Using Web 2.0 for the Enterprise Portal

Beyond enterprise portals by Greg Pepus, KMWorld (Dec 28, 2007)

Enterprise portals may have become too complex and unwieldy; web browser don't have the "programmatic sophistication" to support security, content management and much else. Argues that companies "need better solutions and smarter technical and business approaches to take advantage of increasing desktop/laptop computing power and emerging service-oriented architectures in the business enterprise. Perhaps that is one of the things that Web 2.0 is all about—breaking the tyranny of the portal." Recommends adding Rich Internet Application (RIA) technology to expand function and better inter-application data sharing.