Mashing up is easy to do says Open Text. The latest version of its Portal product (formerly Vignette Portal) provides a means of pulling together content from SharePoint, OpenText ECM Suite and many other sources into a Web or intranet interface.

The new OpenText Portal software includes a set of ”portlets” - web components that can be aggregated in the context of a composite page.

The portlets for OpenText Content Server, the core content management server within the ECM Suite, include an activity feed portlet, a navigation portlet as well as a federated search portlet.

Portlets for Microsoft SharePoint include navigation as well as federated search.

"The release of these new portlets highlights OpenText's ability to deliver content-centric sites through powerful content aggregation and to give users instant access to critical business applications, processes, and information," said Lubor Ptacek, Vice President of Product Marketing, OpenText.

"OpenText Portal provides a highly scalable and efficient means of aggregating content and applications for use across a variety of initiatives inside and outside the firewall."

The new portlets are available as part of OpenText Portal 8.1.1.