PortalSoftware was perceived as the NextBigThing to enhance collaboration within a company back around the turn of this century. ---- '''End of an Era - for PortalSoftware''' Today, in Aug05 the last remaining significant vendor, PlumTree, is being swallowed by BEA. * Accoring to a ButlerGroup blog, recent events has been predicted years ago. Whilst one can always find an abundance of BullsEye hind-sight analysis, should people have dismissed predictions of boom/bust in specific software industries? * Jun05 PlumTree product strategy can be seen at http://portalsmag.com/articles/default.asp?ArticleID=6621&KeyWords=plumtree One year ago, PlumTree CEO John Kunze said this about their product: * "We have been planning for this (ServiceOrientedArchitecture) role. Our core engine and infrastructure can consume Web services in massive scale and deploy them in massive scale to very specific audiences." * "Plumtree offers its administration and orchestration of services (also) in interactive collaborative applications." A Gartner view of PortalSoftware dated 2004 can be seen at http://portalsmag.com/print/default.asp?ArticleID=5512 ---- '''Supplanted by MicrosoftWay???''' It is too much of a coincident and not long after the takeover of the "struggling" PlumTree, Microsoft is making available an "experimental" PortalSoftware start.com site at http://start.com/developer/ . This SeptemberZeroFive preview use terms like "gadgets" that are identical to ones for PlumTree addons. Microsoft MSN developer web site suggested AjaxWebApplications possibilities and wrote: * "Start.com is now extensible, with our new AJAX framework. Go to the Start.com developer site to learn how to build your own gadgets, customize your feeds, and more." ---- '''Using portal to enhance collaboration''' BigBlue has this marketing paper which could be applicable to the general topic of PortalSoftware. -> http://www-5.ibm.com/ch/lotus/pdf/portal_unleasing_value_collaborative.pdf * they suggested it is an enabling technology for OrganizationalCulturalTransformation (not just CulturalChange). ---- see also WikiPortal ---- CategoryCollaboration