Local Portal instance in branch office

[Former Member]

Are there any solutions for speeding up Portal for remote/branch office users?

We have a lot of users who will be accessing the corporate network & Portal over relatively slow lines or satellite links; buying more bandwidth is physically not an option in some places we operate.

Has anyone looked at installing a local Portal instances in the field, and replicating PCD content to still allow central administration?

Does SAP have any offerings in this space? Global/Federated Portal does not address the speed issue - users still go across the WAN to render their content. Portal Lite is still too slow.

Any and all ideas appreciated.

RBL

[ChrisSolomon]

Sadly, a slow "pipe" is still just a slow "pipe". I think the only option would be the external facing portal, but even that sounds too heavy. I would say install a local instance and just synchronize whatever you need from it, but sounds like you will need some real-time access to info sources/apps that can't/won't be local. We are kind of in the same boat with one our office locations, but at the end of the day, it just is what it is...a slow connection.

[Former Member]

Well spoken - you can't speed up the speed of light.

Luckily, many of our content sources CAN be replicated to the branch offices. We use Lotus Notes/Domino for many web apps & web content; DFS (Microsoft replicated file system) for distributing files; and Exchange Public Folders for replicating commonly accessed email-type postings.

Have you (or anyone out there) found any solutions for keeping PCD updates in sync between a head office Portal and a branch office Portal?