Larry Bowden Vice President of IBM for Portals and Web Interaction Services, had this to say about the WebSphere Consulting Portal

“IBM and I wish to congratulate you for creating and going online with the WebSphere Consulting Portal. It truly is an “oasis” in the midst of the many WebSphere projects that, until now, required hours to search across the Internet for management overviews and case studies, as well as to access experienced people at service partners. We see your consulting portal as an excellent complement to IBM’s new Dashboard, Self-Service, Content, Collaboration, and Enterprise Suite Accelerators, which provide customers with interactive platforms for more effective and cost-efficient ways to access information, share ideas, communicate and work together. It is remarkable that you are able to pool all this much-needed data, knowledge and intelligence into a social network that provides such a complete and comprehensive overview of all aspects of the WebSphere product portfolio. Also, we are pleased that you have chosen to offer detailed personal profiles of leading portal professionals as well. This is a benefit that Project Managers are bound to appreciate greatly. We now look forward to the implementation of your plans to include a common platform for the WebSphere community that will bring together service partners and customers for even the most advanced WebSphere services. Keep up the good work!”