SAP Enterprise Portal Intro

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Copyrights 2002 Introduction to SAP Enterprise Portals September 2002 1

SAP Enterprise Portal 101

Naeem Hashmi

Chief Technology Officer

Information Frameworks

e-mail: [email protected]

Web: http://infoframeworks.com

Tel; 603-432-4550


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Topics

Definition of an Enterprise Portal

Enterprise Portal - Functional Components

Enterprise Portal Success Factors

Questions


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Defining Enterprise Portal

What is an Enterprise Portal? A portal is much more than an Interactive flashy Web Site

to publish reports or marketing material

Enterprise Portalis a web based business-critical system

Integrated information view and business applications

Seamless integration between BI, OLTP and KnowledgeManagement Systems

A collaborative environment

Classes of Portals

Information Portals Functional Portals

Industry Specific Portals

Enterprise Portals


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Top 5 Characteristics - Enterprise Portal

1. Information Consumer Centric

2. Collaboration and Knowledge Management

3. Content Management4. Integration process/information - Delivery

5. Security


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Enterprise Portals and The ExtrapriseInformation Factory

The Extraprise Information Factory is a Technical

Architecture to construct and deploy scalable,extendable, distributable and integrated solutionsneeded to support business critical applications.

TheExtrapriseInformationFactory,Webcast,searchSAP.comJan8,2002



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Questions



Enterprise Portal Building Blocks



Enterprise Portal Functional Components

Personalization

Customization

Presentation an Navigation

Aggregation

Categorization/Taxonomy

Search

Collaboration

Workflow

Administration and Management

Single Sign-on

Integration

Business IntelligenceInformation

Sources

Information

Managem

ent

Informa

tion

Consum

ers




Personalization One of the critical component

Choice of Content

Value: Improve productivity/loyalty

Customization

Branding Look and Feel

Value: Identity


User Interface Consistency across

broad range of applications Value: Less Training, support and

administration

Information

Consum

ers




Aggregation

Package information from one or moresources for a user personalized view


Manual and Automatic

Value: Groups information content

Search Context based search

Federated Search

Collaboration

Key component of Enterprise Portals

Value: Knowledge Sharing/Communities

Workflow

Rules drive Information Flow

Value: Business/Info process Automation

Administration and Management

Manage all components - single point

Information

Managem

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Single Sign-on

Key feature Identification, Authentication,

Authorization

Value: Easier to manage - High ROI

Integration

The most critical functionality Applications, Internal, External

Value: Provides an Integrated view ofbusiness systems without building pointto point interfaces - High ROI

Business Intelligence

On-Demand Reporting, Analytics Partners, Customers, Suppliers

Value: Instance Global access to companyinformation resources.

Information

Sources



Enterprise Portal Infrastructure

Information

Sources

Information

Managem

ent

Information

Consum

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Enterprise Portal Vendors

Personalization

Customization


Aggregation


Search

Integration

Business Intelligence

Collaboration

Workflow

Single Sign-on Administration and Management

All vendors support these portal functions in one share or form

How you know which Enterprise Portal is good for your business ?

Information Frameworks offers a proven methodology to select a right Enterprise Portal for your Business



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Top 10 Critical Success Factors

1. Must have executives sponsorship.2. Must Know what are the objectives

3. Listento your information consumers.

4. Focus on information flowin mind designing andimplementing Portals.

5. Focus on your keybusiness objectives.

6. Security. Be innovative, but be careful.

7. Clear scopedefinition and plan implement in Phases nobig bang.

8. Focus on building a sense of community.

9. Develop a comprehensive re-usableWeb Services basedapplication Integration architecture.

10. Assess ROIat the end of every Phase - More often than BI

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Questions

Naeem Hashmi

Chief Technology Officer

Information Frameworks

Email your question on SAP Enterprise Portal [email protected]

e-mail: [email protected]

Web: http://infoframeworks.com

Tel: 603-432-4550

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