Portals - Opportunities and Challenges in E Commerce
Portals - Opportunities and Challenges in E Commerce ABSTRACT Portals offer distinct strategic difficulties in the academic setting. Their conception and design need the involvement of campus stakeholders who seldom interact and whose interests are often diametrically opposed. The deployment of a portal necessitates the synchronization of apps and databases managed by several campus departments at a level that may have never been tried at the institution before. Building a portal entails creating intra-campus connections as well as user interfaces and information. Opportunities and Difficulties in Portal Design discusses the current state of portals in higher education by providing insight into the role portals play in an institution's business and educational strategy, by walking the reader through the processes of conceptualization, design, and implementation of portals at major universities, and by providing insight from three portal software system producers. For More Details ...