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Virtual SharePoint? (CMS Watch)
Last week Microsoft announced new licensing arrangement for its products, including SharePoint Server 2007. In particular the new licensing scheme will support those who want to virtualize their server environment, since in the past enterprises taking this route were somewhat punished financially. All in all the new approach is a good one and buyers should be happy. At the same time this raises questions about how many people actually want to virtualize their server environment, and what if any the drawbacks such an approach might present. Continue reading this entry »
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Portal Vendors Putting Up a Fight Against MOSS (CMS Wire)
CMS Watch has come out with its Enterprise Portals Report 2009 and it appears like Microsoft SharePoint may be splitting the vendors into camps — those that have been able to rise above and those that have risen to challenge MOSS. It’s interesting to see who shows up where. Continue reading this entry »
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Collaboration is the Key (redOrbit)
Have you ever watched a teenager carry on multiple conversations on Facebook? Younger people seem to instinctively know the value of pooling resources. They tend to share information more easily than their elders do. At a corporate level, working together toward a common goal is called collaboration. The concept is gaining ground among successful companies, which see it as the cornerstone to improving business process and attaining business goals. Those goals could be anything from completing an annual budget to building an airplane. Continue reading this entry »
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Microsoft Completes Small Business Server 2008, Preps for November Launch (Network World)
Microsoft Friday said it has completed development on Small Business Server 2008 and that the software will hit its targeted ship date of Nov. 12. The long-awaited server, built on Windows Server 2008, also includes Exchange Server 2007, SharePoint Services 3.0, Windows Server Update Services 3.0, Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Windows Live OneCare for Server and integration with Office Live Small Business. Continue reading this entry »
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Microsoft Details Plans for New Social Bookmarking Tool (Computerworld)
Microsoft Corp. is delving into social bookmarking with the release in early September of the first version of a new bookmarking tool focused on its technical audience, the company said yesterday. Microsoft, which released a preview version of its social bookmarking application in May, is adding new features to the first version, such as the ability to subscribe to bookmarking tags via RSS and to import bookmarks from other bookmarking sites like Delicious. Continue reading this entry »
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Zoho Share(point?) (ZDNet)
If there’s one thing I really like it is what I term ’self evident’ applications. These are apps that have a clear purpose and which are blindingly simple to use. Zoho Share falls squarely in that category. Continue reading this entry »
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SharePoint Adds Improved Faceted Search And SQL 2008 Support (TechWeb)
The past week or so seen the release of a few enhancements and tools of interest to the SharePoint community – improvements to faceted search, support for SQL 2008 and a third party tool to help calculate SharePoint’s total cost of ownership. Faceted search is a method of refining search results by various categories. An example of this would be the ability to pare down the results of a search using attributes such as author, repository, language, document type and so on. Continue reading this entry »
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Improve SharePoint 2007 Design and Navigation With Managed Paths (SearchWinIT)
Managed paths give Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 administrators a powerful, yet easy mechanism for building a corporation’s collaboration environment. But proper planning that includes an understanding of the needs of all business groups is crucial to the execution of a successful SharePoint design and taxonomy structure. This tip explains what managed paths are, the benefits of using them, and how to define and implement managed paths in a Microsoft SharePoint 2007 portal. Continue reading this entry »
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SharePoint Technical Conference Announced (SD Times)
It started out as a tool for collaboration. But Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Windows SharePoint Services have moved to the very heart of the enterprise, involving developers, systems administrators and executives alike in the creation and deployment of new business solutions. Continue reading this entry »
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Microsoft Not Sure If SaaS Will Cut Piracy (ChannelWeb)
Microsoft has been increasing its efforts to battle software piracy using lawsuits and educational programs to bring more illegal users into the light. But as Microsoft moves toward delivering more applications as services, its anti-piracy tactics will also have to change, according to solution providers. Continue reading this entry »
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