The Portal Server 7 provides a higher level of enterprise productivity by enabling users and groups to work together easily and securely within the requirements of a dynamic organizational structure.

The broad features are:

1. Framework

• System monitoring and User Behavior Tracking (UBT)
• New administration console
• New administration portlets and admin tag library
• Multi-portal support
• Support for Struts and JSF
• Interportlet Communication API and developer samples

2. Collaboration

• Support for user-created-communities
• File sharing / document repository for communities and portals
• Support for wiki community site design
• Polling and survey portlets
• Community calendar portlets
• Community task portlets
• Wiki portlets
• RSS portlets (Blog read)

3. Development

• Creator support for portlet development
• Leverage Creator's WYSIWYG development environment to easily build portlets which access web services and databases
• Content management strategy

4. Spark Content Management System via OEM from FatWire

5. Portlets for SAP, Oracle (PeopleSoft), and Siebel

Yes. Support for multi-locales on a single instance is an important feature for global enterprises and service providers because it allows them to have multiple languages running on the same server. This allows users to register and receive services in the language of their choice. This feature helps to reduce the operator's costs by minimizing server and administration requirements.

• Hardware: Sun comparable workstation or server (SPARC or x86 that runs Solaris OS or Red Hat Enterprise Linux)
• RAM: 1.5 Gbytes of RAM for evaluation install; 2-3 Gbytes of RAM for minimal deployment
• Virtual Memory: 4 Gbytes
• Disk Space: 3 Gbyte of disk space for Portal Server and associated applications
• Browser Requirements: Netscape 6, 7; Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2, 6; Mozilla 1.7

• Solaris 8, 9 and 10 OS, SPARC platform
• Solaris 9 and 10 OS, x86 platform
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3.0 (x86)
• HP-UX 11i (v1) -- via JES5
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server — post-JES4 effort
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition — post-JES4 effort
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional (for developers only) — post-JES4 effort

• BEA WebLogic 8.1 SP4
• IBM WebSphere 5.1

Portal Server 7 product line consists of one package with one price point. The package consists of:

• Sun Java System Portal Server
• Sun Java System Secure Remote Access
• Sun Java System Mobile Access

Sun offers a single, no cost distribution of Portal Server software for development and deployment. Warranty, indemnification, patches, updates, upgrades and help are not provided if the software is utilized in the no cost distribution model. Customers who need the benefits of a supported Portal Server (i.e. Support updates, patches, upgrades, and warranty) must purchase a Portal Server license and support subscription.

Portal Server is licensed at US$57K per CPU or per socket, which entitles the customer to one CPU or one socket that includes a restricted use license for Sun Java System Access Manager, Sun Java System Directory Server, Sun Java System Web Server and Sun Java System Application Server (Enterprise Edition). "Restricted use" means that use of those components capabilities outside of a Portal interface is not covered by the license, e.g., users are not licensed to access web applications which are outside the portal interface, additionally, application Single-Sign-On is not licensed for applications which are not accessed through the portal, etc. Of course, the license can be extended to cover additional usage outside of the Portal.

No.

There are two exceptions to this licensing model:

• Duplicate Portal Installations — Customers who desire a duplicate Portal installation for failover purposes are entitled to a 50% savings off the list price.
• Pilot Installations — A pilot option is currently available whereby the evaluation copy of the software is provided with a 90-day support contract for only $US10K. (See Sun Java System OEM price book, part #DSS89-SUS-T889.) For unsupported POC's, simply download the software from http://www.sun.com/download.

Upgrades work as follows:
Portal Server 6 customers with qualifying support contracts are entitled to upgrade to 1 CPU of Portal Server 7 for each CPU purchased of Portal 6. Any additional CPUs required will have to be purchased at the new $57K (U.S.) per CPU price.