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Mainsoft Links IBM Jazz, Microsoft SharePoint (InfoWorld)
With Mainsoft Document Collaboration for Rational Jazz, Microsoft SharePoint Edition, developers and others can collaborate on Application Lifecycle Management. Continue reading this entry »
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For November, 2008
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SharePoint for Search? Sure, Say Some Companies (IT Business Edge)
Just last week, I wrote about the strengths and weaknesses of Microsoft’s SharePoint, the content management software being hailed as the company’s fastest-growing product ever. Shortly after posting, I encountered a Computerworld article describing how theater chain Cineplex Odeon uses SharePoint as an ad-hoc enterprise search solution that helps users track down data contained in e-mails, portals and other tricky areas. The article mentions that “many businesses” employ SharePoint in this way. Continue reading this entry »
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Microsoft to Aid in War on Terror, Builds Software for DHS (Ars Technica)
Microsoft and GIS vendor ESRI have announced that they are constructing a suite of collaboration tools for intelligence gathering and processing, intended for deployment at the Department of Homeland Security’s national fusion centers. The software is built on top of Microsoft’s SharePoint server platform and ESRI’s ArcGIS Advanced Enterprise server. Continue reading this entry »
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SharePoint Migration in the Hands of the Content Owner? (ITWorld)
Let Business Users Manage their Content Migration via a Drag-and-Drop GUI. If you have ever worked on the team responsible for SharePoint migration, you no doubt have seen how a single initiative of content consolidation within legacy systems instantly becomes a “nightmare” project with many failed migration attempts. There are various approaches you can use, depending on your need, systems and hardware involved. Continue reading this entry »
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Microsoft Online Services: SaaS-y, Sort Of (Redmond Channel Partner)
Microsoft wants to be a player in Software-as-a-Service, or cloud computing, or Web 2.0, or whatever the pundits are calling the off-premises, datacenter-hosted enterprise computing model this week. So why does it feel as though Redmond is dragging itself into this new model? Continue reading this entry »
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SharePoint in 2008: The Next Steps (PCPro)
Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Products and Technologies are rapidly becoming an important part of the enterprise. Organizations continue to look for ways to extend the system to meet user demand and requirements. How well is SharePoint addressing maturing enterprise needs? What are the options that customers have when extending SharePoint services to customers, partners, and contractors? Continue reading this entry »
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SharePoint on the Ropes Again? (Information World Review)
It’s a common problem in virtually any industry. Once you become the de-facto leader, or at least somewhere near the upper echelons, then people start having a go at you. Virgin has found it out the hard way, Channel 4 is probably discovering it to a certain degree, and, um, well the less I say about JD Wetherspoons the better, probably. Continue reading this entry »
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The SharePoint Upgrade Trap (Redmond Channel Partner)
SharePoint 2007 migrations are simple enough, but beware of hidden dangers. Here’s a look at some of the more common upgrade and migration problems. Continue reading this entry »
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Microsoft SharePoint Security Concerns Surface (VNUNet)
Most business managers have little visibility into their Microsoft SharePoint environments, and believe that the collaboration tool could put them at risk of data theft, according to new research from enterprise provisioning firm Courion. Continue reading this entry »
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SharePoint is the Uniting Force Behind Microsoft’s New Biz Server Strategy (SiliconRepublic)
The SharePoint collaborative working technology is to feature right across Microsoft’s new family of server products for small- and medium-sized businesses, siliconrepublic.com has learned. Continue reading this entry »

