Streamlining business processes with the enterprise portal enabling better integration of business information (including information sourced from business partners via collaborative commerce).

Single point of access for external users (i.e. business partners, etc.) streamlining collaborative commerce capabilities and Internet-based electronic data interchange.

Consolidated user identity management (i.e. user information is managed in only one repository for all systems). This can unlock significant savings for larger businesses that maintain multiple user information repositories, especially once external user information is included (i.e. Extranets, B2B, etc.)

Remote access to the portal via the Internet (via mobile office support, during business trips or from home) allows businesses to use the Internet as a cost-effective data network to enable employees to remotely access the company’s business information systems. This will become especially useful once Internet-enabled mobile devices are more broadly adopted (2005 – 2010).