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Features: IBM has launched its single WebSphere Portal, which offers enhanced Web 2.0 tools 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.

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India Software Lab (ISL) was part of a globally integrated development team comprising members from four IBM Software labs worldwide to create portal, IBM said in a statement.

IBM also said that it would launch its Portlet for Google gadgets later this month that allows end users to integrate consumer-style web utilities, extending the value of Internet services to business environments.

Accelerators for WebSphere Portal address specific business problems and can simplify the implementation of customized solutions on a single portal platform. WebSphere Portal also includes expanded support for Web 2.0 technologies that provide users with popular features such as enhanced interactivity and responsiveness, in-line editing, intuitive drag and drop features, and intelligent page refresh.

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“New Web 2.0 tooling means organizations can easily deploy high performing, intuitive applications satisfying end user’s expectations for a rich browser experience. The extensive product development capabilities of our lab in India have played a crucial role in bringing to reality, the technology advances in WebSphere portals making them more responsive and user-friendly than traditional Web applications”, said, Harish K Grama, vice president, IBM India Software Lab.

IBM's WebSphere Portal is the enterprise portal that offers extensive support for Web 2.0 technologies, including Ajax (Asynchronous Java + XML) and support for Representational State Transfer services (REST). These technology advances make portals more responsive and user-friendly than traditional Web applications, IBM statement said.

Because of WebSphere Portal's open architecture, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) concepts and Web 2.0 technologies, a user can mashup over 5,000 portlets and services from IBM's Portal Solutions Catalog with an entirely new portfolio of Key Performance Indicator (KPI) portlets for faster dashboard assembly.

IBM said that for the second half of 2007 it plans additional enhancements that allow WebSphere Portal users to combine business data with available Google Gadgets to create new dynamic business applications.

Price: IBM WebSphere Portal Server, priced at $51,500/- per processor and the Dashboard Accelerator, with a cost of $67,000/- per processor, are available this month. Also available this month, IBM WebSphere Portal Express Version 6.0 is a collaborative portal solution designed for midmarket companies with less than 1,000 users and departments of larger organizations. Portal Express is a single package with flexible pricing options that range from $2,300/- for a 20-user pack to $39,999/- per processor for extranets.

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