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WCI (ALUI / Plumtree) vs Webcenter Spaces

This post will describe some of the differences between Webcenter Interaction and Webcenter Spaces. It is meant to be used as an informal guide to the choices available within Webcenter Suite and future paths for those who may already be invested in the Webcenter Interaction product. Before we get too much further we should first define some of the products and terms used in connection with Webcenter Suite. Webcenter Suite is an enterprise portal platform made up of many products including 3 portal products, Webcenter services and th

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The Power of Search

I have decided to make a concerted effort via reminders and automated pokes to keep my blog updated more often. To jumpstart that effort i have decided to post a short speech that i wrote for a speaking class back in 2000. The speech was about search. At the time, search was widely on a pay-per-ranking model and google was the only real relevant search engine. Nobody had really heard of google at this time as it had very little market share, was pre-ipo and was generally not widely used. I could see the need for relevancy in search e

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Twitter Portlet For Webcenter Interaction (ALUI) Part 1

I've decided to make this a two part post as blog entries are supposed to be short bursts of information or so i've been told. I have been wanting to write a portlet that posts to twitter and have had it on my todo list for a few months now. We'll first go over a use case or two for having a twitter portlet and the next post will have the code. So whats the use in being able to post to twitter from an enterprise portal? First, the more that I work with the 6.5 version of Aqualogic User Interaction (now called Webcenter Interaction) t

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Twitter Portlet / Gadget for Webcenter Interaction (ALUI) Part 2

This is the second part of a two part post on a Twitter portlet for Webcenter Interaction. The first part dealt with possible use cases for the portlet. So I have been trying to find time to write a portlet that lets you post to Twitter and read your timeline. I'm not big on not very good at interfaces so i'm still looking at other interfaces before i decide on the right XSL to use. It turns out that I should have done this 4 months ago instead of waiting thinking this was going to be a highly complex task. Being unfamiliar with REST

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