What is the nature of the hype surrounding enterprise portals? Is it yet another technology bubble?
This report has been developed to argue the case that an enterprise portal is one of the most strategic IT investments your organisation will ever make.
The reason is because in 5 – 10 years from now any access to electronic information, from both desktop and mobile devices, will be primarily facilitated via an enterprise portal (please note that an enterprise portal in this context is the enabler to establish all kinds of ‘portals’.)
Companies will use portal technology to both provide internal access to information for employees, and increasingly for external business partners to enable or participate in collaborative commerce.
This is why an enterprise portal is critical – without one you may not be able to successfully compete and participate in the interconnected economy of the future.
Yet, important questions have to be answered first –
What tangible value does an enterprise portal offer to you right now and into the future?
What implementation strategy should be adopted to maximise benefits and manage associated costs?
What about governance issues, such as how a portal will be managed once it is implemented?
This report will review all of these important issues step-by-step, providing a foundation you may want to consider for your own organisations’ enterprise portal strategy.
