Posts Tagged ‘websphere portal’

IBM has long had a Solutions Catalog or application store, which includes portlets and other code for their products.   Some solutions are free from IBM and others, while some solutions you have to purchase.  You can look at the Solutions Catalog here. In addition to the Solutions Catalog, IBM is now offering what they […]

At IBM’s Exceptional Web Experience Conference, Rob Will, Chief Architect for WebSphere Portal and WCM, delivered his usual outstanding presentation on What’s New in WebSphere Portal and WCM.  His presentation was 117 slides long, so it was packed with lots of information.  He conveyed some of IBM goals with respect to Portal and WCM and […]

At IBM’s Exceptional Web Experience Conference, Rob Will, Chief Architect for WebSphere Portal and WCM, delivered his usual outstanding presentation on What’s New in WebSphere Portal and WCM.  His presentation was 117 slides long, so it was packed with lots of information.  He conveyed some of IBM goals with respect to Portal and WCM and […]

Managed pages are one of the many new capabilities in WebSphere Portal 8.  A key goal of this capability is to provide a great user experience for business users managing pages and content.  I attended a session at the IBM Exceptional Web Experience on managed pages which was lead by Stefan Hepper, Portal / WCM […]

This session from the IBM Exceptional Web Experience is on portal performance tuning techniques.  It is hosted by   Hunter Presnall and Denny Pichardo of IBM.  This particular post does not summarize the entire session but instead focuses on key points and topics that resonate with what I’ve seen happen in the field with customers and […]

I attended this session on caching techniques hosted by Joerg Huehne of IBM at the IBM Exceptional Web Experience Conference.  I always feel that caching is one of the very most important techniques for performance improvement opportunities in portal and this session reinforced it.  Some of the key takeaways from the session are below. Overview […]

Stefan Hepper presented a session at the IBM Exceptional Web Experience Conference on techniques to integrate external content management systems with IBM WCM.  He first presented on integration of ECM systems into WCM. There are several use cases where this integration is important: Author content in external ECM system and deliver it using WCM Target […]

Opening General Session keynote with Larry Bowden The session kicked off with Larry Bowden touting the biggest launch for WebSphere Portal in 10 years and the key growth components driving it.  There has been a double digit growth in customers in last 2 years.  Key growth components and statistics include: Social 60% Discover new brands […]

Now that WebSphere Portal V8 has shipped, you should wonder what is the migration process to get to Portal 8. I’m attending the IBM Exceptional Web Experience Conference session titled Migrating to IBM WebSphere Portal V8, so I’ll pass along what I learn. First, the upgrade is going to require additional servers because it is […]

Larry Bowden kicked off IBM’s biggest launch of a new version of Web Experience in 10 years.  Mobile, Social, Analytics and Content are all hitting at the same time, and the IBM Web Experience Suites are positioned to take advantage of this convergence. Here are some stats that Larry presented: Social Networking reaches 82% of […]

Aside from the watching the lunar eclipse, there is another reason why hundreds of people are making their way to Texas today – the IBM Exceptional Web Experience conference in Austin, TX.  The preeminent conference highlighting the great web experience tools the the IBM product suite such as: IBM Portal IBM Connections IBM Experience Modeler […]

IBM recently published a new presentation on their mobile strategy for social businesses.  This presentation is a comprehensive look at the available IBM mobile technologies across their broad spectrum of systems, including WebSphere Portal, Lotus Notes, Domino, IBM Connections, Sametime, Sterling Commerce, Cognos and Coremetrics. IBM has a three prong strategy when it comes to […]