The Spark Platform v2.0
In addition to the wide range of design, development and consulting services that The Spark Group offers, we have developed a framework that allows companies to get to market quickly with their client, partner or employee facing web-based portals. The Spark Platform framework includes all of the low-level functions, data objects and security to accommodate most, if not all of a company's portal requirements. Most importantly, the source code is licensed as a one-time upfront fee which gives companies a known budget as well as ultimate flexibility in building their portals and extending the platform.

The Portal Decision

To improve the way clients, partners and employees use applications and data, companies are developing portals that simplify, unify and manage countless processes, user interfaces, and interactive tools. Client, Partner and Employee facing portals help companies deliver a comprehensive, consistent, always available from anywhere system that can be secure and managed from a central hosting facility.

Historically, leading-edge companies, who make the decision to propel their businesses forward by implementing an Enterprise portal, are faced with two initial choices.

Purchase or lease of a pre-packaged portal product In-house or subcontracted development effort from scratch

Since few opportunities exist without constraint, this choice is seldom clear-cut and often a compromise to the lesser of two evils. The Fast-Track portal implementation concept using the Spark Platform offers companies the advantages of both make or buy decisions while minimizing or eliminating most of the inherent disadvantages.