{"id":10319,"date":"2011-12-18T15:28:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T15:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/horizontal-enterprise-portal\/"},"modified":"2011-12-18T15:30:08","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T15:30:08","slug":"horizontal-enterprise-portal","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/24151\/horizontal-enterprise-portal-hep","title":{"rendered":"Horizontal Enterprise Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_horizontal_enterprise_portal_mean\">What Does Horizontal Enterprise Portal Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A horizontal enterprise portal (HEP) is a specific type of enterprise portal used to access a variety of business functions through a local areas network (LAN), wide area network (WAN) or the Internet, such as Yahoo&#8217;s home page.<\/p>\n<p>A HEP is also known as a mega portal.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_horizontal_enterprise_portal\">Techopedia Explains Horizontal Enterprise Portal<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A HEP differs from a vertical enterprise portal (VEP), which is a specific type of enterprise portal used by personnel in a specific department for specific business functions such as e-commerce or accounting.<\/p>\n<p>A HEP has menus and links to many diverse and enterprise-wide VEPs. 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