IBM Adds 23 Portlet Providers For WebSphere Portal

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New partners in the IBM PartnerWorld Portlet Providers Offering, including i2 and Vignette, will extend choices available to WebSphere portal customers and provide ways to add content, processes and applications, said Tim Thatcher, program director for WebSphere portals at IBM.

The new portlets will bring tools and services to business intelligence, content management, CRM, e-commerce, ERP and wireless applications.

Thatcher said Wednesday's announcement is an extension of IBM's Web application strategy and aggressive effort at gaining market share in the portal market.

"We have seen tremendous interest among our customers for portal solutions of all types," Thatcher said. "We had an extremely good year, and we have not seen the interest wane at all--in fact the interest continues to grow."

The new partners join an existing network of 30 portal partnerships in the network. Giga Information Group predicts the market for portals will grow to $2 billion in 2005 from $850 million in 2002.

Other partners joining the IBM Portlet Provider Offering include Amacis, AtHoc, BoostWorks, Convera, divine, Ebase, FinGO, FirstRain, Information Builders, IntellectExchange, MyBubble, Netsize, Orsus Solutions, paybox, Presence On Line, Quiver, Rapidigm, SwissRisk, Tamalpais Group, Tridion, Tridion and Xanboo.