The deal makes IBM the first business service vendor to bring Google Gadgets into commercial portal software.
Websphere Portal customers will be able to create and customise at no cost internet applications using Google Gadgets from directly within WebSphere Portal so they appear as ready to use services.
WebSphere users will be able to choose from qbout 4,000 Google Gadgets – from language translators, package delivery tracking, podcast searches and YouTube postings – and add them as services within their corporate portal.
IBM says the inclusion of Google’s consumer-type utilities into business portals would change the way people work.
Portals were serving as new spaces for housing composite applications, IBM said.
“Mashup-style applications offer great opportunities for small business to target,” said Google search products and user experience vice-president Marissa Mayer. “Google Gadgets will allow IBM’s users to harness a wide range of rich and interactive content.”
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