Use this version. Sybase Inc. on Monday announced the release of the next edition of its flagship Enterprise Portal product, which features better access for mobile and wireless users. The product can extend the portal to any number of portable devices mobile workers use.
Workers are able to modify data off-line and synchronize changes with the enterprise portal later.
An enterprise portal integrates information and applications for secure and personalized transactions via the World Wide Web. Within a federal agency, EP 2.0 can integrate stovepiped back-end systems whose information previously may not have been accessible to everyone, Gourdain said. Organizations with multiple databases and repositories may have a lot of information on hand, but making sense out of so much data can be difficult. The product also features automatic event notification, which can remind managers when certain tasks need to be done. Users can issue manual event notices as well.