<p>Nearly fifteen years after its introduction, SharePoint is showing its age. User surveys and reports suggest that SharePoint 2013 is not cloud ready, is hard to use and lacks FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance when used in clinical trials.</p><p>Rancho Cordova, CA (PRWEB) January 27, 2014</p><p>SureClinical announced today the publication of their newest white paper, "Evaluating SharePoint-based eTMF applications." The white paper provides a comparison of SharePoint-based eTMF applications and collaborative cloud portals with integrated multi-organization digital signing capabilities.</p><p>Nearly fifteen years after the first introduction of SharePoint, SharePoint user surveys and articles are increasingly negative toward the usability and actual user adoption of SharePoint-based solutions. In addition to an inflexible, proprietary and outdated architecture, SharePoint's most cited customer complaints target its user interface, limited functionality, costly and time consuming software maintenance, support and integration issues. Microsoft itself makes no claims that SharePoint is FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliant, in the cloud or on-premises. As a result of SharePoint's inability to meet user needs as well as a lack of support for FDA Part 11 regulations, BioPharma should be fully aware of the potential usability, compliance and security issues when considering SharePoint as an application platform in clinical trials.</p><p><a href="http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2014/01/27/growing-sharepoint-user-frustration-spurs-sureclinical-release-white-paper-biopharma-comp">Keep reading...</a></p>