Plumtree Unveils 2005 State of the Portal Market Report.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Portals Among the Highest Priorities at Large Companies; Essential for Web-Based Application See Web application. Deployments Plumtree Software Plumtree Software was founded in 1996 by product managers and engineers from Oracle and Informix. The company was headquartered in San Francisco, California. Plumtree was founded on the premise that the technology used to build the World Wide Web could support new kinds of (Nasdaq:PLUM) today announced it has completed its annual analysis on the state of the corporate portal 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.). market. The new report, "The Corporate Portal Market in 2005: Portals, Composite Applications In computing, the term composite application expresses a perspective of software engineering that defines an application built by combining multiple services. People often compare composite applications to mashups. and Integrated Activity Management," reveals that CIOs at large enterprises rank portal projects among their highest spending priorities for 2005. It also substantiates an emerging industry consensus that portal technology is the delivery vehicle for a new generation of composite applications in a marketplace driven by the promise of service-oriented architectures (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ). Plumtree's report is based on information gathered from customer and industry analyst interviews and synthesizes over 100 industry reports published on the portal and allied markets in the past twelve months. It offers insightful analysis into five key areas: the evolution of the corporate portal market, market segmentation Market Segmentation A marketing term referring to the aggregating of prospective buyers into groups (segments) that have common needs and will respond similarly to a marketing action. , portal usage and functions, deployment costs and return on investment. This original study is available for download exclusively at http://www.plumtree.com/05/PortalMarket/. Other interesting findings in the Plumtree report include: --Personalization features are declining in importance --Collaboration is critical and becoming common place --Applications are on the rise and the use of portal software Portal Software was founded in 1985 as Portal Information Network, one of the first ISPs in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was founded by John Little. The company offered its own interface through modem access that featured Internet email. for Integrated Activity Management applications is the most important and fastest growing trend among Plumtree customers --Portals are here to stay -- 97 percent of Plumtree customers said their company's preference is to build new Web-based applications within the portal "As the new report illustrates, portals are taking on a new and critical importance to enterprises as they deploy their SOA strategies," said John Kunze, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. at Plumtree Software. "In the report, our customers indicate a key benefit of Plumtree's portal solution is the ability to develop and deploy Integrated Activity Management applications on our open framework. They understand that by integrating user needs, IT systems and business processes via the portal, they have taken the first steps in delivering a SOA." About Plumtree Software Plumtree Software is a technology leader, providing enterprise solutions to bridge disparate work groups, IT systems and business processes with its cross-platform portal. Plumtree Software continues to innovate, offering rich service-oriented environments to deliver composite applications that give customers the freedom and flexibility to support advanced user needs and business processes. Plumtree Software's solutions provide significant business value to more than 21 million users worldwide. Customers include Airbus, Mazda, Pratt & Whitney and U.S. Navy. For more information, visit www.plumtree.com. Plumtree is a registered trademark of Plumtree Software, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other registered and unregistered trademarks in this document are the sole property of their respective owners. |
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