Links for: June 25, 2009
Microsoft SharePoint vs. Enterprise 2.0 Start-ups
(via @gannotti) An interesting article on the challenge of selecting SharePoint as a platform versus some of the more nimble (yet unstable) e2.0 options. Based on my experience, the SharePoint Decision (by Robert Ludlum, available at your local bookseller) can be a difficult one because some of the ‘cutting edge’ features that are so trendy now will not make it into the final release. However, as the old adage goes, no one is ever fired for hiring IBM choosing Microsoft; they are stable, and as the article states, will be “here for forever and a day.”
Most appropriate, I think, is the question in regards to whether or not SharePoint is “good enough”. In my experience, many organizations are (a) already licenced for SharePoint, and (b) when implemented, are not using the feature set to its fullest potential. Food for thought, I suppose.
Microsoft SharePoint Social Computing
New MSFT website outling SharePoint’s potential in the realm of social computing, focusing on customer wins and case studies. Bonus: it’s running on SharePoint 2007 for Internet.
