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One of the major complaints about SharePoint is that, while it contains the potential for expanded business productivity and automation, within many organizations it has become yet another file share. 

There were a few notable moves in the document management space recently. Among them is a new archiving solution for SharePoint form ArcMail, Alfresco released a new version of its records management solution, DocuLex upgraded ArchiveStudio for MFPs, ABBYY upgraded FlexiCapture, while OpenText announced that it had a good year.

Are you ready for SharePoint 2013?

In this third installation of my four part series giving a 35,000-foot overview of some of the major changes expected in SharePoint 2013, we will be looking at some of the new features that will specifically affect SharePoint designers.

The days of Microsoft SharePoint being only a locally installed software product are over.

In less than a few hours, we'll be coming together on Twitter (under the hashtag #eimchat) for our next Tweet Jam -- SharePoint: Supporting the Information Worker.

It's been a lot of fun trying out the new version of SharePoint so far. Microsoft has done a great job this time, putting out a ton of documentation, training and videos as soon as this preview version became available. There's a lot to read, but it has also been great trying everything out and digging in a bit to see the new functionalities in action.

Continuing my high level SharePoint business governance strategy series, today we are looking at methods of managing governance documents to ensure that information is easily accessible to all, aiding in communication of and adherence to governance rules.

SharePoint 2013: Topic Du Jour
We might be at least a year away from seeing the first real implementations of SharePoint 2013, but that doesn't mean people aren't interested in how it has improved (or not).

Whether we are pleasantly surprised at SharePoint 2013, wondering about SharePoint customization, or thinking about the headache that a SharePoint 2013 upgrade will create, there's no shortage of opinions to go around.

Deep Dive into Web Experience
Web Experience (WEM) was also a prime subject this week: Acquia acquired Mollem for social content moderation, Bridgeline Digital released WEM for franchises, and Sitecore invested in Komfo, adding social media marketing tools to its platform.

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August 22nd at 1pm EDT, 10am PDT is the date for our SharePoint Tweet Jam. The panel keeps getting bigger and the questions will incite a great discussion. Get the details here.

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Our SharePointpalooza continued this week with the debut of a new series on SharePoint governance, a few perspectives on what SharePoint 2013 holds in store and something anyone contemplating the switch to the latest version can relate to: the SharePoint upgrade headache.

We also heard further reports from the archival front and were asked if your workplace was a circus, who would you be?

Even with the summer lull there are a few notable GRC points. The main one this week is Google's further plans for Postini. This week also saw Clearwater’s new SaaS released, a new series on SharePoint governance and Accenture’s acquisition of Octagon.

With each new release of SharePoint I become like a kid in a candy shop, ready to find all the new and exciting goodies that have been made available. SharePoint 2013 has been no exception.

I always like to put events into a solid sports analogy and SharePoint lends itself to this in a unique way. SharePoint is somewhat akin to the New York Yankee teams of the past couple decades: this product has been a consistent leader, though it has had some ups and downs in the enterprise collaboration space, and continues to hold its place in the echelon of enterprise productivity tools that will continue to lead well into the next many “seasons” to come.

Is collaboration in your organization like a 3-ring circus? Are you the ringmaster or the clown; the trapeze artist or the animal tamer? 

Are you ready for SharePoint 2013?

This is the second in a four part series that provides a 35,000-foot overview of some of the major changes expected in SharePoint 2013. With this piece we will dive into what will be new for developers.

It’s still quiet in the document management space. That said, DocuWare has released a new SaaS offering, Snowbound has upgraded its document viewer, enterprises have mixed views on SharePoint deployments, and M-Files v9 supports Office 2013.