Building and Managing Enterprise-Wide Portals

Polgar, Jana · Bram, Robert Mark · Polgar, Tony

dec 2005 · IGI Global

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Building and Managing Enterprise-Wide Portals discusses the technology behind portals and grid networks, gives information to the history behind grid technology evolution, and supplies the reader with the knowledge to make qualified managerial decisions. This book looks at next-generation computing platforms and global cyber-infrastructure for solving large-scale problems in science, engineering, and business.

Building and Managing Enterprise-Wide Portals includes a diverse range of topics, such as deployment considerations, facilities and tools for creating and managing grid and portal applications, including tools for visually linking corporate databases into grid or portal applications. This book also provides an overview of other web technologies such as EJB and servlets, while comparing them to portals and grids and suggesting how to approach various analysis and design challenges.

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Jana Polgar worked as a lecturer at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia where she was teaching subjects focusing on web services, SOA and portal design and implementation in postgraduate courses at the Faculty of Information Technology. Her research interests include web services, SOA and portal applications. She has also extensive industry experience in various roles ranging from software development to management and 666 consulting positions. She holds master degree in Electrical Engineering from VUT Brno (Czech Republic) and PhD from RMIT Melbourne.

Robert Mark Bram teaches at Monash University, in Australia.

Tony Polgar holds a Masters degree from the Faculty of Engineering, Charles University in Prague and a Masters degree in Computing from Monash University. He has been a practicing manager for large enterprise applications and portal development for more than 20 years. He also worked ten years for IBM and holds an IBM worldwide qualification as a Certified Project Manager. [Editor]