Enterprise portals have been rising since early 90’s to make it easier for people to connect and collaborate at all levels of an organization, make decisions faster, speed project delivery, and help their companies maintain a competitive edge.

1. BENEFITS OF ENTERPRISE PORTALS
Companies with distributed workforce frequently face the problem of accessing critical information. To do their daily activities, employees are dependent on the access to their company’s information. A growing number of companies around the globe have discovered that enterprise portals are an effective solution to provide employees from different locations with access to information, while gaining also some important other benefits - simplified business processes, lower costs, increased sales.
Enterprise portals enable access to critical information assets - data, content, applications – easing critical information transfer, knowledge sharing, and collaboration. Here are some benefits of enterprise portals each company that wants a successful business these days should take into consideration:
 Streamlined workflow and reduced costs
Enterprise portals integrate all the company’s tools and applications, allowing the work processes to be stramlined, and employees from different departments to collaborate more effectively. These portals cand eliminate specialized technical staff by transfering work to the employees and to the set of tools and applications already implemented by the company.
 Better internal communication and employee training
Companies these days are integrating video into their enterprise portals as a way to share information and teach employees. A recent survey conducted by Quomu to learn more about employee use of video within enterprise portals, including Microsoft SharePoint, IBM Connections, IBM WebSphere, and Oracle WebCenter, found three scenarios where enterprise video are beneficial - training, internal communications and collaboration. The results of the survey provide also insights into how enterprises can speed up the adoption and use of video.
 Easy and real-time exchange of information
Enterprise portals provide a virtual space that foster flexible and faster ways for users – employees, business partners, providers, clients - to communicate, find information, use tools and applications to work on projects.

2.  Cut down costs
Faced with high globalization and an increased need to reduce travel budgets, companies can find in enterprise portals a cost efficient solution to connect employees, business partners, and customers. Enabling collaboration, communication and work processes between remote participants, enterprise portals cut down expenses for in-person meetings or business travels.
Enterprise portals have been rising since early 90’s to make it easier for people to connect and collaborate at all levels of an organization, make decisions faster, speed project delivery, and help their companies maintain a competitive edge.
As a conclusion, enterprise portals are essential elements for modern companies that are dependent on multiple offices’ collaboration on a local or global level. It’s disfficult to ensure proper communcation and information exchange in a multinational company without an entreprise portal.
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