Portals

As business and business technology become more complex, finding what you want when you want it becomes more of a challenge. You know the information you need should be at your fingertips, if only you could find it. Quickly. What you need is an easy to use single point of access that can take you anywhere you want – a portal that is personalized to meet your specific needs.

Portals have become more than just a way to access or present information. With the addition of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), modern portals can become the universal solution for connecting humans with all aspects of a business with both internal and external users. Portals have now become the most popular way to deliver critical information with a secure, single point-of-interface available to anyone with a web browser or a wireless device.

The design and implementation an effective portal calls for a structured process that helps you focus on the values and priorities that drive your business so you can achieve maximum benefit from your technology investment. This is a two step process that begins with a Portal Business Value Assessment (BVA) solution. Through the use of consensus building techniques and the creation of a Day-in-the-Life picture of your portal, a comprehensive, high level plan for maximum return-on-investment (ROI) is developed. The second step is to develop the portal IT strategy and architecture that will create the infrastructure to support that plan. For some companies, this change will trigger a significant change in the business process and in the IT department.

As a business partner with major portal technology providers IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle, PSC can help you select the right portal technology for your business. It is also our job to see that what ever choice you make works to it best advantage in your environment.