| Business Users today have to operate on tens, if not | | | | tools can be used to manage specific information |
| hundreds of applications, as part of their daily routine to | | | | about projects, IT, HR etc., |
| run through their quota of work, moving from one silo | | | | - Advanced Document management capabilities with |
| to another to another, and if that isn't enough, the | | | | support of content types allow information workers to |
| increased application access and password | | | | easily create documents, fill information and share |
| complexity, making it absolutely hard to maintain focus | | | | them securely. |
| on their core jobs. Add to that, a lack of interoperability | | | | - Can be a single platform for Intranet, Extranet and |
| between these systems, and a lack of a truly | | | | Internet with support for hosting to provide applications |
| integrated experience, and you've just defined virtual | | | | and software as service |
| hell. Not to mention, the virtual nightmare that it is, for | | | | - Supports collaboration both within the internal users, |
| the IT departments, to manage and maintain these | | | | external users, and anonymous users of the |
| varied platforms and applications on a day to day | | | | Enterprise. |
| basis. | | | | - Supports out of the box reporting dashboards, KPI |
| In a world where the focus has moved from "one | | | | web parts etc. that can be used to build mash ups and |
| solution for all " to "doing one thing, and doing it right", | | | | integration with backend systems |
| vendors are building software solutions that meet | | | | - Offers a component, the Business Data Catalog that |
| some specific need and Enterprises, in an attempt to | | | | allows for integration of LOB systems with SharePoint, |
| stay current, and to give their employees the | | | | and surfacing the data from within these disparate |
| best-of-the-breed software end up bringing in a myriad | | | | systems, right into SharePoint. |
| of applications and platforms within their environments. | | | | SharePoint is a great platform for building robust and |
| The result: "Virtual Hell". | | | | flexible Enterprise 2.0 solutions that are extensible and |
| Positioning of SharePoint as a Business Platform | | | | secure, and leverage Web 2.0 in a holistic fashion to |
| SharePoint Features and Benefits | | | | empower business users, and help organizations |
| - Provides out of the box collaboration features like | | | | become more agile, efficient and productive, all in a |
| blogs, wikis, discussions, project management, | | | | seamless and secure fashion. Common areas where |
| document libraries, lists etc., that are easy to use and | | | | Enterprise 2.0 solutions prove particularly useful are IT |
| allow information workers to share and manage | | | | helpdesk, Active Directory user provisioning and profile |
| contents. | | | | management, eProcurement and the like. Well |
| - Allows building applications that are supportable, | | | | designed Enterprise 2.0 solutions virtually become key |
| extensible and easily maintainable by business users | | | | strategic assets for any organization's business |
| - Workspace templates along with the collaboration | | | | performance. |