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Portal integration: Content management meets enterprise portals

Enterprise portals embedded in intranet and websites are the communications channel of choice if the objective is to disseminate information according to target groups. Editorial content and business applications are skillfully blended in successful portals. As a result, users and customers can enjoy a one-stop platform which satisfies their need for information and supports them in executing workflows.

Companies aiming to generate a considerable added value with their portal infrastructure should consider linking up their (existing) portal solution with a professional content management system. The FirstSpirit CMS and its integration solutions for SAP, IBM and MOSS transform every portal into an attractive, dynamic and easy-to-maintain information and work platform.

CMS in the portal environment

The topic of "content management" is an integral part of every corporate portal as standard portal solutions, which are inherently highly application-driven, almost always require the addition of editorial content.

Due to its open and extendable system architecture, FirstSpirit™ provides optimum conditions for integrating editorial content in the different portal servers. It does not matter whether the target system is an SAP NetWeaver portal, an IBM WebSphere portal server or a Microsoft Office SharePoint server.

Particular advantages are achieved by combining a portal server with the FirstSpirit™ content management system, whenever individual technical properties of a pure portal server solution (e.g. time-consuming navigation adjustment) are enhanced by functional strengths of the FirstSpirit™ system and transformed into a successful overall system. To this end, FirstSpirit™ provides out of the box solutions for the market leaders in enterprise portal server.

The best of both worlds

The strengths of FirstSpirit™ can be optimally combined with the portal infrastructure provided, especially in the portal environment.

Technical paradigms of FirstSpirit™ such as

strict separation of content, layout and structure,
flexible output channels,
bulk data stability of the basic architecture,
easy interfacing with existing databases and
revision-based repository

can be consistently converted into benefits and advantages within portal projects:

Control of the complete portal navigation by the departments,
portal layout in conformity with CI/DI, both for content and navigation structure,
reuse of content even outside portals,
high-performance editing environment, even for massive multi-user operation,
mixture of content and existing portal applications within a page,
complete control of when which content was active and that for any points in time in the past, including the dependent object structures.

Dynamic widgets boost incentive to come back

The FirstSpirit CMS offers dynamic features which companies can use to further boost the appeal and acceptance of their portals. Integrating widgets enhances the level of interactivity and personalization, creating additional incentives for visitors to return to the portal on a regular basis. Company portals need to be truly accepted by users if they are to deliver a swift return on investment, boost employee efficiency and add value to external target groups, such as customer and partner portals.

: Personalized Dashboard with individally placed widgets in SAP

FirstSpirit allows you to integrate other provider’s apps, e.g. Google, while at the same time enabling you to create your own company widgets in the CMS. Users can simply compile their own custom portal page by dragging & dropping their preferred components. In doing so, they create their personal dashboard with portal content they find relevant.

: Using your mouse and drag & drop to position widgets

FirstSpirit™ Portal Modules

Due to its open architecture, FirstSpirit™ seamlessly integrates into all relevant enterprise portals. Which particular strengths can be used in the individual portal servers is described in detail in the portal modules:

Apart from the purely technical solution, e-Spirit has comprehensive know-how of drawing up concepts and implementing complex portal projects.

: Architecture: Portal integration