc. WebSphere Portlet Factory Designer Portlet Wizard-based builders Portlet Portlet generate 08 - Enterprise Portals v1.3 19

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21 Integrate ASP.NET Applications Into WebSphere Portal Visual MainWin for J2EE: Portal Edition* Cross-compiler technology that enables ASP.NET applications to run natively on WebSphere Portal Consists of a plug-in to Microsoft Visual Studio.NET that ports.net applications to Java Bytecode Eliminates need to do a complete Java re-write Allows customers to preserve and maintain.net skills and code Visual Studio.NET Code, Compile, Debug, Deploy C# Microsoft Intermediate Language VB.NET Mainsoft Cross Compiler WebSphere Portal Server Java Bytecode ASP.NET ADO.NET Web Services J2EE Application Environment * Available from Mainsoft ( contact: Ron Johnsen, VP WW Sales (ronj@mainsoft.com) 08 - Enterprise Portals v1.3 21

22 DEMO - Building the Order Status Portlet from an Existing ASP.NET Application Open up the Order Status ASP.NET application in Visual Studio Visual Studio with Mainsoft Plug-In Create portlet using Mainsoft s cross-compiler technology Deploy to WebSphere Portal Order Status Portlet 08 - Enterprise Portals v1.3 22

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