In a move to make it easier for customers to manage documents and website content within the SAP NetWeaver Portal component, SAP has expanded its relationship with OpenText.
The arrangement adds two new applications to the Portal, the SAP Portal Content Management application by OpenText and the SAP Portal Site Management application by OpenText.
SAP Portal Content Management helps streamline content management processes by integrating content with the workflows and resources available in SAP NetWeaver Portal. According to SAP, it improves the efficiency of content creation, management and storage processes while supporting user collaboration and communication. Centralised access minimises inconsistent, erroneous data while document audit trails and permission management feature enhanced content security.
SAP Portal Site Management allows a broad set of users within an organisation to create and manage the web content across multiple portal sites and pages hosted within SAP NetWeaver Portal. SAP said it helps users can improve content authoring, incorporate unstructured content into workflows, streamline translation, and make content readily accessible to employees, customers and partners alike.
“Portals have evolved into critical information hubs from which companies can deploy more application functionality to a broader set of users, including externally,” said Sanjay Chikarmane, senior vice president and general manager, Technology Solutions, SAP. “SAP NetWeaver Portal enables users to create their own information not just for other employees, but for suppliers, customers or the general public as well — all via the web. And with these two new applications from OpenText, users will realise even greater customer experiences by combining key applications with the right content.”
SAP’s portal strategy is an important part of its goal to reach 1 billion people by 2015, and the SAP NetWeaver Portal component has been adopted strongly amongst SAP customers, with a milestone of 10,000 live deployments reached earlier this year.
