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What others say about The Enterprise Portals Report 2008

"Organisations looking to implement an enterprise portal face a steep learning curve, and the Enterprise Portals Report can help to reduce this pain. Highly recommended."
-- James Robertson, Managing Director, Step Two Designs

"Every organisation considering portal technology should obtain a copy of the Enterprise Portals Report, to gain access to best-practice approaches and concepts, built up from real-world experience."
-- James Robertson, Managing Director, Step Two Designs

"Portals are where 'synergy' stops being a buzzword and becomes a tangible business benefit. If you're considering portal software, you can't afford to miss this comprehensive market review. And if you've already started a project, the common-sense advice contained in this outstanding report could save you thousands -- of dollars and hours."
-- Eric L. Reiss, Author of "Practical Information Architecture"

"We found the Enterprise Portals Report to be extremely helpful in our efforts to implement a revamped and improved portal at our organization. Not only were the portal product evaluations impartial and thorough, but the 'best practices' advice contained in the report was excellent! Your report saved us a lot of time and money by consolidating a wealth of information in one spot. Worth every penny!"
-- Alex L. Brown, Portal Communications Coordinator, Student Assistance Foundation

"The Enterprise Portals Report does an excellent job of articulating the key complexities and challenges associated with portal implementations, and will greatly assist organizations in planning for and executing portal initiatives."
-- Mike Girifalco, Director of Engineering, Bit Group, Inc.

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The Enterprise Portals Report 2008 looks at... LDAP support in Liferay

"LDAP servers, such as Microsoft Active Server and OpenLDAP, are also supported through plug-in authenticators, although this requires some fairly advanced editing of configuration files and a very strong knowledge of LDAP queries..."

More about The Enterprise Portals Report 2008

 

Find out how Enterprise Portal tools really work. Help your enterprise make informed Portal technology strategies and buying decisions.

• See a list of the 16 products covered
• Scan the table of contents (pdf)
• Review a free, 42-page sample excerpt
• Buy and read the report now

Updated in December, 2007, The Enterprise Portals Report 2008 provides a comprehensive overview of enterprise portal products and best practices, including detailed 10- to 20-page comparative surveys of 16 enterprise portal products, as well as short descriptions of several other vendors across 4 vendor categories.

How it will help you

The Report can help your team:

• Save time in the selection process
• Create an effective vendor shortlist
• Avoid selecting the wrong product
• Budget more accurately
• Avoid painful setbacks

What's inside

Written by noted portal and content management analyst, Janus Boye, the report offers an analytically and visually rich primer with multiple diagrams and screenshots, as well as product comparison charts you've come to expect from CMS Watch.

An optional Open Source Edition covers solely the open source portal platforms from the larger report, for those customers looking exclusively at open source solutions.

The report is ideal for companies looking to develop a business-driven Portal strategy, or who are considering selecting an Enterprise Portal product and need unbiased technical assessments, or who simply need a clearly-written guide to this fast-changing landscape.

To buy this report

CMS Watch offers two tiers of licenses: "team-use" for up to 12 users within your organization, or a site license, which allows you to place the report on your Intranet.

The Enterprise Portals Report 2008
Enterprise Edition	Team Use $1950	Intranet Site License $2950
Open Source Edition	Team Use $950	Intranet Site License $1750

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