> What are the main Different between CMS and Portal??? > I think CMS with personalization and search tools provide us with what > portal offer!
As with many terms in our industry, the word "portal" is heavily overloaded. In this case, it really means two things: 1. A "user experience model" if I may call it that. A way of interacting with a system designed to provide a one-stop-shop for key information in the organization and outside. A way of presenting that information in a logical, consistent, functional and configurable manner. 2. A software framework to make building, managing and deploying #1 easier. The CMS should provide capabilities to support #1, but it will rarely do #2. This is why CM vendors work with portal vendors, either the dedicated vendors as in this case or with the portal frameworks supplied with application servers such as WebLogic. -- Stewart Manley VP Product Development, Mediasurface -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.
