IBM WebSphere Portal 8 has been released finally

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.