At LDS, we're on top of the latest technology advantages but we're clear that the art of portal design is due less to the "heavy lifting" of the technology, and more attributable to using the right feature, at the right time, in context to your business objectives. We apply the Logical Approach^SM and our best practices to creative optimal portal features, as illustrated below:

For example, if your company is grounded in a core value of sharing knowledge as a corporate asset and creating knowledge communities (for research and development, for example), you may be a likely early adopter of collaboration technologies.

Likewise, if you're in a large company with a global, diverse workforce whose employees work in everything from manufacturing plants to executive offices, your interest may lie in building portals that support wide segments of users with e-learning embedded in the portal.

In 2005, large and mid-size companies alike will spend significant dollars to cull the intelligence from their business systems. In doing so, we'll see significant interest in portal-based business analytics and dashboards.