In case of A2Z Bank, a service layer was created to map to the data layer as part of the POV requirement to have a fully functional portal. In this case, the SQL provided to build the data model for the banking template was architecturally converted into web services definitions with the proper operations to the data layer, as part of the POV project scope. The following link provides the documented data model, which was converted into XML and then created as service interfaces:.
Once your Portal sandbox environment is operational, regardless of the cloud vendor or if you create a standalone virtual machine and you have some stub data to play with, perform the following steps:. After the POV was done and its success was acknowledged, the next steps were laid out for the full-blown portal initiative to be kicked off.
It was decided that while the banking template would speed up time to market on the self-service channel, the Web Experience Factory would allow for fast development of custom code for the center effort.
Both of them would benefit from the advantages of using a cloud service and delivery model. We hope we have given the reader the tools to look into the various possible adoptions of cloud computing in relation to portal initiatives.
There are ways to look into the pain versus gain and cost benefit of such claim that "cloud computing can be viewed as a means of reducing cost, increasing revenue, improving business agility, and enhancing the total customer experience". Joe Weinman from www.
They could be used to look at your own portal and gauge the benefits of cloud computing. To simplify, let's look at first five ones that made the business case for A2Z portal in the cloud, and how the ROI is measured against these items as follows:.
Law no. Besides, this can take into account how the pay-per-use model as opposed to just on demand can help us build a financial case. Law No. The ability to rapidly deprovision capacity means that companies don't need to pay good money for nonproductive assets". So, if the portal utilization growth rate is linear versus exponential, the value of the cloud utility exercise can help us define the capacity provisioning approach based on the estimated or known growth patterns.
However, as clouds can reallocate resources across many enterprises with different peak periods, a cloud needs to deploy less capacity. So, let's say that in the banking domain unlike tax businesses are concerned about April 15th, a retailer with Black Friday, a broadcaster with Super Bowl due to the dynamic nature of its business, A2Z Bank used the cloud to manage the sum of the peaks and the peak of the sum, as metal and bullion markets vary on a daily basis on the different world markets.
They point out that economies of scale can apply cloud to its problems. These are foundational and business critical infrastructures, which require the most flexibility to stay operational within the expected service-level agreements. There are, however, other business drivers as follows:. Elastic resource pooling as computing resources are pooled to serve multiple capabilities.
It fosters dynamic allocation and entitlement of virtual and physical resources based on service-level agreements, as well as on changing demand. Superior service management with visibility, control, and automation across IT and business services.
One of the main portal challenges is around having this visibility around portal services. A plethora of possible portal deployment choices over the cloud, behind the firewall or as an integrated service delivery platform make it even more appealing. The fact of the matter is that portal is an entry point to content, data, information services; and its performance and availability directly depends on the availability of all the services associated to it.
Furthermore, cloud computing as a technology paradigm is only viable because that technology offers many benefits to business organizations deploying business solutions as follows:. Optimized development systems resources to keep portal developers productive. Portal development environments can become complex and expensive to create and maintain. Reduced capital and licensing expenses portal efforts. They can be as much as 50 to 75 percent due to the on-demand provisioning of virtualized test resources via a test cloud.
Decreased portal operating and labor costs as much as 30 to 50 percent by automated provisioning and configuration of portal test environments. Portal application deployments and environment build-outs and configuration can be unique and prone to errors if not automated. Improved quality by reducing defects that result from faulty portal configurations as much as 15 to 30 percent.
In this chapter, we covered the main phases of an initial portal evaluation. We looked at how a BVA can be done to uncover the value added by portal and how a road map for the entire enterprise can be one of the outputs of the BVA exercise. We saw how patterns are built to expedite the prototype environment and kick off the portal effort. In this case, this fully functional environment would be leveraged for future development purposes.
We also looked at high level, how Portal accelerators and toolbox assets can expedite the realization of value for an enterprise moving to the Portal paradigm. Remember that team work is always the best solution. These efforts are implemented with the collaboration of all stakeholders involved in a technology transformation effort and the support of IBM software, services, and other subject matter experts.
Chelis Camargo has over 25 years of experience in IT consulting. He is a self-taught technology enthusiast and patent-awarded performance SME. With over 10 years of portal experience as a Senior Lead Architect, he has led many large-scale, cross-domain, business- critical portal efforts with multimillion budgets. From proposals to business analysis to delivery, he has managed relations from the top executive business to the very technical level.
In his free time, his interests range from artificial intelligence to robotics, astronomy, Tesla, and quantum physics. Above all, he enjoys spending quality time with his family, teaching, and playing with his son. More about him can be found on LinkedIn.
Currently, Helmar lives in Texas, where he enjoys a wonderful Texan social and cultural atmosphere. Publication date: September Publisher Packt. Pages ISBN Chapter 1. Portal Assessment. Getting started—case study. Business need and portal alignment. A "Day-in-the-Life" demonstration. Financial case. Recommendations and next steps — POV. Step 1 — background, objective, and approach. It provides you with a vision of the portal when it's complete. Step 2 — business need and portal alignment:. Business value alignment.
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