Integration and consolidation

SunWeb resources were split across many systems and the integration and consolidation of services was a key driver for the SunWeb 4.0 deployment. The SunWeb 4.0 portal integrated Portal Server Secure Remote Access, mobile access, communication channels (mail and calendar), a blogs channel, and the SunWeb portal desktop into one common platform. This integration of services onto one platform required substantial modification to the existing architecture. 

Single sign-on functionality was also implemented to provide single sign-on between Portal Server with Access Manager to other applications. 

Multitier architecture implementation

A key objective of the deployment was to implement a multitier reference architecture to meet new scalability needs and to decouple the Portal Server, Access Manager, and Directory Server deployment for the multitier architecture. 

Software upgrade

A software upgrade was necessary to leverage the latest functionality in Java ES components and the Solaris^TM Operating System (Solaris OS). The SunWeb 4.0 framework implemented Sun Java Enterprise System 2005Q1 and Solaris 10 OS with zones (see Software in SunWeb 4.0).

Hardware upgrade

A hardware upgrade was long overdue. The SunWeb 4.0 deployment moved from shared hardware to dedicated Sun Fire^TM x64 servers running Solaris 10 OS, demonstrating a reference architecture with zones on AMD Opteron^TM processors (see Hardware in SunWeb 4.0).