Found a great post by John Cardenas over at PrinterOnFire.com that allows you to sort properly in the Cireson portal. You can find it here: http://www.printeronfire.net/2014/12/31/cireson-self-service-portal-v3-3-service-catalog-sort-order
Looking to the world of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Dynamics NAV, Scribe Insight, SCCM, and other server applications.