Prescient's Jed Cawthorne discusses the time and place for SharePoint (MOSS): Microsoft's SharePoint technologies have their sweet spots in that they definitely fulfill specific requirements for certain use cases within the bigger picture of varied information management scenarios. However, MOSS is not a panacea. It is not the solution to every information management related business [...]

We humans are social creatures. With rare exception, we strive to relate, converse and connect with others. Social networking promotes online communities of interests and activities that promote connections between users in a more open and robust manner than simple e-mail. While best represented by the quintessential MySpace and Facebook, social networking has made significant [...]

Most intranet or employee directories are the most used, if not most popular, applications on the corporate intranet. Most pull key contact information directly from the HR database or ERP; others allow employees to update and maintain their own information.   For those organizations like IBM that allow employees to edit parts of their profile [...]

In recent weeks, both Oracle and Serena took the first steps to axing intranet solutions (see Intranet portal solutions die, evolve & move to Web 2.0 ). Not to be outdone by the trend, Sun Microsystems is saying good-bye to Sun Portal.    Janus Boye, Contributing Analyst for CMS Watch reports that Sun will soon [...]

FOR THE LATEST ON SHAREPOINT 2010 SEE: SharePoint for ECM: 5 big enhancements UPDATE: Introducing SharePoint 2010: learnings from SPC09 SharePoint continues to be at the center of much of the intranet buzz

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