Sun Microsystems Portal Server 6 2005Q1, Planning Manual

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Sun Java System Portal Server
24 Portal Server 6 2005Q1 • Deployment Planning Guide
• Secure access and authorized connectivity, optionally using encryption
between the user’s browser and the enterprise
• Authentication of users before allowing access to a set of resources that are
specific for each user
• Support for abstractions that provide the ability to pull content from a variety
of sources and aggregate and personalize it into an output format suitable for
the user’s device
• A search engine infrastructure to enable intranet content to be organized and
accessed from the portal
• Ability to store user- and service-specific persistent data
• Access to commonly needed applications for accessing services such as mail,
calendar, and file storage
• An administration interface enabling delegated and remote administration
• Single sign-on and security features, enabling standard access to enterprise
applications and content
• Personalization through the use of portal providers, portlet and web service
remote portlet.
• Publishing and managing content (provided by third-party applications such
as FatWire)
Sun Java System Portal Server
Portal Server is a component of the Sun Java™ Enterprise System technology. Sun
Java Enterprise System technology supports a wide range of enterprise computing
needs, such as creating a secure intranet portal to provide the employees of an
enterprise with secure access to email and in-house business applications.
The Portal Server product is an identity-enabled portal server solution. It provides
all the user, policy, and identity management to enforce security, web application
single sign-on (SSO), and access capabilities to end user communities. In addition,
Portal Server combines portal services, such as personalization, aggregation,
security, integration, and search. Unique capabilities that enable secure remote
access to internal resources and applications round out a complete portal platform
for deploying business-to-employee, business-to-business, and
business-to-consumer portals. The Sun Java System Portal Server Secure Remote
Access (SRA) provides additional secure remote access capabilities to access web-
and non-web enabled resources.