Conclusion
First-generation enterprise portals are getting a major overhaul. Increasingly, the portal is becoming an umbrella environment for end-user services and a primary mechanism for delivering web applications. While some IT architects continue to construct portals from scratch, others swear that modularity, integration, and application architectures are requisite for a new service integration platform that carries out business process management, customization, and delivery through portals. We strongly believe that the next generation of portals will be based on a modular enterprise service platform approach.