Moreover, mashing up data across the firewall can bring new insights. Geoff notes that some of the major vendors are getting into this game, certainly IBM with its social business focus and Microsoft with its continuing investments in SharePoint 2010 and openness to third part add-ons. role of publishing Web pages. and enterprise 2.0. MORE >>

This Wednesday through Friday, October 20 through 22, the SharePoint Technical Conference, affectionately known as SPTechCon, is coming to Cambridge, MA.  The Boston Area SharePoint User Group (BASPUG) October meeting, a panel discussion featuring some very prominent SharePoint speakers, immediately following the reception.  MORE >>

Firewalls - You can certainly install tools behind the firewall. You have to decide about inside the firewall vs. SaaS, but this shouldn't hold you back. Last week I presented a session at ASTD TechKnowledge entitled eLearning 2.0 - Applications and Implications. It could just as easily have been called Web 2.0 as I expected. MORE >>

Other major or well known players include Microsoft (Office 365 - using SharePoint), Zoho and IBM (Smartcloud - using IBM Connections). Could you run your intranet on a cloud-based solution like Google or Salesforce ? Actually, really the question of on premises or hosted externally ("cloud" or otherwise) isn't really that much of issue. MORE >>

site behind their corporate firewalls. low cost alternative to Sharepoint Aside from the complex deployment, challenging back up-restore and an unusable interface for end users, Sharepoint is EXPENSIVE! recently released market study conducted by Information Architected found that half of the organizations using Sharepoint. MORE >>