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Everything you need to know you learned in kindergarten,
right? Well, did you learn to share?
Portal software puts the sharing principle into
practice. In most basic terms, a portal is a web access
point. It works by giving your business a network to
share. If that’s not simple enough--a portal is a
central place where users receive information, or work
on and finish tasks. It’s different from the intranet in
that it is a work station and not just a means of
distributing company information.
Some portal software is designed to craft separate
portals for all the divisions in your organization.
There could be one portal for the marketing department,
another for the customer service department and so on.
So then, why is portal software a good idea? First of
all, it is an excellent tool because it makes everyone’s
life smoother and more efficient.
Here’s an example: A team member is writing copy for a
marketing brochure. A graphic designer is creating the
layout for the brochure. The head of the marketing
department is overseeing the entire project. The
copywriter pulls the words from his brain and channels
them through his fingers into his computer. Instead of
having to save them on a disk and run them down to the
graphic designer’s office, he simply drops them into the
marketing portal. The designer snatches them up, and
incorporates them into her design. She fires off this
first draft to the team leader for his revisions. He
looks it over and easily dumps his suggested changes
back into the marketing portal. No one ever has to leave
their office. However, there is a healthy and extremely
productive amount of communication.
Portal software saves time, space, paper and headaches |
