What Portal Integration Is and How It’s used

Portal Integration consists of the implementation of portals. Portals are websites that pull in and display different types of information. The different informational components displayed are known as portlets. The expired iGoogle Dashboard is an example of portal integration, because the user can configure the informational components displayed. Other common types of portals are intranets and online collaboration applications.
Portals can be used for both internal and external use within organizations that choose to complete portal integration and many portals have a large focus on information security. For instance, Sage Payments is an online custom web application that integrates into portals, providing organizational tools for human resources, the ability to process payments securely, and the cap