Cathleen Moore

Next week AltaVista Software plans to introduce an updated version of its Enterprise Search product, bolstering the offering with improved categorization and document-level security.

As enterprise portal initiatives emerge from the first generation of internal, employee-facing deployments to take on more business-to-business chores, vendors such as IBM Corp., Art Technology Group Inc. (ATG), and BroadVision Inc. are strengthening the links between commerce systems and the portal framework.

As enterprise portal initiatives emerge from the first generation of internal, employee-facing deployments to take on more business-to-business chores, vendors such as IBM Corp., Art Technology Group Inc. (ATG), and BroadVision Inc. are strengthening the links between commerce systems and the portal framework.

As enterprise portal initiatives emerge from the first generation of internal, employee-facing deployments to take on more business-to-business chores, vendors such as IBM Corp., Art Technology Group Inc. (ATG), and BroadVision Inc. are strengthening the links between commerce systems and the portal framework.

Enterprise portals have hooked corporate leaders with the lure of simplified access to disparate resources, but the cost and time associated with integrating applications into the portal framework can catch businesses by surprise.

Enterprise portals have hooked corporate leaders with the lure of simplified access to disparate resources, but the cost and time associated with integrating applications into a portal framework can catch businesses by surprise.

In an effort to "unleash collaboration" throughout the enterprise, IBM Corp.'s Lotus Software Group announced plans to add J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) support to its collaboration products and capabilities.

Later this week Novell Inc. plans to take the wraps off a centralized security suite designed to manage access to applications, databases, and multiple platform types including the Web, wireless devices and VPNs (virtual private networks).