SharePoint 2013 Analysis & Reviews

SharePoint 2013 sure looks pretty from 35,000 feet above.

This week continued our exploration of all things SharePoint with the nitty gritty of what administrators can expect from the next version, features that everyone will love and the timeless question, "What's in a (Metro) name?"

We heard reports on the evolving field of archives from the SAA 2012 conference and were exhorted to all aspire to greatness. 

Earlier in the week, in new research published by AIIM, we saw that while there has been widespread deployment of SharePoint, enterprises are far from completely happy with it. In this final look at the research we will see what the main issues are and how enterprises intend to deal with them going forward.

While recent research by AIIM indicates that at least 70% of organizations have deployed SharePoint in some shape or form over the past year, the way it is being used and the reasons it is being deployed in the first instance, are as many as there are enterprises using it.

Are you ready for SharePoint 2013? Microsoft recently released the public beta of SharePoint 2013, and with so many changes it can be difficult to keep up. This is the first of a four-part series that provides a 35,000-foot overview of some expected updates and how they will affect various roles within your organization.

As far as social collaboration platforms go, NewsGator hits the list of the most well known, likely due to the advanced capabilities it offers in a range of areas. Of course it doesn't hurt to be tightly integrated with SharePoint either. Here's a look at the newest version and what's still to come.

Unlike the continual release model of its cloud based competitors, Microsoft releases a major version of SharePoint every three years. There are some downsides to this approach (see later in this article), but one definite upside is that when the releases do come around, those of us who work with SharePoint every day tend to get a bit excited. (As in, excited like first graders at a raspberry cordial party.)

It’s still the holiday season, so all's quiet on the document management front. However, that didn’t stop Microsoft from launching its new store for Office and SharePoint, nor did it stop Cabinet NG from rebranding. Also this week, 52apps released a watermarking tool for iPad and iPhone, while PixelCrayons enters the document management market.

So what do we think of the new Metro (oops ... we can’t use that word anymore, can we? It is now "Windows 8 style UI") stylings in SharePoint 2013? Like it? Love it? I’ll be honest, I’m not sure. I’m not sure end users are going to enjoy it.

Ah summertime: days at the beach, sand beneath your toes, water lapping the shore and our thoughts turn to ...SharePoint. SharePoint?

This week kicked off our month long focus on all things SharePoint with some thoughts on its use in today's social enterprise, its capabilities (or lack thereof?) as a Web Content Management platform and some confusing nomenclature in the latest version. 

Digital Marketing was still on our minds though, with some ideas on how to focus your content marketing and some examples of bad content to put out on social media.

Kick back, enjoy the sun and read on. 

It's here, the public preview of SharePoint 2013 and guess what? Microsoft has made some significant enhancements to its web content management capabilities. But is it enough? Is SharePoint really a serious WCM contender? That's our question for this discussion point. Here's what the experts said.

Intranets can take years to complete and very often never actually reach the stage of total completion; they are in a continuous state of evolution. With the advent of mobile access from an array of devices, deciding what features to deploy, and how, becomes even more challenging.

August belongs to SharePoint at CMSWire. This month, we’ll examine SharePoint from many different perspectives. But before we do, what is SharePoint? If you had to conceptualize it, what would it look like? What characteristics would be highlighted?

The recent beta release of SharePoint 2013 brought with it many things. One of those was "apps."

What a week! Yesterday, Microsoft Azure in W Europe went down, Google Talk went silent and Twitter had a major outage.

Cap that off with Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Zinga stock spirals and one can't be blamed for thinking now is the perfect time to take a looooong vacation -- maybe it'll all be shiny and happy again when you get back.

Getting Content Marketing
Back in ROI land we are busy closing out July's focus on Content Marketing.

• Interview with Robert Rose on engaging your customers
• Content Marketing Tweet Jam Review
• Experts insights on the hardest part of content marketing

Don't forget our Content Marketing webinar on August 8th.

SharePoint = Elephant Still?
The preview of SharePoint 2013 is out and there's no shortage of views on its future significance to both social business and web content management.

As August rolls in we dive deeper into the platform's place in our world and whether or not SharePoint is still the elephant in the room.

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