Webportals
Web portals are websites that provide a single entry point to a curated set of resources and services. Portals integrate content, applications, and data from multiple sources and present them through a unified, personalized interface.
Core features include user authentication, personalized dashboards, content aggregation, search, and news or announcements. Portals often
Types include horizontal portals for broad audiences, vertical or industry portals for specific domains, corporate portals
Architecture typically combines a portal server, identity and access management, content management, a personalization engine, and
History and trends: portals originated in intranet and enterprise portals in the 1990s and evolved with web
Security and governance: effective portals require strong authentication and authorization, auditing, privacy controls, and regulatory compliance.