<p>As businesses evolve from being information or knowledge centered to being more people centered, SharePoint 2013 offers a range of features to support the shift.</p><p>SharePoint 2013 is essentially a web application platform that provides functionality to enable, among other things, the creation of web sites, Web 2.0 collaboration features such as wikis, blogs ratings and user profiles, enterprise content management, powerful search capability, Microsoft business intelligence reporting and analysis. From a technical perspective it offers flexibility on integrating external data as well applications, developing user interface widgets and a range of potential development options. From Web 2.0 to Enterprise 2.0 to Organization 2.0</p><p>Web 2.0 implied not only collaborative behavior, but the technology and its associated functionality that supported this online behavior. Sites such as Amazon were trailblazers as reviews and ratings influenced users to buy products while technologies such as delicious encouraged the sharing of bookmarks.</p><p>Facebook started out with the personal life of users and then targeted business advertising and marketing, offering businesses the capability of targeting products and services at specific demographics. Technologies such as Ajax supported these developments, speeding up download time by negating the need to download an entire page at a time while rich client interface libraries creating the opportunity to develop a range of visually appealing user interfaces.</p><p><a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/social-business/delivering-organization-20-with-sharepoint-2013-020726.php">Keep reading...</a></p>