SharePoint Under Inspection
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Mary Jo Foley has about the best overall assessment of SharePoint that I've read. She relies on the latest Forrester Research paper and another study by J. Boye, then adds her own insights.
Tough sell in a recession.
Mary Jo Foley has about the best overall assessment of SharePoint that I've read. She relies on the latest Forrester Research paper and another study by J. Boye, then adds her own insights.
But it's not all roses on the SharePoint front, especially when it comes to the growing trend by customers to use SharePoint not just as a set of loosely integrated applications, but as a development platform in its own right. A couple of new studies highlight the potential risks of which customers should be aware when betting big on SharePoint.
SharePoint's customizability and rich feature set is a blessing and a curse for many customers. Forrester noted that "SharePoint is a pure Microsoft server stack that closes off any opportunities to substitute third-party databases, Web servers, and other products for Microsoft components," Forrester cautioned. In addition, the Enterprise Edition of SharePoint, which includes many of the advanced app-development features, "can add $200 per user to your budget, the report" authors noted.
Tough sell in a recession.
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