IBM Business Solutions

About: IBM Welcome Page, Version 1.1

IBM Welcome Page v1.1 is included in the set of enterprise Web applications provided by IBM Business Solutions.

IBM Welcome Page is a Web-based business application designed to work in conjunction with the other business applications. Its purpose is twofold. First, it provides a common starting point for you and your colleagues to go to to find links to the other applications - a simple welcome page specifically for business solutions. Second, it provides administrative interfaces used for set up and configuration of all applications provided by IBM Business Solutions.

Figure 1: Example welcome page.

While each application may be deployed and run separately, they are also designed to work with each other to share resources and configuration properties. The Welcome Page ties them together from both an administrator's view point and an end user's view point, by providing separate welcome pages with links into the applications for each type of user.

Figure 2: Example administrator pages.

Initially, you will find the Welcome Page a nice starting point to go to while you get familar with the applications and how to manage them. As you learn more about them, you may decide to create your own shortcuts into application pages and integrate them into your own web site.

Application Specific Features for Administrators:

• provide welcome page with links to administrator pages ¹
• set up a shared directory providing the registry of users within your enterprise
• manage SSL properties for applications to communicate with servers within your enterprise (if required) ¹
• manage configuration properties for applications to locate Sametime and EIM servers within your enterprise ¹
• provide links to application specific pages for administrators ²

Application Specific Features for Non-administrators:

• provide welcome page with links to application specific pages for non-administrators