id502 - introducing websphere portal express version 6_0_rev

8/6/2019 ID502 - Introducing WebSphere Portal Express Version 6_0_rev

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ID502 - Introducing WebSphere Portal Express Version 6.0:New Portal and Collaboration Solutions for Small and Medium Business


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Session Abstract

Introducing IBM WebSphere Portal Express 6: New P ortal

and Collaboration Solutions for Small and Medium Business

You'll discover how collaborative portals, document management andteam collaboration can dramatically help small and mediumbusinesses grow. This session will show the features andcapabilities of WebSphere Portal Express and will demonstrate howorganizations can do more with less, deliver ready-to-use portalsand build applications for teams right out of the box.

Track Three: Planning and Managing Your CollaborationInfrastructure


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Introducing WebSphere Portal Express Version 6.0 Shareinformation, collaborate and

make better decisions

Integratedportal, documentmanagement, web content managementand collaboration capabilities

Receive immediate benefit from currentinvestment, with fast installationandpre-built example w eb siteswhichcan be easily customized and deployed

Organize and aggregate information andapplications as well as provide teamswith an easy way to coordinate andmanage documents in a central location

For the small and medium business,or departments of larger organizations

with under 1000 users

Single package with flexible pricingoptions


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How does a

small and medium business

work today?


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Empower staff to solve problems

Help staff to collaborate ondocuments and projects

Provide a connection point fordispersed teams

Improve efficiency and

productivity of my staff

Save time and money by fully utilizing,and building on, the systems andapplications that already work for you

Provide timely access to information,applications and people within

a single interface

Keep customers, partnersand staff informed

Current Business Challenges How do I

Make the most of what I have


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Lisa, Sales EngineerWorks with customers to determinerequirements and specifies thesystem to be ordered and ensuresstock is available

How does a small and medium business worktoday?

Mary, Sales ManagerCoordinates activities betweensales engineering, services andprocurement teams to deliver

customer results

Susan and Andrew,Procurement TeamWork to ensure that orders areentered, and contracts are inplace with the customer

Bob, Delivery ManagerPlaces orders with supplier,

makes sure they receive stockon time and that technicians areavailable to perform installation

They each work individually and use email, phone and fax to keep each other in the loop.There are multiple disparate systems for accessing information.

The organizations information isscattered across multiple systems :

Email

Hard drives/file servers

Back end systems (Procurement,Stock control, Warehouse etc)

Making it unorganized, unmanagedand difficult to collaborate on


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How could a small and medium business work withWebSphere Portal Express?

Lisa, Sales Engineer, can now

Review past proposals, latest productinformation from suppliers, stock levelsand resource availabilities all from asingle interface

Mary, Sales Manager, can nowReview all proposals and contracts,review customer activity, reviewpost/pre-sales installation activities,

review flagged issues

Susan and Andrew,Procurement Team, can now

Place orders, work together ondocuments, review contracts

Collaborate with salesengineers and DeliveryManager to ensure contractcaptures correct terms and

conditions

Bob, Delivery Manager, can nowReview new proposals from

Sales Engineers, scheduledeliveries/installs andcollaborate with suppliers

Single user interface for all theinformation they need

Share and save documents in acentral location

Collaborate in real time usingInstant Messaging andPresence Awareness

Collaboration beyond EMAIL


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Demonstration How does WebSphere Portal Express help?


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Within your organization-Improve efficiency and productivity of your staff Provide a single access point to all the data an employee needs to do their job.

Keep teams and employees connected with instant messaging and presence awareness capabilities

Allows individuals and teams to work on documents using enhanced document management capabilitiesthat integrate with the tools you already use

With your customersIncrease customer loyalty

and cross-sell revenue

With your partnersBuild partner relationships

through integration with yourbusiness processes

Content

People

Applications

Processes

WebSphere Portal Express Version 6.0 provides access to people,information and applications for everyone who interacts with your business

Provide access to informationand applications thatpersonalized for each partnerto help you and your partnerbe more productive

Provides information about

your company to yourcustomers

Easy to deploy your web siteand easy for your staff to keepup to date


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WebSphere Portal Express Version 6.0 Features Provides employee, customers and partners with access to web siteson

which the information and applications they need have been consolidated and

organized for easy access and use

Pre-built example web sites are supplied to accelerate deployment of portalsites

Provides document management capability to enable individuals and teams toshare and save documents in a central location

Provides instant messaging capabilities to allow real time communicationbetween employees

Includes support for access to a wide variety of applicationssuch as LotusNotes, or Microsoft Exchange so employees can work with the applicationsthey know.

Included development tools accelerate customization of applicationsto anorganizations unique need.

A solution based on industry standardsthat can grow as the companiesneeds grow without high maintenance and migration costs.


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IBM WebSphere Portal Express V5.x helps firms across industriesachieve immediate answers to common business problems

Easily market their services on their web site, with non-technical staff able to keep content upto date

Results:

Portal Express solution consolidates multiple Web sites and legacy applications into a single userinterface

Solution:

Improve customer service while reducing phone, fax and administrative workloadChallenge:

German professional services company with 400 employees

Data from multiple sources is collated and presented automatically in a single view, offeringreduced costs, greater control, and improved efficiency

Results:

Portal Express solution aggregates data from existing manufacturing systems to provideadvanced management reporting

Solution:

Meet new stringent government regulations, improve production efficiencies, cut operationalcosts

Challenge:

Finnish producer of dairy products w ith 50 employees

$250,000 a year in additional revenue through improved productivity, full payback in just 3weeks, strengthened patient relationships

Results:

Portal Express solution for real-time, responsive patient management system enablescollaboration between doctors and staff

Solution:

In danger of losing patients to competing facilities; faced declining revenues due to outmodedbusiness processes and poor productivity

Challenge:

United States cosmetic surgery center with 24 employees


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Lets look

at the product in

more detail


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High Level Benefits for End Users

WebSphere Portal Express Version 6.0 provides: Access to a single unified interface where users can

access all the information, applications and people theyneed to do their job

Secure environment for working on documents, eitheron their own or in a team

A way to easily update content on intranet, internet orextranet sites without technical skills

The ability to keep using the applications they arefamiliar with

Pre-built content filled web sites enables fastdeployment of new sites without the need fortechnical skills

*Express licensing restrictions apply


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Demonstration of End User Features


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High Level Benefits for Developers

WebSphere Portal Express Version 6.0 provides: A better way to develop loosely coupled tightly

integrated solutions

Set of pre-built building blocks that speeds up

development time for developing compositeapplications

Development tools and APIs are included for fastdevelopment of solutions customized to anorganizations unique needs

A solution based on open standards making it easier tointegrate with 3rd party solutions

Ability to add leverage other IBM applications includingWorkplace Forms Express, Workplace Dashboard

Framework, WebSphere Portlet Factory and DominoExpress for additional capabilities



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Demonstration of Development Features


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High Level Benefits for Administrators

WebSphere Portal Express Version 6.0 provides: Fast installation and included pre-built example web

sites which can be easily customized and deployed.

Easier to deploy and administer a diverse set ofapplications for different communities of users

A solution that works with existing infrastructure and

existing applications

Easy to train new users with a single interface acrossall applications

Single system to administer users and applications,

reducing the effort/time to deploy and maintainsolution

Scalability and performance

Easy to delegate responsibility of applications and

virtual servers to line of business managers



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Demonstration of Administration Features


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High Level Benefits for the Ent ire Organizat ion

WebSphere Portal Express Version 6.0provides:

Timely information and access to applications foremployees and customers4 Portal, collaboration and document management, and web content management

capabilities

4 Makes it easier to get the right information to the right user

Improved productivity from employees4 Out of the box sites and components to get started quickly

4 Easier for end-users to find people, information and applications, and create andmanage content

4 Easier for end-users to work on-line in virtual teams

Faster business solutions provided by developers4 Development tools and APIs are included

4 Fast development of solutions customized to an organizations unique needs

Lower administration costs4 Better administration capabilities

4 Virtual portals make it easy to administer

Standards-based so that it can grow as the company'sneeds grow4 Support of latest standards, operating systems and development tools

4 Flexible pricing options


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Whats in the box?

Lotus Sametime Presence Awarenessand Instant Messaging

Collaboration

DB2 Express

also integrates with other databases

Database :

Lotus Component Designer

WebSphere Portal Factory runtime

Application Development

Tivoli Directory Server

also integrates with other LDAPs

LDAP Directory

WebSphere Portal Server Version 6.0

includes Document Management and Web ContentManagement

Portal Server :

Whats included with WebSphere Portal Express Version 6.0 ?


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Summary

WebSphere Portal Express Version 6.0:

4Save time and money: pre-built intranet and extranetexperience out of the box for immediate use

4Increase employee productivity: integrated portal,document management, web content management andcollaboration

4Simplify IT management: installs quickly, in a singlepackage, flexible pricing options


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Additional information

ibm.com/websphere/portalexpress6Visit us on the IBM website:

ibm.com/lotus/smb

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