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Follow UsSAN JOSE, USA: Provider of enterprise infrastructure software BEA has announced the general availability of BEA WebLogic Portal 10.2. This new release solidifies the mission-critical enterprise portal capabilities and introduces enhancements designed to build more dynamic and interactive experiences.
Numerous improvements are focused on developer and end-user productivity including AJAX development, dynamic tools for modifying portal content and style, and increased security capabilities.
Additionally, BEA continues to innovate in the presentation layer architecture by adding support for Web 2.0 interactivity, portal federation, mashup, and composite application capabilities. Combined with best-in-class lifecycle management, these features and rapid development capabilities in BEA WebLogic Portal are designed to help customers create personalized Web 2.0 applications delivered within a service-oriented ecosystem.
Most technology initiatives in the enterprise use service-oriented architectures (SOA) to deliver adaptive business solutions by weaving together services and applications from existing software deployments. BEA WebLogic Portal is designed to integrate these SOA solutions visually and programmatically to create new capabilities, target new audiences, and reduce the cost of IT responsiveness. As the face of SOA, BEA WebLogic Portal is designed to deliver personalized experiences and create composites from applications, content, and services.
New capabilities in BEA WebLogic Portal 10.2 include:
* Mashups and migration – Clipper portlet helps integrate outside web content into the portal, such as legacy applications and websites
* Security – A new credential vault that simplifies SSO – speeding implementation and improving user adoption through increased legacy integration
* Content Syndication – Personalized RSS feeds from the BEA WebLogic Portal virtual content repository, helps improves access to dynamic, constantly-changing content
* Improved wizards – Portal desktop and integrated content publishing tools that improve end-user productivity with simpler, and quicker content production
* Developer experience – BEA WebLogic WorkShop Studio is designed to deliver native Eclipse 3.2.2 integration and tooling for faster delivery and better control over Web 2.0 interactions
“BEA continues to lead the portal market with excellent growth and technological innovation,” said Mark Carges, executive vice president at BEA Systems, Inc. “We are excited with the new release of BEA WebLogic Portal, as it offers our Java developers new capabilities for creating dynamic and modern portal applications, helping to bring the same vibrancy and dynamic experiences to their applications that Web 2.0 has brought to the consumer Internet.”
Other significant advancements in BEA WebLogic Portal 10.2 include:
* Portal federation – Improved portlet reuse and simplified WSRP registration
* Publication – Process streamlined and mass update capabilities
* Administration – Direct metadata management and simplified propagation
* End-user-experience – Drag and drop user interface