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Collaboration Solutions
Have you and a colleague worked on the same document at the same time, only to have your work overwritten when they saved their 10 minute change over your day’s work?
Have you ever be unable to find a really important document that you know you have in your filing system, but just could not find it when you really needed it?
Do you work in an environment where you and colleagues create multiple versions of documents and it is vitally important that everyone has the latest approved version?
Do you have a geographically dispersed network of employees and have a need to share documents and other information with them – without the hassle of having to send everything by email?
Would you like to securely exchange documents and other information with associates, partners, suppliers and clients?
A collaboration solution can solve these issues and more.
We can advise on the most appropriate solution for your business requirements and company size and then implement the solution for you. Our Collaboration Solutions are based on the following products (Click on each for more information):
A high level feature comparison table is below. We also have a Windows SharePoint Services demo site.
High Level Feature Comparison
| Feature |
Microsoft Office Groove 2007 |
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 |
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 |
Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express |
| Usage |
Groups of 2 to about 30 users looking to implement dynamic collaborative teamwork. |
Organizations looking to implement more formalized and/or web-based collaboration. Will scale from 2 to 1000s of users. |
Organizations looking to implement the additional platform-level features that MOSS provides. |
Organizations looking to augment WSS search or implement Enterprise Search without MOSS. |
| User Interface |
Locally installed client application |
Web-browser and also through integration with MS Office |
Web-browser and also through integration with MS Office |
Web-browser |
| Collaboration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Social Networking |
- |
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Yes |
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| Enterprise Search |
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Local WSS sites Only |
Yes |
Yes |
| Portals |
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Yes (Portal Sites, Personalization, Audiences, MySites) |
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| Enterprise Content Management |
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Document Managment |
Yes (Enhanced Document Management, Records Management, Web Content Management) |
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| Business Process & Forms |
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Basic Workflow |
Yes (Extensive Workflow and integrated InfoPath Forms Services) |
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| Business Intelligence |
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Yes (Business Data Catalog, Excel Services, KPI Dashboards, Reports Center) |
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