STERLING, VA - July 21, 2003 /Send2Press Newswire/ -- Microportals.NET(tm) is the latest offering from the Alfa-XP Web Software Company, LLC (www.alfa-xp.com), the maker of the WebAssembler.NET™ application server suite. It is a "portal-on-demand" Web application hosting service that offers everything needed to design and operate microportal solutions in real-time, in a reliable secure environment totally controlled by the user. No additional hardware or software is necessary. It is built exclusively on the latest Microsoft .NET technologies and on open XML standards.

This service is intended for users whose needs have out grown basic, simplistic Web hosting but who cannot afford high-priced content management or collaboration suites that typically cost over $100K for a single installation. The combination of ease of use, a feature-rich environment, and true affordability makes the Microportals.NET service attractive for any small or medium business, for educational institutions, independent professionals, and nonprofit organizations.

The solution is also ideal for project teams within a large corporation or agency that need to collaborate securely with colleagues, customers and contractors across departmental lines and over long distances.

Users can open an account and create their own microportal in a matter of minutes. Templates and wizards are provided to guide users through the process of customization. Administration tools are made for business users and do not require any special technical skills, and allow for easy intranet or extranet setup and user management, including defining access rights for various user groups (roles), folders, pages and even individual content objects within a particular Web page. A visual tutorial helps users get started and comfortably master the tools.

Accounts include a gallery of high-quality, XML-compliant, reusable WebSnippets that can be quickly customized. Additional galleries are available for specific business solutions, such as workflow management, Web syndication, group collaboration, data collection, transformation and warehousing, analysis and reporting (data mining), business process modeling, and e-commerce.

Pricing starts at $20 per month for a personal edition and ranges to $25,000 per year for a 250-license enterprise edition. Information: http://www.microportals.net

Alfa-XP Web Software Company, LLC is a privately held company located in Virginia. Since 1998 the company has provided solutions for Federal agencies and corporate clients in the U.S. and Western Europe.

Source of news: Alfa XP Web Software Company, LLC
Website: www.microportals.net