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What's In It For Me? SharePoint And The Changing Face Of ECM
May 9, 2008
Click Here To Download:•Contributed Editorial: What's In It For Me? SharePoint And The Changing Face Of ECM
By James Thumma, VP of Sales and Marketing, Optical Image Technology
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) brings several of the benefits of ECM to the mainstream. For organizations that are looking for ways to create and access content, it certainly looks on paper like an impressive technology. SharePoint's collaboration and rudimentary workflow tools—which integrate with the entire MS Office suite—offer user-friendly options to help boost productivity. SharePoint serves as an accessible front end where users can create and collaborate on documents.
Because of its accessibility and familiarity, SharePoint is an attractive option for organizations that use MS Windows. As you evaluate software strategies to find the best fit for your company, consider your options carefully—and don't allow yourself to be swayed by hype over substance. By examining the benefits that each technology has to offer, you will gain a better idea of the benefits and challenges that each would offer to your enterprise.
SharePoint's greatest benefit to organizations is that it provides a user-friendly front-end to an ECM solution. Users and groups can go to a familiar place to collaborate and create documents. Collaboration functionality in SharePoint—although somewhat limited in its original release—has evolved to become very robust. Microsoft is marketing SharePoint as the tool that companies should use to create their own intranets and extranets.
The internal portals that are associated with SharePoint offer security, storage capabilities, and templates. Portals can be personalized without the need for programming knowledge. Users have easy access to pertinent listings such as announcements and discussions. SharePoint offers the benefit of Microsoft support, and its ability to integrate with the entire MS office suite creates a comfortable, easy-to-use interface for end users. Users are afforded easy access to different (heterogeneous) applications, all through one customizable interface.
Click Here To Download:•Contributed Editorial: What's In It For Me? SharePoint And The Changing Face Of ECM
