Personal portals Properly implemented, a personal portal can help users to focus on what really matters to the business during their working day. Practical guide Creating and sustaining a successful portal relies on many of the principals used in the offline world - careful planning, strong branding and careful maintenance. Implementation Portals can enable organisations to be more productive, but the personnel issues involved in installation should not be overlooked. Functionality User-friendly front ends are being added to applications, although legacy systems means their success is far from certain. The 100 or more suppliers currently vying for dominance in the corporate portal market is a sure sign that this is a new market opportunity.
Some vendors try to stand out by rebranding their product as knowledge portals.
Case studies How corporate portals are keeping employees at McDonald's , the world's most popular fast food chain, and Ford Motor better informed. Looking ahead Themes due to be covered in FT-IT and FT Telecoms over the next few months.