Portal integration enhancements
A new service-oriented integration using WebSphere Portal was introduced in WebSphere Commerce Version 6 Feature Pack 2. The new implementation is not compatible with Commerce Enabled Portal available in Version 6 and earlier. The WebSphere Commerce Version 7 and WebSphere Portal Version 6.1 service-oriented integration support gives you an aggregated presentation of WebSphere Commerce Services and non-WebSphere Commerce services.
The benefits of service-oriented integration using WebSphere Portal:
- WebSphere Portal provides the ability to aggregate and to present contents delivered from services, whether they are provided by WebSphere Commerce or a vendor-acquired software application.
- Single sign-on from WebSphere Portal provides a secure method of authenticating a user one time within an environment and using that single authentication (for the duration of the session) as a basis for access to WebSphere Commerce Services.
WebSphere Commerce Portal integration features:
- Aggregation support
- Administrators can compose portal pages that have both WebSphere Commerce portlets and vendor-acquired portlets.
- Personalization functionality
- WebSphere Commerce portlets can participate in the personalization functionality of the WebSphere Portal Server. For instance, you can display them or not, depending on the role of the user; they can also assume the theme of the page.
- Support for multiple devices
- You can use WebSphere Commerce portlets in your browser or on mobile devices.
- Single SignOn (SSO) capabilities
- Users who have signed on to WebSphere Portal are automatically authenticated and registered in WebSphere Commerce.
- Standards based solution
- Portlets that render WebSphere Commerce content are JSR-168 compliant, enabling them to work with other vendors' portlets in a single portlet container. JSR-168 compliance also supports tools that are designed for JSR-168.
- Support for portlet-to-portlet communication
- Have your WebSphere Commerce portlets communicate with your other portlets to deliver a rich user experience. For example, a contractor portlet on your page can interact with your WebSphere Commerce portlets to offer services in your local area.
- Support for the portlet tag library
- You can use the portlet tag library in your pages.
- Easier customization
- You can reuse existing Web services in portlets that you develop.