Third-Party Add-Ons Needed To Bridge The Gap With SharePoint

There’s no disputing that Microsoft’s SharePoint platform has become a dominant factor in the enterprise collaboration market, with nearly 20,000 new users per day and nearly $2 billion in annual revenue, according to the vendor. The software is used in 76% of organizations across the globe, according to the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM)*, for tasks ranging from simple file share replacement to collaboration. In order to fully realize its enterprise content manage- ment (ECM) potential, however, it’s also become clear that many companies need to implement third-party add-ons and connector applications to enhance productivity and efficiency, and to meet their specific needs.

Vendors supplement SharePoint functionality in many different ways — most clients already have a mix of ECM tools, and options abound for integrating the software with existing products. Because of its complexity, without these appropriate features and useful add-ons, businesses wouldn’t be able to realize the productivity enhancements they had expected when deploying SharePoint.

SharePoint — What Are the Issues?

AIIM recently surveyed users to determine how well SharePoint is meeting expectations for ECM. The organization found: “Nearly half of respondents feel that compared to out-of-the-box SharePoint, they could be 50% more productive with enhanced workflow, search, information reporting, and automated document creation tools. Scanning and capture, case management, and social system add-ons would all produce significant productivity improvements of 25% or more. Over half are using or planning to use third-party add-on products to enhance these functional areas.”*

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