Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Preparing for a cloud-based future without SharePoint

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<p>Companies must begin preparations for a future in cloud computing, because use of Microsoft's SharePoint software "on-premises" is diminishing, analyst Jeffrey Mann told the Gartner Symposium in Cape Town yesterday.</p><p>"28 per cent of companies use SharePoint across their entire workforce and if you only count companies where at least half the staff are using it once a week or more, that number climbs to 70 per cent," Mann said.</p><p>However, Mann believes not many people like the software. He said in terms of user experience, SharePoint scores low and requires ongoing management as well as it being difficult to move content between systems.</p><p>Mann believes Microsoft's problem with SharePoint is it is a victim of its own success.</p><p><a href="http://www.humanipo.com/news/32333/preparing-for-a-cloud-based-future-without-sharepoint/">Keep reading...</a></p>

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