SharePoint: Square pegs in round holes

Aug, 29, 2008 posted by Toby Ward @ 9:41, PM
Man and chairs

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 [...]

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Advice for SharePoint customers

Jun, 16, 2008 posted by Toby Ward @ 11:53, PM

SharePoint (MOSS 2007) is robust solution, but its not for every organization. Here's some practical advice from Prescient and the authors of The SharePoint Report 2008 from CMS Watch.

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Another portal bites the dust

May, 26, 2008 posted by Toby Ward @ 9:27, PM

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 [...]

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Analyzing Enterprise 2.0 software

May, 20, 2008 posted by Toby Ward @ 6:42, PM

There are small start-ups, emerging vendors, and the big enterprise portal and CMS vendors

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SharePoint requires proper architecture & governance

May, 19, 2008 posted by Toby Ward @ 11:34, PM

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The pros and cons of SharePoint

May, 19, 2008 posted by Toby Ward @ 6:57, PM

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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Intranet portal solutions die, evolve & move to Web 2.0

Apr, 28, 2008 posted by Toby Ward @ 7:18, AM

Your portal solution is dying

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Free Sharepoint & more Web 2.0 mediocrity

Feb, 14, 2008 posted by Toby Ward @ 5:18, AM

An interesting post I did a couple of days ago on the free version of Windows Sharepoint Services and the surprising breadth of available features (from Setting-up a free Sharepoint intranet:

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Oracle buys BEA; big changes to intranet portal market

Jan, 17, 2008 posted by Toby Ward @ 5:23, AM

As I predicted two weeks ago, Oracle

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Intranet case study: Canon Australia

Nov, 12, 2007 posted by Toby Ward @ 4:32, AM

Canon Australia has an extensive portal-based intranet, known as iCON, for a number of years. As detailed in a very thorough case study from Australia

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