1.1 Portal evolution
At the coir of the challenges currently being faced by Web developers is the integration of disparate user content into a seamless Web application and well-designed user interface.Portal technology provides a framework to build such application for the Web.
The main job of a portal is to aggregate content and functionality. Portal servers provide:
4A server to aggregate content
4A scalable infrastructure
4A framework to build portal components and extendsions
Additionally, most portals require personalization and customization.
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1.2.1 Whta is a portal?
Portals are the next-generation desktop, deliverin e-business applications over the Web to all kinds of client devices. Portals provide site user with a single point of access to multiple types of information and applications.Regardless of where the information resides or what format it uses, a portal aggregates all of the information in a way that is pleasing and relevant to the user. Acomplete portal solution should provide users with convenient access to everything they need to get their tasks done.