Anyone look at Novell Portal Services as an example portal? You can develop servlets to make custom portal gadgets that can connect to anything. http://www.novell.com/products/portal Brad Clements, bkc@murkworks.com (315)268-1000 http://www.murkworks.com (315)268-9812 Fax netmeeting: ils://ils.murkworks.com AOL-IM: BKClements