<p>SharePoint is used by most of the Fortune 500 -- so why do we still hate it so much? Here's how to make Microsoft's intranet platform work better for you.</p><p>20 Great Ideas To Steal In 2013(click image for larger view)</p><p>Among major enterprise technology products, Microsoft's SharePoint is something of a Catch 22. On one hand, surveys routinely conclude that around 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies use the platform. But despite widespread adoption, surveys also find a lot of dissatisfaction; according to two Forrester reports released last month, between 50 percent and 60 percent of SharePoint users dislike it.</p><p>This dissonance is striking. Microsoft Excel and Word, for example, are even more ubiquitous than SharePoint but neither suffers the same widespread criticism. Yes, some claim that Google Apps and other competitors are good enough to be used in place of Office products -- and if you have specific needs, they might be. But even among these dissenters, you'd be hard-pressed to find many who deny Excel and Word offer superior features and more wide-ranging applications.</p><p><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/software/productivity-collaboration-apps/microsoft-sharepoint-7-ways-to-achieve-more/d/d-id/1005772">Keep reading...</a></p>