We fielded a call about the architecture of IBM’s portal and OmniFind search technologies. The new OmniFind may have hit the market, but the IBM online documentation carries the date of January 2008. We still think that anyone integrating various IBM bits and pieces for an Intranet will want to check out the “old” documentation.
Here are the types of information available and a hot link to each set of Web pages. When we last checked (January 11, 2011), the information was online and did not require an IBM account or password to access.
- General information.
- Integration points. Important information.
- Installation procedure. Not exhaustive but useful.
- Specific integration of the IBM portal and search systems.
- Some additional IBM resources.
Can you install various IBM components without reading the documentation. Sure, but you will have some backtracking to do in order to figure out dependencies. Even though the documents pointed to date from 2008, the approach and method is useful.
Stephen E Arnold, January 12, 2011
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