The explosive growth of the Internet and Web technology has led to a new set of opportunities and challenges for today’s businesses. However, organizations are discovering that their vision of free-flowing information over corporate intranets is becoming a nightmare that consists of information overload, system management complexities, and often disparate and conflicting data. Shortcomings in technology and implementation have led to solutions that have had minimal impact on users' core job functions. As a result, much of the potential revenue, productivity, and efficiency gains have not been fully realized. In response, these organizations are turning to Internet-style portals as key components of their e-business strategy. In fact, E-Business portals are emerging as an essential problem-solving mechanism that provide a single source of interaction with all corporate information and the focal point for conducting day-to-day business: providing access to services for instantly available, personalized, job-based information; forums for groups to exchange, analyze, and discuss ideas; automation of business processes transparently integrated into daily activities; and time-saving applications
听过portal的一次培训，就知道是什么‘门户’，还带回一些英文资料，什么收获也没有