Corporate Portals resist economic downturn. (IT News).Recent research from Butler Group, shows that the demand for Corporate Portals An internal Web site (intranet) that provides proprietary, enterprise-wide information to company employees as well as access to selected public Web sites and vertical-market Web sites (suppliers, vendors, etc.). has increased despite the recent economic downturn. A Butler Group survey of IT Directors and CXO's revealed 79% of the respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. intend to, or have already, implemented a Corporate Portal, up 4% from this time last year. The survey revealed that although Plumtree continues to lead the competition, there is a high volatility in the market with acquisitions and new players entering the arena. Butler Group say that over the past few months, the portal space has witnessed disruption disruption /dis·rup·tion/ (dis-rup´shun) a morphologic defect resulting from the extrinsic breakdown of, or interference with, a developmental process. through bigger players acquiring smaller niche counterparts. Also where companies such as IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) are discovering the value of portals and entering the market for themselves. Comment: According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Butler Group, in spite of in opposition to all efforts of; in defiance or contempt of; notwithstanding. See also: Spite the general pressure on budgets, cost is still one of the least important criteria in purchasing portals. Technical issues such as scalability, integration and development facilities, are proving to be the determining factors. The number of seats in deploying portals far exceeds most other applications. The business case for wide-scale adoption of a portal is still strong. Portals are being deployed for the majority of an enterprise's employees and partners. The largest population reported in the survey is 75,000 users in a large telecoms company. The main motivation is to encourage collaborative working, increasing the effectiveness of workers and distributing content and information more effectively. www.butlergroup.com |
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