Web Portal
A web site that robust one-point access to a variety of content and core services, and ideally offering a single sign-on point. Web portal is a starting point, a gateway to other resources on the Internet. A starting point or a means of entrance: the local library, a portal of knowledge. This type of web site also considered as an entry point to other web sites, often by being or providing access to a search engine.
Web portals provide personalized capabilities and customization features to their visitors. They are designed to use distributed applications, different numbers and types of middleware and hardware to provide services from a number of different sources.
Web portal content is dynamically managed through databases, application windows, and sometimes cookies.
Typical web portals offer a broad array of resources and services, such as:
 A community forum
A directory of Web sites
A facility to search for other sites
Email
News
Phone and map information
Stock quotes
Weather information
On-line shopping malls etc.
Examples of major general web portals include:
 Yahoo
MSN
Excite
Lycos
Microsoft Network
Netscape
Many of the portals started initially as either Internet directories (like Yahoo!) or search engines (Excite, Lycos, AltaVista, infoseek, and Hotbot among the old ones). The expansion of service provision occurred as a strategy to secure the user-base and lengthen the time a user stays on the portal.
Types of Web Portals
Business To Employees (B2E) Portals
Typically known as Enterprise Information Portals. These integrate an organization's knowledge base and all related applications into a single user-customizable environment. This environment acts as a one-stop shop, or "gateway," for users' information and system needs. Thus, these portals are designed for activities and communities to improve the access, processing and sharing of structured and unstructured information within and across the enterprise. They incorporate roles, processes, workflow, collaboration, content management, data warehousing and marts, enterprise applications and business intelligence. These portals also provide access to syndicated content, which is defined as external information, from a single or multiple sources, that is maintained by third party.
Mavis technologies can provide you an technical consultation regarding access/search, categorization, collaboration, personalization, expertise, profiling, application integration, and security of the your enterprise information portal, after completing your complete business analysis. Top
Business To Business (B2B) Portals
These portals extend the enterprise to its suppliers and partners. They are transforming the supplier and value chain process and relationships.
Benefits of B2B portals:
 Manufacturers and service companies
Minimizes Supply Chain inefficiencies
• Reduces inventories
• Reduces delivery delays
• Enables efficient e-procurement
Build more collaborative and stronger relationships with suppliers.
This includes streamlining and automating the underlying business processes, enabling areas such as
• Direct marketing, Selling,
Customer services, (call centres)
• Fulfillment,
Procurement,
Replenishment and
Information management.
Example :
www.sdcexec.com , www.commerx.com , www.b2btoday.com etc. Top
Business To Customers (B2C) Portals
These portals extend the enterprise to its customers for the purpose of ordering, billing, customer service, self-service etc. They facilitate the relationship between business and the customer.
Benefits of B2C portals
Customers can buy when they want, from more locations (internet connected terminals) more choices.
Customers can have more choices you can decide on a product with better features at a more competitive price
Customers can receive more information about the product and make a more informed decision
Greater information leads to more confidence to make a purchase decision
More information also leads to enhanced customer satisfaction because the customers has a better idea how to use the product
Quicker delivery (for online products)
Examples:
www.yahoo.com, www.msn.com, www.directlandings.com, Pervasive portals or mobility portals, Appliance portals, industry specific portals such as tour and travel portals, products portals, online shopping malls etc.Top
Mavis web portal solutions span across eMarketplaces and digital exchanges. Starting from strategy consulting, portal solution development from scratch or integration of available components & tools, solution implementation, integration with the existing systems, deployment to user training and post-implementation support are handled by us on a turn- key basis. |
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