Corporate portals

One of the new areas in the knowledge management field. Corporate portals use Web-based technology to create sites specifically for a particular company’s employees. Corporate portals are an extension of an earlier concept, the intranet, which is also a site for internal consumption. Intranets typically publish corporate information such as news, policies, and procedures. However, corporate portals do more than just serve as brochures. They are linked to sales data, groupware documents, and calendars. The portal translates data from all the information stores into a common interface for presentation to the employee.