Why Portals?

Portals deliver important operational data to the desktop

A mechanism for consistent delivery of ERP and other back-end data to the appropriate employees

Access centers that tie together people and data

By linking e-mail, groupware, workflow, collaboration, and other mission-critical applications to portals, EIPs can better support the virtual enterprise

Portal Benefits

Portals provide a cost-effective way to deliver crucial production and order-processing information to employee desktops from the corporations enterprise resource planning software and other back-office systems

Portals connect to several data sources, including SAP accounting, warehousing, and inventory modules, electronic data interchange systems, relational databases residing in partners' warehouse operations, and even Web servers for tapping direct sales information

Portals provide a mechanism to ensure that employees see only the information their company wants them to see, and it helps them avoid wasting time trying to wade through mounds of data that is not pertinent to their jobs.

The CALNET Approach

CALNET uses an integrated security infrastructure based on solid security principles. This streamlines the management of complex e-business relationships and allows for integration with existing applications.

CALNET's approach also supports rapid application deployment and scalability for future applications and user's communities. This method supports increasingly rigorous security auditing and reporting requirements and provides security in a way that enhances customer satisfaction.

The evolution of the Internet has created a new generation of electronic commerce that no organization can afford to ignore. This is based on the open, inter-networked essence of the Internet. It employs network architecture, builds networks of relationships and develops new, networked business models.