Realizing the Promise of Corporate Portals

Illustrates the potential of corporate portals and what your company can do to implement them for business success. This book explores the components and architecture of typical corporate portals. It offers guidance for managers when choosing software, consulting services and developing implementation programs.

Thoughtful and provocative, ''Realizing the Promise of Corporate Portals'' illustrates the vast potential of corporate portals and what your company can do to implement them for business success. Based on the authors'' extensive backgrounds and consulting focused on implementing corporate portals this exciting new book extends IT theory into business strategy.


Terra and Gordon explore the components and architecture of typical corporate portals and fundamental issues in knowledge management. Geared for decision makers at the executive level, this book provides a comprehensive view of the market landscape, powerful and detailed case studies, and collected best practices and lessons learned to help organizations successfully implement corporate portals. The book also includes detailed checklists necessary for selecting and implementing appropriate corporate portal technical solutions.

Learn from their detailed case studies of hugely successful corporate portal implementations, including:
* ADC Telecommunications Inc.
* Bain & Company
* Bank of Montreal
* Context Integration
* Eli Lilly
* Hill & Knowlton
* Nortel Networks
* SERPRO
* Siemens
* Texaco
* Xerox