Improved user interfaces have helped transform portals into effective application deployment vehicles and full-featured collaboration hubs. This article explores how SAP has enhanced the functionality of its own SAP NetWeaver Portal solution to help end users, developers, and administrators take advantage of the portal revolution.
The role of the portal is changing within the enterprise. Facilitated in part by improved user interfaces (UIs), portals are becoming effective application deployment vehicles and full-featured collaboration hubs that improve productivity and increase ROI.
For several years, the adoption of SAP NetWeaver Portal has grown significantly; in the beginning of 2011, there were 10,000 live portal deployments. From using these portals to boost user productivity by enabling team collaboration via intranets, to driving down direct material costs by deploying supplier portals, to increasing customer satisfaction by launching customer portals, SAP clients have taken advantage of the robust capabilities SAP NetWeaver Portal offers.
And SAP is helping customers take full advantage of the portal revolution by further enhancing the functionality of its SAP NetWeaver Portal solution for end users, developers, and administrators. For end users, SAP offers more flexibility in accessing and creating content and applications by allowing users to personalize portal pages to achieve an intuitive, state-of-the-art user experience. SAP also makes it easier for end users to collaborate. Through internal development and strategic partnerships, SAP brings collaboration capabilities into our portal solutions, allowing users to work more efficiently through peer work groups. For developers, SAP brings enhanced development tools and additional supported standards, extending the portal to meet the diverse needs of the organization. For administrators, there are powerful tools for managing the portal landscape, allowing the company to run high-performance portals with little down time.