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WebSphere Portal internalizes REST (v 5.1)


  • No longer ignoring first plank of REST elevator pitch (Resource Identification)
  • Now Customers can bookmark pages
  • Can copy paste link to send in email or instant message
  • Immediacy of Communication, Collaboration, Communities
  • Create teamspace, send email to new members with link
  • Internally: hidden pages with portlets,
  • Addressability helps expose functionality in many different areas
  • Build Workplace on top of Portal
    • lightweight layering through URIs
  • 3 Releases spent fighting the web!
  • Pain for us. Pain for Customers = $$$$$ lost