ASG-Federation Portal (Business Information Portal) is a secure, scalable, intuitive, and customizable Web-based portal and interface (Intranet) that provides an organization’s users (internal or external) with a centralized location for accessing enterprise information, applications, and core processes. It acts as a bridge between disparate pieces of information, organizing them all in one easy-to-use and centralized access point. You can launch any Web-based application from ASG-Federation Portal. Its interface can be quickly customized to match your corporate identity (logos, color schemes, etc.). Furthermore, it can be integrated with other ASG solutions, as well as those from other vendors, for added knowledge management, business intelligence, and report distribution capabilities. ASG-Federation Portal enables you and your colleagues to quickly and easily retrieve pertinent information from one, “well-known” location. ASG-Federation Portal is easy to use, deploy, and maintain, ensuring that it can be quickly and seamlessly integrated into an enterprise of any size. ASG-Federation Portal helps eliminate much of the “information noise” present in today’s organizations. Rather than accessing applications through individualized icons, ASG-Federation Portal can provide one, centralized access point for all of these disparate applications and different sources of information. You can control what you and your colleagues view on the ASG-Federation Portal via an easy-to-use and easy-to-implement Web-based interface, which takes full advantage of existing security already in use in your enterprise. In addition to serving as the “well-known” location for application and information access, you can also use ASG-Federation Portal to facilitate increased communication throughout your organization. E-mail and chat functionality can be easily incorporated into ASG-Federation Portal, enhancing the speed with which you and your colleagues exchange thoughts and ideas and make decisions.