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Corporate portals provide many powerful and useful features to the business,
among the most important are:
Single Sign-on
Allowing users and customers to access all applications using a single sign-on with one username and
password. The database will contain the proper authentication credentials for each component application.
Users will no longer have to remember separate usernames and passwords for various applications.
Personalization
Each portal user can have the ability to personalize the content and layout of the portal interface.
Personalization also refers to personalized features and color or theme preferences. Links to Web sites.
Similar to personal portals, business portals can provide users with the ability to include links to other
Web sites as well as the inclusion of third party port lets, like weather or news.
Collaboration
One of the most attractive features to all portal
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users, collaboration could include any or all of the following capabilities:
- Workflow and routing of documents.
- Discussion threads.
- User-chat sessions.
- Dynamic group and team creation.
- Interactive collaboration, including video, voice, and application sharing.
Seamless Integration & processing
Without any intervention from users, business portals are capable of performing processes that require
cross-application communication and multi-database integration. This feature can eliminate a great deal
of manual back office maintenance tasks and provide high value for users and customers.
Document & Content Management
Many portal systems incorporate content and document management, providing a way to manage documents and
Web content. It can include versioning, security, metadata searching, and a host of other features.
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