WebLogic Portal vs. AquaLogic Interation (ALUI)

Question

Have any documents been published regarding the benefits and drawbacks of choosing WLP vs. ALUI? I've heard that they are very different and portlets are not compatible between the two applications. So we're looking for guidelines on why/when a company should use one product over the other.
Thanks,
Michael

Answer 1

Michael,
My primary suggestion is to reach out to your BEA account representitive to help work with you to determine which product is the best for your project and organization. We've published many internal materials to help them make your decision easier.
It's a complicated topic, which I couldn't address fully in an email thread given that Portal projects vary widely in their nature, and both products are industry leading and include many components. That said, I'd like to clarify a couple points raised by another poster:
First, WebLogic Portal is a good candidate for doing federated Portals using a variety of protocols- in fact we are used for just this reason alone at many companies. Several companies are using WSRP in particular to consolidate literally thousands of existing applications into their Portals. As well, you might find this page on our support of alternative protocols interesting:
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/a/2006/12/adrenaline-portlets.html
Finally, both ALUI and WLP bring valuable and complementary technologies to the content management and knowledge management space which are worth evaluting in depth.
Best,
Josh