portals demystified @ jax.de - may 4th 2011
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Portals demystified
Thomas Heute Red HatTechnical Development ManagerJBoss Enterprise Portal PlatformMay 5th 2011 Mainz, Germany
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Portals are dead.
My oh my !
Too complex/rigid ?
I'd rather create my own !
Portal is a must have !
Portals are dead.
Portals are dead.
March 22nd 2006
Alexander Castro , Vice President and General Manager of LVP, Limelight Networks (Used to be Program Manager on MyMSN.com)
Blog Portals are dead
RSS is also the reason why the portals as we've come to know them are dead. With content providers syndicating their content via RSS, the huge expensive, complex, one-off integration has gone away. Now users can simply use their Ajax desktop of choice or blog reader to subscribe to feeds - bang - instant portal.
http://alexcastro.typepad.com/castros_blog/2006/03/the_death_of_po.html
Portals are dead.
November 16th 2006
Craig Roth,Analyst, META Group (Gartner) then Burton Group
Blog Straight talk on portals II: Is the portal market dead?
I dont believe people will be throwing the word portal around much in 3-5 years from now. But the concepts will remain valid dynamic assembly of websites, a screen real-estate metaphor that combines widgets in a role-based or personalized manner, and contextual selection of the small subset of information relevant to the user from a wide array of integrated information sources.
http://knowledgeforward.wordpress.com/2006/11/16/straight-talk-on-portals-ii-is-the-portal-market-dead/
Portals are dead.
March 28th 2011
Apoorv Durga, Analyst, Real Story Group
Blog Portal Software is Dead -- Really?
The story line goes like this: Portal tools put heavy demand on
infrastructure, are complex to implement, and can prove too
inflexible for today's agile use cases.
But is portal technology really dying, and should you still care
about it? My answer: the challenges that a portal tool addresses
(or claims to address) remain very important.
http://www.realstorygroup.com/Blog/2127-Portal-Software-is-Dead----Really
Portals are dead.
Portals vendors know that they have to adapt/evolve
Fast pace environmentTrue for everyone. Portal vendors try to mitigate thatPortlet 1.0 -> 2.0
Gadget support
Gadget to gadget communication
WCM integration
...
My oh my !
My oh my !
Boxed pages like:
MyYahoo
MyMSN
MyAOL
IGoogle
Netvibes
PageFlakes
...
My oh my !
Goal is to win the homepage battle
Also fits for intranet systems
Not because you can that you have to
It has a cost
Will visitors spend time customizing their experience ?
An option from most portal vendors
My oh my !
My oh my !
Portals are not necessarily boxed website
All website can be decomposed for
Partial security check
Partial caching
Development distribution
...
Too complex / rigid ?
Protection
Development in silosAdapted to large development teams
Not all Servlet environment techniques can be reused1 request
1 response
Technology bridging
JBoss Portlet BridgePortlet (1 and 2)
JSF (1 and 2)
RichFaces (3 and 4)
Seam (2 and 3)
Wicket Bridge
Spring Bridge
...
Infrastructure
Choice !
Most portal vendors supportVarious database
Various LDAP
Various SSO frameworks
...
Complex / rigid ?
Bridges abstract part of the difference with traditional web applications
All Servlet environment recipes cannot apply
I'd rather create my own !
Be ready
Partial caching
Dynamic security framework
Identity management/provisioning
Correct object model (Customization)
High Availability/Scalability
...
Instead, use a framework
Evolves as the world evolvesCloud
Mobile
Used and tested by many
Developed for years by people who focused on aggregation and customization issues
Home-grown solution
You have to maintain it
Time better spent on applications
Portal is a must have
Must have ?
Will solve all your issues
Questions ?
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Thomas Heute
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Technical Developer Manager
JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform