Tony Polgar

Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) provide solutions for implementation of lightweight Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). UDDI extension for WSRP enables the discovery and...

Software development methodology refers to a standardised, documented methodology which has been used before on similar projects or one which is used habitually within an...

Software development methodology refers to a standardised, documented methodology which has been used before on similar projects or one which is used habitually within an...

Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) provide solutions for implementation of lightweight Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). UDDI extension for WSRP enables the discovery and...

Software development methodology refers to a standardised, documented methodology which has been used before on similar projects or one which is used habitually within an...

Software development methodology refers to a standardised, documented methodology which has been used before on similar projects or one which is used habitually within an choice...

In most cases, portlets are built to be deployed by local portals. This is not practical if the organisation wishes to publish their Web services and expects other business...

The WSRP specification (WSRP specification version 1, 2003) requires that every producer implement two required interfaces, and allows optional implementation of two others: 1....

Building and Managing Enterprise-Wide Portals discusses the technology behind portals and grid networks, gives information to the history behind grid technology evolution, and...

To create an initial impression of what a portal is, we can compare a portal page to the colonial window pictured on Figure 3. This window can represent a Web page, with several...

XML stands for Extensible Markup Language (http://www.w3.org/XML/), and it has been adopted by industry for exchanging data in a platform, language, and protocol independent...

Today’s enterprises increasingly rely on the Web to support their operations, global business, and integration of their business processes with those of their suppliers...

Web services aim to provide application-to-application interoperability. Messages are exchanged between two parties called service provider and service requestor. The messages...

Servlets are server side programs that respond to requests from browsers. They run in the Web environment. Portal technology grew from the servlets, and each portal page ends up...

Good Web application design always tries to separate business objects from controls and the presentation. The benefit of using Java Server Pages (JSP) is the ability to separate...

Web Services are gaining in popularity because of the benefits they provide. One of the major benefits is their support for interoperability in a heterogeneous environment, which...

In the following sections, the concepts of portals and portlets, but not the entire portlet specification, are explained. First, some fundamental aspects of portlet development...

To understand portal applications and the principles of their development, we need to distinguish between a portal and a portlet. A portal is a framework that lets you plug in...

Most of today’s portal implementations provide a model that facilitates plugging various components (portlets) into the portal infrastructure. Portlets run locally on the portal...

In this section, we will introduce a few important details relevant to the authentication process and Single Sign On (SSO) implementation. The SSO is a popular feature that was...

When Java servlets were first invented, many developers quickly realized that they were faster and more powerful than the standard CGI. They were also portable and extensible....

This section is intended for IT managers who need to understand the basics of developing portlets. We will take you briefly through the development cycle of a portlet: from...

Portal engines come in several implementations. We do not attempt to discuss them all in this book. We provide a high level overview of three architectures: WebSphere Portal for...

The decision regarding which Web server, portal engine, or particular technology to use is never an independent, straightforward process. Typically, the manufacturers’...

In this section, we would like to offer critical and informal views on the standards relevant to building portal solutions, as well as the variations in their implementation by...

Can a development manager with experience in other Web technologies easily become a successful portal development manager? Is there anything specific that a portal development...

This section describes some of the more important goals of a Grid system. The Grid carries with it many ideas central to other sharing technologies, such as the network operating...