PortalOriented AI

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Portal-Oriented AI

• Single UI with information access to many
  systems
  
• Generally web-based integrated view without
  back-end integration
  
• Extends the UI of each connected system to the
  common UI front-end
  

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Single-System Portals

• A single enterprise system, such as sales, UI
  extended to the web by translating conventional
  UIs to HTML pages
  

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Multiple Systems Portals

• Access to several enterprise systems, via
  intranet or the Internet, through a single web-
  enabled portal (UI)
  

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Trading Community

• Information access to systems within many
  companies, who may each portalize information
  before externalizing
  

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Portal Architecture (Example)

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• Based on Web server technology with import/export
  interfaces to decision processing systems (such
  as data warehouses), collaborative processing
  systems (such as Lotus Notes and Microsoft
  Exchange) and other corporate and external
  systems

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• Search engine with meta data crawlers that access
  data imported from these various databases and
  systems to make the data and information
  available for access and processing
• Business information directory for all data,
  information and knowledge resources, as well as
  the workflows, processes and systems as well as
  information about each user's contact and
  security details and profiles
• Publishing facility that indicates the resources
  available through the portal and a subscription
  facility that allows each individual to tailor
  his or her access to the portal to meet specific
  needs

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• Distinct from a data warehouse that offers only
  "read" access to historical information extracted
  as periodic snapshots from operational databases
  and systems, an enterprise portal can operate
  against operational databases and collaborative
  processing systems to create, read, update and
  delete relevant information based on each
  individual's specific access and authority
  profiles
• e-commerce in the form of the sale of products
  and services over the Internet
  
• e- business that links tightly and automatically
  to back-end systems for order processing,
  invoicing and delivery fulfillment

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Digital Exchange

• A portal site set up by a particular industry
  type, such as automotive parts industry, to be
  used by parts suppliers and consumers
  
• Information currency may be an issue
• Globix Digital Exchange allows customers to
  manage, archive, categorize, centralize and
  distribute valuable digital assets, including
  studio-quality video, audio, graphics and images.
  
• Orbitz http//www.orbitz.com
• Expedia, Travelocity, etc.