There are a number of products that build on both Biztalk and Sharepoint
that you may want to include in your foray, as well as the concept that you
can solve the problems using a .net product that builds on neither.
I would encourage you to more clearly define what you want from a portal
product. These are omnibus products that do many things. If you pick the
area that YOU need, you can better pick a "best of breed" solution that does
exceptionally well in the area you want and simply doesn't show up in the
area you don't.
Many folks are looking at Weblogic for it's transactional capabilities.
Biztalk is a competitor, as are many other products that perform
transactional mapping.
Just look at the dozens of companies that have released HIPAA transactional
mapping products (AFAIK: the first federally sanctioned and required B-to-B
space).
good luck
--- Nick
"Bob Morvay" <adamantiumrocks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2aa301c4b13d$622a7e90$a501280a@phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> I apologize but I cross posted this question in 4 groups
> that I thought could provide me with adequate feedback.
> I appreciate the response and I am aware of Microsoft's
> Sharepoint Portal suite but I was also interested in any
> third party portal suites, if any, that were developed
> for the .NET platform. We are researching portal
> solutions and I have been asked to compare any Microsoft
> or Windows based solutions against the likes of BEA's
> Weblogic and JBoss's JBossNukes.
>[color=green]
> >-----Original Message-----
> >didn't you ask this same question in another newsgroup?
> >
> >BEA Weblogic portal provides both content management and[/color]
> integration[color=green]
> >services. On the Microsoft side, you will get most of[/color]
> the same features by[color=green]
> >a combination of two products: Sharepoint and Biztalk[/color]
> Server (BTS).[color=green]
> >
> >There are two different comparisons you can make between[/color]
> Weblogic and[color=green]
> >Sharepoint/BTS and that depends on which version of[/color]
> sharepoint you need[color=green]
> >(which depends on the content management features you[/color]
> want in your portal).[color=green]
> >
> >For many folks, a portal is simply an information board[/color]
> that shows the[color=green]
> >status of information flowing through the integration[/color]
> engine. If that is[color=green]
> >your case, then you need only use Biztalk, because the[/color]
> installation of the[color=green]
> >BAM provides you with all the instructions and web parts[/color]
> you need to view[color=green]
> >the "business metadata" through a free version of[/color]
> Sharepoint called Windows[color=green]
> >Sharepoint Services (WSS). Windows Sharepoint Services[/color]
> can be downloaded[color=green]
> >for free and installed on any Windows 2003 server.
> >
> >If, on the other hand, you need to manage the documents,[/color]
> search on them, and[color=green]
> >control them during the steps of the business process,[/color]
> you may want to[color=green]
> >consider upgrading the Sharepoint part to Sharepoint[/color]
> Portal Server (SPS),[color=green]
> >which is built on top of Windows Sharepoint Services.[/color]
> SPS offers a wide[color=green]
> >array of content management and portal features that are[/color]
> very useful for[color=green]
> >expanding it's functionality over the free version.
> >
> >I don't know of a good comparison, but if there it, it[/color]
> would be between[color=green]
> >Biztalk 2004 and BEA Weblogic Portal.
> >
> >I hope this helps,
> >--- Nick
> >
> >"Bob Morvay" <adamantiumrocks@hotmail.com> wrote in[/color]
> message[color=green]
> >news:0aa601c4b126$5143adc0$a601280a@phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
> >> I am interested in any .NET enabled portal solutions[/color][/color]
> that[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> are in the same class as the J2EE BEA Weblogic portal
> >> solution. Can anyone point me to articles comparing[/color][/color]
> the[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> available portal solutions for the .NET Framework?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.[/color]
> >
> >
> >.
> >[/color][/color]
