A web site or service that offers a broad array of resources and services.
Enterprise Portal
An enterprise portal is a concept for a web site that serves as a single gateway to information and knowledge base for a company/university.
Web Services
A web service is a modular application that can be accessed by a network (Internet, Intranet, Extranet) through a standard
XML interface.
EAI - Enterprise Application Integration
EAI is a concept that groups together a set of methods, technologies and tools used to consolidate and coordinate different
applications, leading to the urbanization of the enterprise's information system. Typically, an enterprise has existing legacy
applications and databases and the goal is to add or migrate to a new set of applications that exploit the internet or other
new technology. May involve developing a new total view and seeing how existing applications fit into the new view, and then
devising ways to efficiently reuse what already exists while adding new applications and data.
