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ALSO CALLED:
Web Search Portals,
Information Services,
Search Portals,
Vertical Industry Portals,
Vortals,
Web Portals,
Internet Portals,
Online Services,
Vertical Portals
DEFINITION: 1) Portal is a term, generally synonymous with gateway, for a World Wide Web site that is or proposes to be a major starting site for users when they get connected to the Web or that users tend to visit as an anchor site. There are general portals and specialized or niche portals. Some major general portals include Yahoo, Excite, Netscape, Lycos, CNET, Microsoft Network, and America Online's AOL.com.
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City of Los Angeles Improves Customer Satisfaction with Self-Service Portal
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT:
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) turned to Oracle WebCenter Portal, and LADWP customers now have a customer self-service portal which includes: account information such as bills, payments and rebate processing, application and content management integration, and multi-channel access, including mobile devices.
Posted: 04 Apr 2013 | Premiered: 04 Apr 2013
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Webcast: "Free" Open Source Portals: Myth, Hype, or Reality?
sponsored by IBM
WEBCAST:
Go beyond software license fees when evaluating a portal solution. Learn about trends in the portal market, what’s driving demand, cost drivers for portal projects and how to evaluate commercial vs. open source portal solutions. This webcast will show how to drive innovation, deliver exceptional web experiences, and realize tangible business value.
Posted: 10 Dec 2010 | Premiered: Dec 10, 2010
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PORTALS DEFINITION (continued):
Examples of niche portals include Garden.com (for gardeners), Fool.com (for investors), and SearchNetworking.com (for network administrators). A number of large access providers offer portals to the Web for their own users. Most portals have adopted the Yahoo style of content categories with a text-intensive, faster loading page that visitors will find easy to use and to return to. Companies with portal sites have attracted much stock market investor interest because portals are viewed as able to command large audiences and numbers of advertising viewers.Typical services offered by portal
Portals definition sponsored by SearchCIO-Midmarket.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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