Posts Tagged ‘websphere portal’

Next week (July 21, 2014), IBM’s yearly Digital Experience Conference will be in full swing.  In the past this conference has been called “Exceptional Web Experience” and “Portal” conference and the new name reflects not only the market changes taking place, but also IBM’s approach to the market.  The market is no longer a “Portal” […]

I missed the following post on Perficient’s Spark Blog, but it is a good read for anybody connected to WebSphere Portal.  Older versions of portal had a reputation of not working with the latest advances in user interface tools and techniques, such as responsive design, jQuery, etc.  Starting with v7 and really taking off in […]

If you are anything like me – you have probably ignored the Configuration Wizard capability in WebSphere Portal since it was first introduced in v6.x. It was a feature with much promise … yet it was pretty much unusable in most real-world installation scenarios. Over the years IBM made great strides to simplify base WebSphere Portal […]

IBM announced the release of IBM Digital Experience Suite 8.5 on earlier this month. Today, I had the chance to download the software images from and I am writing this as I install WebSphere Portal v8.5 Extend edition on Windows 7 OS. I went ahead with the Extend edition because I wanted to get a hold of all the […]

Having worked as a front end developer, integrating the UI with backend systems, I am presenting below some of the myths and facts concerning UI (html, css, javascript, images, fonts) code integration with websphere portal and a few best practices one should follow – Myth – Websphere portal is not compatible with latest front end frameworks like […]

Last week IBM announced v8.5 for their Digital Experience system.  This has been known in the past as WebSphere Portal, but with all the additions to the platform over the years, its become much more than just a portal.  My colleague Brendon Jones listed a few of the new features included in v8.5.  Its often […]

Last week IBM announced v8.5 for their Digital Experience system.  This has been known in the past as WebSphere Portal, but with all the additions to the platform over the years, its become much more than just a portal.  My colleague Brendon Jones listed a few of the new features included in v8.5.  Its often […]

OK, it’s not really a movie trailer. It’s more like a list of new features in the next version of their Digital Experience product (Portal / WCM).  But it’s made as if it were a trailer up to and including the credits at the end.  Enjoy.

IBM announced that it is once again the market share leader in Enterprise Social Software according to IDC.  This marks the fifth year in a row that IBM has maintained the market share leader position.  According to IBM, “Tens of millions of users today rely on IBM’s Social Business software…”, IBM Connections. IBM has spent a […]

I’ve ranted a couple times about the gaping hole that is database in the cloud.  I say that not because I don’t like Azure’s cloud service in SQL Server or Amazon’s db service.  I say it because on premise solutions that run on a database don’t have an easy way to migrate to the cloud […]

Maria Rauba from Asponte presented how she implemented a multifaceted search using IBM Web Content Manager in Portal.  Faceted search is an often requested feature and is not something that comes out of the box in WCM.  Components used: Custom JSP Custom Search Seedlist WCM Search component Custom Javascript The HTML Form contains the custom […]

Bill Pappalardo and Tim Reilly spoke about the work they’ve done with a portal at Tufts Health Plan. About Tufts They are the second largest health care plans in MA with over one million members. They are ranked by NCQA one of the top health plans for the past nine years. As part of this: […]