What is a Portal?
A Portal is simply, an access point, a web site featuring a suite of commonly used
services, serving as a starting point to the Web. Web portals often include a search
engine or directory, news, email, stock quotes, maps, forums, chat, shopping, and
options for customization. Large portals may include dozens or hundreds of bundled
services.
CRM Portals
What is different about CRM Portals?
A CRM portal is a portal that is a component of a CRM system. A CRM portal is a way
to open up the CRM systems to people and organization that you work with, but who
are not CRM system users. This allows them the ability to work with the company in
an efficient way, regardless of time of day.
CRM portals usually ask the user to log in. When this is done, they are connected to
the CRM system. Information about the person and the company for which the
person works, can determine what they are able to do on the portal and what
information they can access.
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