According to a survey titled SharePoint and Office 365 Metadata Survey White Paper, 34% of 396 organizations included in the survey reported using Office 365 and SharePoint Online. The survey was sponsored by ConceptSearching, and published on April 30, 2014. When we compare this claim to an earlier one on precisely the same subject — […]
Implementing SharePoint 2013, On Premises, for Enterprise Document Management
SharePoint® 2013, on premises, is, perhaps, a less expensive option for organizations to implement than most dedicated Enterprise Document Management (EDM) applications. SharePoint-Videos.com offers a lot of video training content on the topic, including a set compiled from an online course we held recently, which was led by Chris McNulty, a widely recognized subject matter […]
Training SharePoint Stakeholders to Implement the Term Store, and the Managed Metadata Service, Promises High Returns
Many of the most promising applications for SharePoint rely on the same combination of features, namely the Term Store and the Managed Metadata Service (MMS). So making the investment required to provide SharePoint stakeholders with the training they need to make use of these features promises a substantial return. Microsoft® presents some of these applications […]
A Successful Metadata Tagging Effort Usually Includes an Organization-Specific Taxonomy
Out of the box SharePoint 2010 and 2013 both include the Term Store. This feature can be used to produce a set of custom tags to manage metadata. In turn, organizations can use these custom tags via SharePoint’s Managed Metadata Service (MMS) to structure information in a manner conforming to the unique characteristics and needs […]
A Video Tutorial Course on Managed Metadata and Content Management is Now Available for Local Use
Chris McNulty of Dell has authored a video tutorial course, Managed Metadata and Content Management. This course is hosted on SharePoint-Videos.com and is available for purchase for local viewing by individuals and/or groups. Chris’ course is distilled from an online class on this topic, which was offered earlier in 2013. Any subscriber to SharePoint-Videos.com can […]
SharePoint CRM
ACRM Software and Calinda Software have teamed up to enter the market for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications built on Microsoft® SharePoint®. ACRM Software is a CRM industry veteran, with over 16 other niche CRM offerings directed to specific industries, including Oil and Gas, Wealth Management, Finance and even business to consumer industries like Personal […]
Eliminate Development Hurdles to Support High Utility SharePoint Implementations for Specific Needs
The folks at Bamboo Solutions want us all to build more customized solutions with Microsoft® SharePoint®, they just don’t want to see us hard coding them. Makes sense when you consider that the best way to get users to adopt a platform solution like SharePoint is to provide them with business specific features that deliver […]
Familiar SharePoint Story: Slow User Adoption Rates
harmon.ie builds software tools to facilitate cross platform data communication for enterprise software; for example Microsoft® SharePoint® and Lotus Notes from IBM® . The company focuses on a specific area of need that it claims is pervasive: slow user adoption rates of purchased software that should enhance collaboration between silos within a business but, somehow, […]
What is the Most Popular Implementation of SharePoint for Larger Groups of Users?
OpenText, an 18 year player in the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) market recently released its annual “How are Businesses Using SharePoint” for 2011, which is the third consecutive year for which they have undertaken this study. OpenText interviewed 2100 participants for its study. The largest category of participants interviewed, 37%, were “IT Pros,” roughly equivalent […]