Last week Thomas Vander Wal trashed SharePoint as an enterprise social computing platform in a blog post entitled SharePoint 2007: Gateway Drug to Enterprise Social Tools . He ultimately concluded that SharePoint failed for enterprise 2.0. If an organization has purchased and installed SharePoint without a proper technical due diligence about what it can do and can’t do Apart from my own interest in his analysis, I have received two specific requests for a reaction. I’m

For a number of years I have cringed every time one of my clients tells me that have or are planning to deploy Microsoft SharePoint as a collaborative platform. SharePoint is many things, but it misses the critical element of social media which is networked connection between people and ideas, easy discoverability, makes visible and allows people to act on weak ties, and support for other network-like interactions rather than closed group performance. They say it is their “social media” deployment. I

Day 1 of the Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009 is underway. The beta of SharePoint Server 2010 will be available in November, along with the beta of Office 2010. SharePoint Server 2010 will be available in "first half of 2010", so think June 2010. - Key themes for SharePoint 2010 are: (1) better developer story, (2) better Here's what I've seen announced or discussed during the day. And no, I'm not in attendance.

In February, I was the guest speaker at a Colligo Networks webinar on 7 Ways to Get More from your SharePoint Deployment Now! Donny: SharePoint Training and Transformation Donny asked: “What methods have you seen work at organizations to help individuals embrace sharepoint and transform the way they work? There were a number of questions that were asked during the discussion that we didn't get to on the day, so we said we would answer by blog (and email). So ...

My flight was cancelled from Christchurch, so I was late getting into Wellington for the inaugural SharePoint Conference in New Zealand. When I arrived, Joel was talking about governance in SharePoint. Joel says that the SharePoint implementation needs an executive sponsor with vision and budget. "SharePoint The conference is being held at The Duxton Hotel, and there's 200-300 people here. There's about 30 people standing up at the back of the room.

"By itself, SharePoint can neither create nor destroy organizational chaos, but does an excellent job of reflecting the chaos in the organization at the time of deployment." An early client of Paul's asked "What's the difference between SharePoint and Skype?" The SharePoint Paradox The Paul is from Seven Sigma Business Solutions in Perth, Australia. Answering this question has framed Paul's approach since then.

About Contact Web Strategy Vault Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing Jeremiah Owyang discusses how web tools and social media enable companies to connect with customers Forrester Wave Report: The Leaders in Community Platforms for Marketers (Part 4/4) January 09th, 2009 | Category: White Label Social Network , Analyst , Forrester Clients can access the full report The Forrester Wave™: Community Platforms, Q1 2009 on the Forrester site, however the high level findings are available below,

aka Social Networking Tools) in Your Organization A lot of one uses 'Groupware' tools (like like SharePoint) designed to improve internal collaboration, that actually Now, we have a host of new tools available, called variously Web 2.0, KM BLOG A Practical Guide to Implementing Implementing Web 2.0 (aka

In late March and early April 2009, I presented a full-day Master Class on SharePoint in Europe -- London one day, and Copenhagen the next. Evaluating SharePoint for Collaboration - Adoption Strategies for SharePoint - Extending SharePoint You can purchase a copy of the slide deck for use at your firm. The deck is 307 pages long, and covers: -

Many organizations have invested in Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 as strategic infrastructure for content management and collaboration. However, the market responded negatively to the social tools included within MOSS 2007. Atlassian, NewsGator) whose products integrated into SharePoint in ways that alleviated some of the worst functionality (e.g., OK - this is all draft - nothing is final - everything below is a work-in-progress. I