A Complete Guide to Portals and User Experience Platforms

This book provides end to end coverage of portal technologies including aggregation methods, search, portal governance, portal scenario assessment, content management, security, user experience of portals, portal elements, portal infrastructure, and handling non-functional requirements for portals. Complete with case studies, it is designed as a practical guide for IT managers for selecting, adopting and successfully implementing portal platform.

Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar is a senior technology architect and practice lead of digital practice at Infosys Technologies Limited, with over 13 years of industry experience in enterprise portals, Java enterprise technologies, performance engineering, content management, and enterprise search. He heads a digital center-of-excellence (CoE) and was the chief architect of an award-winning web support portal and the lead architect for large-scale digital platforms. He holds four patent applications, including two U.S. patent applications in web and social technologies, as well as numerous professional certifications, including TOGAF 9 certification, Oracle Certified Master (OCM) Java Enterprise Edition 5, Sun Certified Java Programmer, Sun Certified Business Component Developer, IBM Certified Solution Architect—Cloud Computing, IBM Certified Solution Developer—IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1. He has also been a recipient of numerous honors, including the Guinness World Record holder of participation for successfully developing a mobile application in a coding marathon and the prestigious Infosys Award for Excellence.