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Michael Porter

Mike Porter leads the Strategic Advisors team for Perficient. He has more than 21 years of experience helping organizations with technology and digital transformation, specifically around solving business problems related to CRM and data.

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Link to Web 2.0 Webinar

So John Bimson and I held our Web 2.0 webinar last week.  The replay is now on the Perficient web site.  Click here for the replay. fz39wrqauk

What is a Portal

What I find interesting is that in spite of the fact that portals have been around for about a decade, many people still have a hard time defining it.  That’s interesting when you think that a decade is like 30 years in non-technology terms.  I still have “techies” asking me if portal is old and […]

IBM and "Social Portals"

In keeping with our belief that Web 2.0 will become an embedded part of various software products, here’s a link to an IBM blog on it. Brian Chaput is a product manager focused on portals and portal accelerators.

IBM and “Social Portals”

In keeping with our belief that Web 2.0 will become an embedded part of various software products, here’s a link to an IBM blog on it. Brian Chaput is a product manager focused on portals and portal accelerators.

John and I Will Speak at the Perficient Perspectives Webinar

We’ve talked about Web 2.0 in Portal and Collaboration on this blog and thought it was such an interesting topic that we decided to dive deeper and make it the topic for an upcoming Perficient Perspectives webinar.   Web 2.0 is still an ongoing topic and we get questions about the various technologies that make up […]

Virtual Portals

Virtual portals can bring some very specific value when building your infrastructure.  I don’t want to talk about the value of efficiently using the CPU’s and hardware that you already have or the ability to better manage those resources.   That’s great and can be a justification in and of itself.  I want to talk about […]

RE: Getting Real Value from Web/Enterprise 2.0

I agree that like many technologies, there is probably too much hype around Web/Enterprise 2.0.  It’s a nice little term to describe a variety of evolutionary technologies.  If you look at each technology, you will find that the new technology addressed issues that earlier technologies or approaches were not able to address.  For example: Blog […]

SOA and the Business

When working with portal, you have to work with a wide spectrum of people and technologies.  It ranges from the end users, visual designers, and front end developers to integration and SOA specialist and DBA’s.  Technologies include portal, search, content management, ESB’s and other service layers, etc.  That’s part of the fun of my job.   […]

Why no Portlet Catalogs?

Something has been bothering me for a while. My clients ask about it and I hear various vendors tout some of their out of the box functionality. I know various vendors have portlet catalogs. IBM has a pretty large one. Liferay touts a variety of out of the box portlets or plugins. I even see independent vendors like Syncex and Descom.

SAP’s Place in the World

I encounter a lot of companies debating SAP’s place in the world.  Many ask if the SAP Portal is good enough.  Many want to integrate to it.   Go Big Always talks about SAP missing the boat as their growth slows.  He makes some interesting points. The new brain now touches everyone at an organization. But […]

SAP's Place in the World

I encounter a lot of companies debating SAP’s place in the world.  Many ask if the SAP Portal is good enough.  Many want to integrate to it.   Go Big Always talks about SAP missing the boat as their growth slows.  He makes some interesting points. The new brain now touches everyone at an organization. But […]

Why a Portal??

I’ve been working with portal and portal related technologies since 2000.  During the first 3-4 years I spent a lot of time answering the question, “Why do I need a portal?”  Then things took off and I almost never heard that question.  This year however, has brought a change.  I’ve been asked that question a […]

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