IBM announces IBM WebSphere Portal with Web 2.0 enhancements

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IBM India Software Lab’s expertise in business portlet development leveraged to bring this to market.

IBM announced a single, simplified IBM WebSphere Portal offering with enhanced Web 2.0 tooling and a set of tailored business-ready packages - or "accelerators" that support a quicker return on investments and shortened implementation cycles for specific business problems. India Software Lab (ISL) was part of a globally integrated development team comprising members from four IBM Software labs worldwide to create this offering that will support a quicker return on investments and shorten implementation cycles for specific business problems.

Also available later this month is IBM Portlet for Google Gadgets that allows end users to integrate consumer-style web utilities, extending the value of Internet services to business environments. The strong team of product developers at ISL, which has previously released many portlets for customers, is currently working on productizing the Google Gadget portlet.

Accelerators for WebSphere Portal address specific business

problems and can simplify the implementation of customized solutions on a single portal platform. For example, IBM Dashboard Accelerator provides an easy way for companies to align objectives, view real time business results, and take action on performance gaps. The Dashboards are easily customizable and can be tailored to any industry. For instance, an energy company can build an emissions dashboard for plant operators showing real time emissions from the different utility devices as well as a scorecard that monitors performance against a set of objectives to help comply with regulatory requirements.

“Customers have asked us for faster ways to deploy and extend portals directly supporting their business objectives, and that's exactly what we are doing with today's announcement,” said Country Manager, Lotus Software, IBM India/ South Asia, Chetan Yardi. “We are helping customers focus their efforts on business results by introducing a flexible set of accelerators and enabling e