Hello Friends,
IBM has finally released WebSphere Portal 8 version. It was in Beta stage since long time and recently a stable version has been released.
The following updates are major enhancements to the new version:
- Better integration with IBM Web Content Management: WCM is truly becoming a integrated part of WebSphere Portal. New features include Managed Pages where Portal Pages are tied directly to WCM site areas. The new version creates WCM site areas and content when a new portal page is created. Portal pages can be included with WCM projects so they can go through approval workflows and get published through the syndication process.
- A new optimized theme. Portal themes have been undergoing constant changes in the past versions. I'm hoping that this latest version is really optimized.
- New Community Pages that integrate IBM Connections more closely into WebSphere Portal. When creating a community page, you can specify which Connections community is associated with that page and both Connections and WCM will understand that context.
- OpenID authentication which lets you use external systems like Facebook to authenticate users.
- Web analytics overlays allow you to see usage analytics right on your pages without having to generate reports.
- New installation process using IBM's Installation Manager. This feature promises easier and faster installs of the portal servers.
Here is the more information http://www-01.ibm.com/software/genservers/portal/upgrade.html
Enjoy!
Chirag.
