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• SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0

  A Compelling Choice for Current SAP Customers

  by David Marshak

  SAP has released Enterprise Portal 6.0, which addresses many of the limitations of the previous version of the product.
  Dec. 4, 2003

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• Portlet Standards Are Here

  Who Is Supporting Them and What Do They Mean to You?

  by David Marshak

  The new Portlet standards have been published. What does this mean to you?
  Nov. 26, 2003

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• PSGroup Bull’s-Eye: Enterprise Portal Platforms: Best Overall Portal Platform

  Which Providers Offer the Best Overall Portal Platform?

  by David Marshak

  The Enterprise Portal Platform Composite Bull’s-Eye aggregates our ratings of the key services of portal platform products from IBM, Oracle, Plumtree, SAP, and Vignette.
  Nov. 6, 2003

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• PSGroup Bull’s-Eye: Enterprise Portal Platforms: Best Personalization Services

  Which Providers Offer the Best Personalization Services?

  by David Marshak

  This Bulls-Eye is our evaluation of the personalization capabilities provided by the portal platforms of IBM, Oracle, Plumtree, SAP, and Vignette.
  Oct. 30, 2003

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• PSGroup Bull’s-Eye: Enterprise Portal Platforms: Best Customization Services

  Which Providers Offer the Best Customization Services?

  by David Marshak

  This Bull’s-Eye is our evaluation of the customization capabilities provided by the portal platforms of IBM, Oracle, Plumtree, SAP, and Vignette.
  Oct. 23, 2003

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• Computer Associates International Unicenter Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) 3.0

  Service Level Monitoring for Web Services

  by Susan Aldrich

  Computer Associates will release Unicenter WSDM by year-end 2003 to help customers manage the service levels of Web Services and keep track of what services are being offered.
  Oct. 9, 2003

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• PSGroup Bull’s-Eye: Portal Platforms

  Which Providers Offer the Best Portlet Development Capabilities?

  by David Marshak

  This Bull’s-Eye is our evaluation of the Portlet Development capabilities provided by the portal platforms of IBM, Oracle, Plumtree, SAP, and Vignette.
  Oct. 9, 2003

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• Three Steps to Success in Cross-Business Interactions

  Coordination and Trust Will Enable You to Seize Web Service and Portal Opportunities, Reaping the Value While Containing the Risks

  by Susan Aldrich

  Web Services and Portals can make it easier to do business, but you’ll need to plan for changes in relationship, trust, and system capabilities in order to take advantage of new opportunities.
  Sep. 18, 2003

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• Securing Trading Partner Interactions: Two Approaches Supported by New Standards

  Considering Federation or Automated Provisioning Standards? You'll Need Both

  by Susan Aldrich

  How do you prepare for automated interactions with your partners? You’ll need to consider an extended approach to provisioning, an updated security infrastructure, and the implications of federation.
  Jul. 30, 2003

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• Service-Oriented Architecture FAQs

  The What, Why, and How of SOA

  by Susan Aldrich

  Here is a set of definitions, a description of benefits, and critical success factors for achieving a service-oriented Architecture.
  May. 8, 2003

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• HP’s Web Services Management Game Plan

  Be the Keystone for Web Services Management Standards and Technology

  by Susan Aldrich

  HP has a Web Services game plan designed to keep HP in the forefront of Web Services management technology and standards.
  Apr. 3, 2003

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• Taking Portals Offline

  BackWeb ProactivePortal Enables Almost Seamless Offline Portal Usage

  by David Marshak

  BackWeb ProactivePortal provides the ability to synchronize portals for offline use.
  Mar. 27, 2003

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• AmberPoints Web Services Backplane Solutions

  Management Foundation and Service Level Manager Control Quality of Service and Access

  by Susan Aldrich

  AmberPoint’s Web Services management solutions are tops for business visibility and flexibility.
  Mar. 27, 2003

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• Sony Broadband Services Builds Web Services Infrastructure

  Services-Based Architecture Enables Interoperability and Cost Savings

  by Susan Aldrich

  Sony Broadband Services has implemented a framework for interoperability, based on Web Services, which also supports evolution to a services-based Architecture.
  Mar. 6, 2003

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• Web Services Security Issues and Antidotes

  Two Characteristics of Web Services Drive Critical Security Requirements

  by Susan Aldrich

  There are two security issues that are exacerbated by Web Services, which push some familiar security requirements into higher priority.
  Feb. 27, 2003

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• Communicator, Inc., Hub ID, A Security Broker for Linked Enterprises

  Managed Service for Digital Identity Management for Trading Circles Connected by Portals, Web Sites, and Web Services

  by Susan Aldrich

  Communicator Hub ID provides managed digital identity services, including SSO, for trading communities.
  Feb. 13, 2003

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• IBM WebSphere Portal

  A Market, Functionality, and Vision Leader

  by David Marshak

  IBM WebSphere Portal provides a complete, often compelling, and sometimes confusing set of portal functionality and services.
  Feb. 13, 2003

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• EASI Security Unifier Suite: Security Backplane from Quadrasis

  Get Closer to Single Sign-On and Manage Fundamental Security Issues for Web Services and Portals

  by Susan Aldrich

  Quadrasis’s EASI Security Unifier Suite addresses the stresses that Web Services and portals bring to your security infrastructure.
  Feb. 6, 2003

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• Do Portals Impact Business Processes?

  One Company's Experience

  by David Marshak

  Portals require the re-thinking of business processes, as the story of one of our clients illustrates.
  Jan. 23, 2003

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• SAP Puts Web Services in Mainstream

  Provides Model for Web Services Architecture and Value Proposition

  by Susan Aldrich

  SAP has once again advanced the IT landscape, with far reaching implications for you--even if you don’t use SAP.
  Jan. 23, 2003

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