<s>
An	O
enterprise	B-Application
portal	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
an	O
enterprise	B-Application
information	I-Application
portal	I-Application
(	O
EIP	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
framework	O
for	O
integrating	O
information	O
,	O
people	O
and	O
processes	O
across	O
organizational	O
boundaries	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
more	O
general	O
web	O
portals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	B-Application
portals	I-Application
provide	O
a	O
secure	O
unified	O
access	O
point	O
,	O
often	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
web-based	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
and	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
aggregate	O
and	O
personalize	O
information	O
through	O
application-specific	O
portlets	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
hallmark	O
of	O
enterprise	B-Application
portals	I-Application
is	O
the	O
de-centralized	O
content	O
contribution	O
and	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
keeps	O
the	O
information	O
always	O
updated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
contrasts	O
with	O
a	O
corporate	B-Application
portal	I-Application
which	O
is	O
structured	O
for	O
roles	O
within	O
an	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
sites	O
provided	O
a	O
key	O
set	O
of	O
features	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
news	O
,	O
e-mail	O
,	O
weather	O
,	O
stock	O
quotes	O
,	O
and	O
search	O
)	O
that	O
were	O
often	O
presented	O
in	O
self-contained	O
boxes	O
or	O
portlets	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
,	O
software	O
vendors	O
began	O
to	O
produce	O
prepackaged	O
enterprise	B-Application
portals	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
software	O
packages	O
would	O
be	O
toolkits	O
for	O
enterprises	O
to	O
quickly	O
develop	O
and	O
deploy	O
their	O
own	O
customized	O
enterprise	B-Application
portal	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2002	O
,	O
competing	O
product	O
offerings	O
from	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
vendors	O
entered	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
who	O
saw	O
portals	O
as	O
an	O
opportunity	O
to	O
stave	O
off	O
the	O
commoditization	O
of	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
vendors	O
of	O
Java-based	O
enterprise	B-Application
portals	I-Application
produced	O
a	O
standard	O
known	O
as	O
JSR-168	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
to	O
specify	O
an	O
API	O
for	O
interoperability	O
between	O
enterprise	B-Application
portals	I-Application
and	O
portlets	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
vendors	O
began	O
producing	O
JSR-168	B-Language
compliant	O
portlets	B-Language
that	O
can	O
be	O
deployed	O
onto	O
any	O
JSR-168	B-Language
compliant	O
enterprise	B-Application
portal	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
iteration	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
,	O
JSR-286	B-Language
,	O
was	O
final-released	O
on	O
12	O
June	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprises	O
may	O
choose	O
to	O
develop	O
multiple	O
enterprise	B-Application
portals	I-Application
based	O
on	O
business	O
structure	O
and	O
strategic	O
focus	O
while	O
reusing	O
architectural	O
frameworks	O
,	O
component	O
libraries	O
,	O
or	O
standardized	O
project	O
methods	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
B2E	B-Application
,	O
B2C	O
,	O
B2B	O
,	O
B2G	B-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Employee	O
portals	O
can	O
be	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
specific	O
set	O
of	O
enterprise	B-Application
portals	I-Application
and	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
give	O
an	O
interface	O
for	O
employees	O
to	O
personalized	O
information	O
,	O
resources	O
,	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
e-commerce	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
built	O
using	O
modern	O
Web	O
2.0	O
technologies	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
AJAX	O
,	O
widgets	O
,	O
representational	B-Protocol
state	I-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
(	O
REST	O
)	O
and	O
WOA/SOA	O
approaches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
enterprise	B-Application
portal	I-Application
has	O
two	O
main	O
functions	O
;	O
integration	O
and	O
presentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Single	O
sign-on	O
—	O
enterprise	B-Application
portals	I-Application
can	O
provide	O
single	O
sign-on	O
capabilities	O
between	O
their	O
users	O
and	O
various	O
other	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Integration	O
—	O
the	O
connection	O
of	O
functions	O
and	O
data	O
from	O
multiple	O
systems	O
into	O
new	O
components/portlets/web	O
parts	O
with	O
an	O
integrated	O
navigation	O
between	O
these	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
independent	O
analyst	O
firm	O
Real	O
Story	O
Group	O
divided	O
the	O
Enterprise	B-Application
Portals	I-Application
technology	O
marketplace	O
into	O
two	O
categories	O
:	O
Infrastructure	O
and	O
Specialist	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
categories	O
include	O
ten	O
vendors	O
that	O
the	O
firm	O
evaluates	O
in	O
its	O
Enterprise	B-Application
Portals	I-Application
Report	O
.	O
</s>
