WebFOCUS Open Portal Services for IBM WebSphere Portal

Delivering Real-Time Information Anywhere, Anytime, to Anyone

IBM's WebSphere, today's Web technology of choice, depends on the currency and quality of the information it supplies and transmits. Information Builders' WebFOCUS integrates fully with WebSphere's portal and application server solutions to deliver consistent, accurate real-time information on a broad scale throughout the enterprise at a low per-user cost.

WebFOCUS Open Portal Services for WebSphere

WebFOCUS Open Portal Services for IBM WebSphere Portal enables customers to quickly add business intelligence content to their portal initiatives without any need for additional programming. Users have the ability to:

• Personalize the way they view, store, and retrieve business intelligence content for optimum job efficiency
• Decide what content appears in each section, how that content is displayed, and how it is organized, even combining graphics and reports on the same page
• Extend additional privileges to users at any time – for example, ad hoc, OLAP, scheduling, or mobile capability – allowing them to be more self-sufficient as company needs change

Security

WebFOCUS Open Portal Services supports internal and external security for delivering real-time business intelligence reports to authorized users within the WebSphere Portal Experience environment.

Administrators can structure and assign reports to individuals based upon the department they work in, and can assign even greater levels of security by granting access to reports based upon their role in the organization. Departmental security allows users to see only reports for the department to which they have access, such as accounting, finance, or sales. Role-based security allows individuals to view reports based upon their particular role within the organization, for example the CEO or VP who needs to access information across various departments throughout the enterprise.

Get more information about WebFOCUS support for internal and external security.

WebFOCUS Services for Java™ Environments

Known for its superior scalability, WebFOCUS takes advantage of the Java-based WebSphere Application Server to deploy more applications to more people using the same hardware and software at a lower per-user cost. WebFOCUS Services for Java Environments provides a stable, robust business intelligence platform for supplying rich, data-based content to the WebSphere Application Server.

Features

• On-server deployment of business intelligence applications for more efficient request processing
• Flexible single or multiple server deployment options so you can easily scale to support any number of users
• Leverages WebSphere's load balancing and pooling capabilities to realize efficiencies of scale as applications are deployed across heterogeneous networks
• Adheres to all Java 2 standard architecture guidelines for more robust performance and support, maximized developer skill sets, and immediate compatibility and deployment/ Native access to more than 85 data sources for immediate information delivery that leverages your existing infrastructure and rapidly integrates all sources within a portable, scalable architecture.
• Scheduled, event-driven, on-demand information delivery so decision makers can address business issues with the formats they use every day e-mail, Web pages, Excel, wireless devices, and printable PDF files / Security support at all levels, internal and external, to ensure the integrity, eliability, and business continuity of data and systems.

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