Portal Practice Services
At Streebo we understand that your IT staff is often stretched thin with competing priorities. Our teams of consultants have deep expertise in IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory and its related products including Dashboard Framework and Widget Factory and strong experience in creating both desktop browser and smart device interfaces. They are also cross-trained with strong foundation in other IBM collaboration and social software that include WebSphere Portal, Web Content Management, QuickR and Lotus Connections.
Our customers engage us for assistance at various levels. Some call us on-site to mentor their team of developers - while others engage us to handle turn-key migrations from legacy portal platforms (Plumtree, Vignette, Weblogic et al) to WebSphere Portal. Some hire our mobile lab services to extend their WebSphere to smart devices while others partner with us as they migrate hundreds of legacy applications to WebSphere Portal.
Call us or Drop us a note, let us better understand your need and suggest a service plan that will make sense for your organization. Listed below are a small sub-set of our services offerings that have worked at other customers.
Smart Portlet Package
Allows existing WebSphere customers to extend their applications, portlets and widgets on smart devices. So whether you are trying to expose scheduling information for your associates from WorkBrain or Kronos Scheduling system or provide a time-entry function on smart device directly connected to your time-management systems so your consultants can have a better compliance with time reporting (which impacts the bottom-line).
The Smart Portlet Package provides a step-by-step tried and tested process for enterprise customers to start exposing their content, data and processes as “Smart Web-Fronts”. Smart Portlet Package contains repeatable assets based on IBM best practices and recommendations and processes that will yield quick results and ensure success.
Smart Portlet Package Success Story here
Portlet Now Package
This package was created for companies that are building rich unified Portal interfaces combining best of breed IBM products in the collaboration, social and commerce space. So whether you are trying to improve your suppliers compliance by providing them with content and process mandates or trying to combine social networking with your commerce engine to give your consumers a social commerce experience; we can show you how to weave these disparate systems and integrate products together to build a compelling offering.
Time and again we have seen organizations fail with the same technology stack due to a lack of in-depth understanding of the functions and features in these IBM products and solutions. With Portlet NOW package we shift this risk away from our clients. Our customers simply place an order for a customized-personalized solution.
Streebo assembles these solutions by snapping pre-built components and portlets provided by the IBM eco-system to build optimized, standards compliant, well performing web-front. Customers have placed orders with solutions that consist of Content Management Portlets and Widgets, WebSphere Process Server, Connections Portlets/Widgets, QuickR Portlets, FileNet Portlets, Commerce Portlets and many third-party integrated services portlets, widgets and dashboards. Further, any web-fronts built using the Factory technology will have ready smart device extension points and has automated transition to a smart interface when you are ready.
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Success story of a client leveraging the Portlet now Package
Migration Packages
These packages have been created for customers that are migrating off a legacy portal technology stack to the latest and greatest on WebSphere Portal and WebSphere Portlet Factory, WebSphere Dashboard Framework and Lotus Widget Factory and Lotus Mashup software. There are three broad areas in these migration packages:
Legacy Application Migration package
This specific offering is geared towards customers that are doing mass transition of applications from legacy stack to WebSphere Portal or Mashup environment. IBM’s Factory allows hook points into your existing Java, J2EE, Domino, relational databases, ERP, CRM, legacy mainframe and service end-points allowing you to create a smart, rich user interface to all your existing back-end systems.
Read about how an insurance giant (Republic Indemnity) leveraged IBM Factory technology & Streebo’s expertise in Software Automation as together we identified repeated patterns and reduced the migration time of Net. Data (IBM has Sunset this technology) to WebSphere Portal. Customer simply placed an order for JSR 286 Rich User Interface against their existing AS400 systems (iSeries) and Streebo delivered them standard compliant, manufactured and assembled solution that gives 3000 remote Insurance Agents (Workers Compensation specialists) access to back-office systems at corporate.
Legacy Turn-Key Portal Migrations
This package provides a service framework and execution plan for Portal Migration projects. Customers that intend to migrate from legacy portal such as Plum-Tree, Vignette and WebLogic to the more modern WebSphere stack find this package a great way to get started.
Streebo is currently in the process of migrating off the legacy Plum-Tree portal for an office supplies giant - a social portal for 45,000 store associates - building better & modern collaboration platform for the office supplies giant.
Portlet Factory, Dashboard Framework or Lotus Mashups Upgrade Packages
This services package lays a framework and process for upgrade of portlet factory & dashboard versions for existing portlet factory & Dashboard Framework (Active Insight) customers. Upgrading the code to the latest version (Portlet Factory 7) offers significant advantages, some of which are listed below:
- Out of the Box support for smart device extensions
- More Rich Dojo UI builders
- Smart Refresh can automate partial page rendering
- Efficient and lower optimized memory foot print
- No Software purchase required and plus you get savings on Portal license cost
Click here to learn more about how a customer in Midwest hired Streebo professional services to integrate their e-commerce storefront with SAP R/3 (MM Module). Streebo delivered a complete upgrade to their interface to a fresh Web 2.0 interface as they migrated to the latest version of Factory and WebSphere Application Server.
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IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory, Dashboard Framework & Lotus Mashups Quick Start Packages
IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory is a powerful automation tool that can yield significant cost savings and more importantly quicker turn-around times. However, customers are often challenged on how to get started with questions such as:
Your team has many such questions - at Streebo, we have jump started hundreds of Portal and Portlet Factory engagements. We exactly understand the nuances. We recognize that often development teams have varied backgrounds; some developers have J2EE or Java experience while other colleagues might have an AS400 or Domino background. We construct specialized programs that have a combination of training, mentoring and off-site support to bring your developers up-to speed with the Factory technology.
WebSphere Portal application & portlet development for desktop browser and smart devices does not have to be a hard exercise – we can show you a battle-tested processes to get your team going in a few days.
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Software As A Service (SAAS) Offerings
IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory & Dashboard Framework with its unique ability to produce thousands of variations of a web application is uniquely positioned for building SAAS offerings. Streebo is a premier player in the multi-tenant solution building and has the ability to execute from inception to finish. Streebo is helping start-ups and well established players that are trying to move to a SAAS model with solutions powered by Portlet Factory & Dashboard Framework.
If you are a software product or solution provider and are planning a SAAS offering you should talk to us to find out if Portlet Factory and/or Dashboard Framework will be a good fit for your needs. Streebo has deep expertise in the area and understands the unique challenges for SAAS offerings including security and scalability. We will work closely with your Architecture and Development team and truly partner with you to build a robust offering.
Learn more about SAAS using WebSphere Portlet Factory