It complements WebSphere Portal with tools and technology to rapidly create, customize, maintain, and
deploy portlets. WebSphere Portlet Factory's ease of use and advanced development features
dramatically streamline the entire portlet development process. This acts to speed WebSphere Portal
deployments and increase ROI. The Portlet Factory runtime component is included with IBM WebSphere
Portal Express V6.0; therefore, portlets created with Portal Factory Designer can be deployed without
requiring an additional license. IBM PartnerWorld members may have access to WebSphere Portlet
Factory Designer free of charge. Logon to IBM PartnerWorld (http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld
) for more
information.
Some benefits are:
● Speeds IBM WebSphere Portal deployments by automating portlet development for faster time-
to-value
● Enables developers of any skill level to construct, change, deploy, and maintain custom portlets
● Creates a SOA entry point for companies by delivering SOA-based portal applications
● Provides pre-built integrations for existing applications such as Lotus Notes and Domino, SAP,
PeopleSoft, Siebel, Databases, and Web Services
● Acts as a foundation for IBM Lotus ActiveInsight
IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory includes the following features:
● Builders provide reusable components in the IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory Designer that
developers employ to automate and speed portlet development and deployment
● Dynamic Profiling enables on demand delivery of portlet variations without writing additional
custom code
For more information on WebSphere Portlet Factory, visit:
http://www.ibm.com/software/genservers/portletfactory/
Important Note Regarding Terms and Conditions of IBM WebSphere Portal Express V6.0 License
IBM WebSphere Portal Express V6.0 is available in two licensing options: Authorized User License
Option and Processor Value Unit License Option. Each Authorized User License Option entitles the
customer to install a single copy of IBM WebSphere Portal Express for use by twenty (20) authorized
portal users. The customer must acquire a sufficient number of User License Option licenses to provide
an entitlement for use for each Portal authorized user who accesses IBM WebSphere Portal Express. For
example, if you wish to provide fifty (50) individuals with access to IBM WebSphere Portal Express, you
must acquire three (3) User License Option licenses which provide portal use for up to sixty (60)
individuals. You may not install copies of the program representing more than 50 Authorized User License
Options on one server. This means there cannot be more than 1000 authorized users on one server. The
Processor License Option entitles you to install and use one (1) copy of the program on one (1) server.
You must acquire a Processor License for all the processor cores on a server on which you have installed
a copy of the program.
The IBM WebSphere Portal Express V6.0 program is licensed as a multi-package and includes other
products distributed with the Program. You are authorized to install and use such other IBM Programs
only in association with Your licensed use of the Program. Consult the License Information Document for
IBM WebSphere Portal Express for additional restrictions and the official terms and conditions of the
license. It can be found at:
http://www.ibm.com/software/sla, then searching on program/part number 5724-E77.
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