Integrating iSeries Host Applications into Portals
April 20, 2005 Marc Logemann
Portals are on the way to becoming mainstream in enterprise software environments. Companies like BEA Systems, IBM, and Plumtree are pushing this product segment hard. Before I look into the details of a successful integration, I will outline the basic definition and working of a portal. This article will not cover every piece of the implementation, but will give you an idea how to start. Some aspects of the integration, especially the retrieval of current logged in user and its password, are portal specific and cannot be outlined here.
How Portals Work
Like application servers, portals provide an
