Corporate Portals Empowered with XML and Web Services [Paperback]

Anura Guruge (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 20, 2002 | ISBN-10: 155558280X | ISBN-13: 978-1555582807 | Edition: 1

Following the humbling of the 'dot.coms' it is well implemented corporate portals that are ushering in a new and prosperous era of e-business. Corporate Portals Empowered with XML and Web Services provides decision makers with a clear and concise explanation of what portals are all about, why you really need a portal strategy, how you go about implementing one, and the issues you have to encounter and surmount. Guruge shows how you can successfully use XML and web services to empower your portals for collaboration, knowledge management, CRM, ERP and supply chain management.

· Extensive examples of corporate portals illustrate the viability of the technology
· Architectural and network diagrams show detailed portal implementations
· Comprehensive references to guides, solutions, products and terminology leverage living outside resources

Editorial Reviews

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"Corporate Portals Empowered with XML and Web Services is a must-read for those planning or developing a corporate portal for their organization. The book provides both technical and business management insight into the issues both groups face. This is key to a truly integrated system. Guruge's use of real world examples makes this a lesson in practicality, not simply another book on theory."-David Johnson, Cisco Systems

"My recommendation for any business, regardless of what industry it is in, is to take a very serious look at portals and the business benefits offered. It is too risky to ignore this area of Web technology. This book provides the best starting point I can think of for getting an understanding of the many facets associated with portals and their relevance to modern businesses."-Stuart McIrvine, Program Director, Market Management, WebSphere Integration Middleware, IBM

About the Author

Anura Gurugé is an independent technical consultant who specializes in all aspects of contemporary networking, corporate portals and Web services - particularly if they involve IBM host systems. He has first hand, in-depth experience in Web-to-host, SNA, Frame Relay, Token-Ring switching and ATM. He was the founder and Chairman of the SNA-Capable i·net Forum in 1997. He also teaches graduate and post-graduate computer technology and marketing at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) - Laconia/Gilford and Portsmouth campuses. He is the author of Corporate Portals Empowered with XML and Web Services (Digital Press, 2002). In addition, he has published over 320 articles. In a career spanning 29 years, he has held senior technical and marketing roles in IBM, ITT, Northern Telecom, Wang and BBN. His Web sites are: www.inet-guru.com and www.wownh.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 313 pages
• Publisher: Digital Press; 1 edition (November 20, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155558280X
• ISBN-13: 978-1555582807
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,654,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) a long time ago, came of age in Britain (an Anglophile to the core), and have lived in the U.S. since 1985.
For over 30 years I tried to make a living in the computer industry and was employed by the likes of IBM, Wang and BBN. Due to a genetic disposition, writing, however, is my weakness. I wrote my first book in 1983, 500 pages in longhand, in pencil, distrusting early PCs and too inept to use a typewriter. It was about a networking architecture, now long obsolete. The book, nonetheless, is still available here. Since then, I have written four other dense books on technology and upwards of 350 published articles.
Sometimes when the planets are propitiously aligned, I produce graphic marketing collateral for select clients and creates image-laden Web sites. I also maintain a number of rather popular blogs. Many are to do with popes but one is about Windows 7!
My first name means 'a guiding light,' while 'Guruge' stands for 'from the house of the teacher.' Both my parents were teachers. I have also taught, albeit grad and post-grad classes. But, this said, I am not sure whether I have ever lived up to my name.
My mother, and since then quite a few others, refered to me as 'Anu.' In my thirties I discovered that Babylonians paid homage to an 'Anu.' My mother was unlikely to have known that. I have never had any desire to change any of my names.
I have a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of London and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Technology from the University of Wales. Having once lived in the original Hampshire, I now live in New Hampshire.
Web site: www.guruge.com

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Searching for the meaning, August 25, 2003

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Robert Danziger (S. Domenico di Fiesole, Firenze Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Corporate Portals Empowered with XML and Web Services (Paperback)

The book provides a decent amount of information and presents it in a non-technical manner.
Unfortunately there is just much too much useless chatter interspersed throughout the work and banalities abound everywhere, not to speak of significant irrelevancies. Its length could certainly have been rediuced by a third--to its benefit.
Finally, the editing is awful--there are very large numbers of typos adding no small annoyance and the quality of reproduction of some of the illustrations is such that they are close to illegible. Certainly not worth the price as it stands.
After the read I am more knowledgeable, no doubt. But I surely could have used my time becoming so more effectively.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A comprehensive read!!, November 26, 2002

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Webmotion, Inc. (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Corporate Portals Empowered with XML and Web Services (Paperback)

This book is without a doubt an excellent read. It covers a variety of issues such as XML, content mgmt, CRM, knowledge mgmt, portals, services, etc. in a way that is simple to understand without sacrificing the details. Illustrations of real-life examples and typical solution architectures are excellent. Reality is separated from fantastical "one-size fits all" vaporware that is all too common today. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about the critical issues surrounding enterprise level solutions BEFORE spending a few hundred grand on their next big project.

2.0 out of 5 stars the content is too shallow, August 14, 2003

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L. Tirtohadi "laksma" (Big Rapids, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corporate Portals Empowered with XML and Web Services (Paperback)

I bought this book because of the title, but unfortunately the content is too shallow. It's very, very basic. There is no technical part. If you want to understand XML and Web Services, I would recommend XML Handbook 4th edition by Charles F. Goldfarb and Paul Prescod.