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Big and Fast
Axceler Blog
p"Fast" is not a word normally associated with our federal government. But that's the only word to describe how quickly the a href="http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/home.aspx" mce_href="http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/home.aspx"recovery.gov/a site was launched using SharePoint.
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Converting from a platform that was not robust enough, recovery.gov took a mere iten weeks/i to re-launch. That's fast considering the site provides information about $787 billion in stimulus money. In addition, the site [read].
Posted: about 23 hours ago. |
Free Webinar on ControlPoint
Axceler Blog
pAxceler invites you to an a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/684862747" mce_href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/684862747"upcoming webcast/a that will show you how to use ControlPoint to administer your SharePoint environment like a pro. The webcast will take place this Thursday, March 11th at 2:00 pm EST. /pp In this session, we will show you how to:br
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liManage SharePoint Permissions /liliAnalyze SharePoint Usage and Activity /liliMove / Copy Sites /liliClean Up, Manag [read].
Posted: Mon, Mar 8th '10 |
SharePoint 2010 - Olympic Worthy
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//usoc.gif" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//usoc.gif" alt="" title="" style="" align="left" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="5"Is SharePoint 2010 beta ready for prime time? Based on a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10463102-56.html?part=rss" mce_href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10463102-56.html?part=rss"its performance/a at this year's Olympic winter games, the answer is "yes."
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Used to power the a href [read].
Posted: Wed, Mar 3rd '10 |
Raising Money for the Fight Against Cancer
Axceler Blog
img src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//logo.gif" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//logo.gif" alt="" title="" style="" align="right" border="0" hspace="" vspace=""One of Axceler's own, Yancy Lent, will be riding in this year's Pan Mass Challenge a href="http://www.pmcdad.com" mce_href="http://www.pmcdad.com"raising money/a for cancer research. This will be Yancy's third Pan Mass after his five year old son was diagnosed with leukemia in 2007.
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The good ne [read].
Posted: Wed, Mar 3rd '10 |
Reasons to Upgrade?
Axceler Blog
Mark Miller's "a href="http://info.axceler.com/Blog/bid/26223/Is-SharePoint-2010-Relevant" mce_href="http://info.axceler.com/Blog/bid/26223/Is-SharePoint-2010-Relevant"Is SharePoint 2010 Relevant?/a" article got me looking for reasons to upgrade. With that in mind, I found "a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/8-ways-web-content-management-has-improved-in-sharepoint-2010-006798.php" mce_href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/8-ways-web-content-management-has-improved-in-sharepoint-2010-0 [read].
Posted: Tue, Mar 2nd '10 |
Is SharePoint 2010 Relevant?
Axceler Blog
pIs the increased hype and fixation on SharePoint 2010 hurting the movement? Mark Miller brings up this provocative point in a a href="http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/02/23/is-sharepoint-2010-relevant/" mce_href="http://www.endusersharepoint.com/2010/02/23/is-sharepoint-2010-relevant/"recent article/a. /pp Miller points out that many conferences have agendas that are "heavily slanted towards [SharePoint 2010]". This leaves many SharePoint enthusiasts in a bind. How can they justify the exp [read].
Posted: Mon, Mar 1st '10 |
Hone Your SharePoint Skills
Axceler Blog
img src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//dogtags.png" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//dogtags.png" alt="" title="" align="right" border="0" height="73" hspace="" vspace="" width="189"Looking to improve your SharePoint skills? Maybe a a href="http://sharepointbootcamp.com" mce_href="http://sharepointbootcamp.com"SharePoint Bootcamp/a can help.
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The company recently relaunched their a href="http://sharepointbootcamp.com" mce_href="http://sharepointbootcamp [read].
Posted: Fri, Feb 26th '10 |
The Big Easy
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//Orleans.bourbon.arp.750pix.jpg" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//Orleans.bourbon.arp.750pix.jpg" alt="" title="" align="left" border="0" height="182" hspace="10" vspace="10" width="243"Axceler will be in a href="http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/neworleans" mce_href="http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/neworleans"New Orleans/a this weekend for SharePoint Saturday. One of the top ten cities for tourists in the nation, thi [read].
Posted: Thu, Feb 25th '10 |
SharePoint Saturday Boston
Axceler Blog
pRoom is still available for this weekend's a href="http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston/default.aspx" mce_href="http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/boston/default.aspx"SharePoint Saturday right here in Boston/a. If you are in the New England area and want to learn about SharePoint, please a href="http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=145192" mce_href="http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=145192"register for this free event/a scheduled for February 27.br/ppAnd if you are attending, please fill out a hr [read].
Posted: Tue, Feb 23rd '10 |
5 Hot Features in SharePoint 2010
Axceler Blog
pThe folks over at CMSWire have put together a good list of a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/sharepoint-2010-5-hot-features-to-look-forward-to-006585.php" mce_href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/sharepoint-2010-5-hot-features-to-look-forward-to-006585.php"five features/a to get excited about in SharePoint 2010. The bullet points listed are fairly broad but are as follows:/pollibBetter Management of Content/b - better tagging features and keyword searching/lilibApplic [read].
Posted: Wed, Feb 17th '10 |
Register for a Webcast on Lotus Notes Administration
Axceler Blog
span class="mceItemHidden"Want to learn how to administer Lotus Notes like a pro? span class="mceItemHiddenSpellWord"MarvelClient/span can help you out. /spana href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/422638115" mce_href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/422638115"span class="mceItemHidden"Register for our span class="mceItemHiddenSpellWord"webcast/span/span/a to learn how. brpspan class="mceItemHidden"This span class="mceItemHiddenSpellWord"webcast/span will show you how to:/span/pp* Sp [read].
Posted: Tue, Feb 16th '10 |
SPTechCon SF - It's a Wrap
Axceler Blog
img src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//SPTechCon-crowd.jpg" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//SPTechCon-crowd.jpg" alt="" title="" style="" align="center" border="0" hspace="" vspace=""pWe're back from a href="http://sptechcon.com/" mce_href="http://sptechcon.com/"SPTechCon/a in San Francisco, wiped out and tired after a red-eye flight back to the east coast but happy./ppTurnout for the conference was solid and the crowd was buzzing about SharePoint 2010. We [read].
Posted: Fri, Feb 12th '10 |
SharePoint in Plain English
Axceler Blog
Having trouble explaining the benefits of SharePoint to your co-workers and department heads? This video is the most concise explanation I've seen so far:brbr
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Posted: Wed, Feb 10th '10 |
SharePoint 2010 - Improved Usage Reporting
Axceler Blog
pSharePoint administrators like being able to know what their users are doing. So it was good to read SharePoint 2010 has improved usage reporting and analysis from the previous version. /ppAccording to a href="http://sharepointedutech.com/2010/02/05/web-analytics-reports-sharepoint-2010/" mce_href="http://sharepointedutech.com/2010/02/05/web-analytics-reports-sharepoint-2010/"this review/a, these improvements have been "massive." But, according to the same review, even with the improvements, Sh [read].
Posted: Tue, Feb 9th '10 |
SharePoint 2010 Reviewed by Forrester
Axceler Blog
The good news is Forrester Research has a href="http://www.forrester.com/rb/Research/sharepoint_server_2010_evolutionary_step_toward_content-centric/q/id/54451/t/2?action=5" mce_href="http://www.forrester.com/rb/Research/sharepoint_server_2010_evolutionary_step_toward_content-centric/q/id/54451/t/2?action=5"released/a an in-depth review and appraisal of SharePoint 2010. The bad news is it will set you back $499 to read it.brbrIn the brief introductory blurb, the article describes SharePoint 2010 [read].
Posted: Mon, Feb 8th '10 |
Register for a Webcast on ControlPoint
Axceler Blog
Want to learn how to administer your SharePoint environment like a pro? a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/437801587" mce_href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/437801587"Register for a webcast/a on ControlPoint, recently voted the Best SharePoint Product of 2009.pThis webcast will show you how to:/pp * Manage permissionsbr * Analyze activitybr * Move and copy sitesbr * Set up alertsbr * And more!/ppThe webcast is on Thursday, February 11 at 2:00 PM EST, 11:00 PST./ppa href="http [read].
Posted: Mon, Feb 8th '10 |
Off to the West Coast
Axceler Blog
img src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//SPTechCon.gif" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//SPTechCon.gif" alt="" title="" style="" align="left" border="0" height="56" hspace="" vspace="" width="154"We're getting ready to head out to a href="http://www.sptechcon.com/" mce_href="http://www.sptechcon.com/"SPTechCon/a in San Francisco next week, February 10-12. Featuring over a href="http://www.sptechcon.com/speakers_sf.html" mce_href="http://www.sptechcon.com/speak [read].
Posted: Thu, Feb 4th '10 |
Have No Fear
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//the-scream-mini.jpg" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//the-scream-mini.jpg" alt="" title="" style="" align="left" border="0" hspace="" vspace=""Are you looking forward to upgrading to SharePoint 2010 but afraid of what might happen to your day-to-day operations during the transition?/ppHave no fear. One of the a href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/REVIEW-Microsoft-SharePoint-2010-Beta-Brings-Already-S [read].
Posted: Wed, Feb 3rd '10 |
SharePoint Saturday NYC - The Recap
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//sharepoint-saturday-shirt-resized-600.jpg" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//sharepoint-saturday-shirt-resized-600.jpg" alt="" title="" align="left" border="0" height="226" hspace="" vspace="" width="183"It's not often you get to see a presentation on using SharePoint for project management by the a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3345" mce_href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3345"guy/a who wrote the a href="h [read].
Posted: Tue, Feb 2nd '10 |
Last Call
Axceler Blog
pLast chance to sign up for today's webinarnbsp; on "a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/450162818" mce_href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/450162818"How to Manage SharePoint Permissions/a." The webinar kicks off at 2:00 PM EST so don't delay and a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/450162818" mce_href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/450162818"register now/a. /ppIn this session we will show you how to:/pulliManage SharePoint permissions/lili Analyze SharePoint u [read].
Posted: Fri, Jan 29th '10 |
The Big Apple
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Posted: Wed, Jan 27th '10 |
About SharePoint Governance
Axceler Blog
bWhat is SharePoint Governance?/bpimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//FAQ.gif" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//FAQ.gif" alt="" title="" style="" align="right" border="0" hspace="" vspace=""'SharePoint Governance' is a guideline on how SharePoint will be used within your organization. It is a set of all the rules and procedures as you will apply them to SharePoint./ppProper Sharepoint governance assigns responsibilities and access levels to various member [read].
Posted: Tue, Jan 19th '10 |
Blinky Pins
Axceler Blog
pimg src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//blinky-pin.gif" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//blinky-pin.gif" alt="" title="" style="" align="none" border="0" hspace="" vspace="" br/ppBe sure to swing by our booth at this year's a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/events/lotusphere2010/" mce_href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/events/lotusphere2010/"Lotusphere/a to pick up your very own blinky pin.br/p [read].
Posted: Fri, Jan 15th '10 |
Lotusphere!
Axceler Blog
img src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//weather2.jpg" mce_src="http://info.axceler.com/Portals/61447/images//weather2.jpg" alt="" title="" style="" align="right" border="0" hspace="" vspace=""pAxceler reps will be appearing at this year's link a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/events/lotusphere2010/" mce_href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/events/lotusphere2010/"Lotusphere/a from January 17-21 in sunny Orlando, Florida. We'll be in exhibition booth #232 in the Wa [read].
Posted: Thu, Jan 14th '10 |
Coming to City Near You
Axceler Blog
Will we see you in 2010? pWe hope so because we're hitting the road in a big way. We'll be attending at least a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=enamp;gl=usamp;ie=UTF8amp;oe=UTF8amp;msa=0amp;msid=114518531303904286622.00047d0d7025bacd0daacamp;z=4" rel="nofollow" mce_href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=enamp;gl=usamp;ie=UTF8amp;oe=UTF8amp;msa=0amp;msid=114518531303904286622.00047d0d7025bacd0daacamp;z=4"eight/a SharePoint events all across America this year, with another three in Europe [read].
Posted: Wed, Jan 13th '10 |
Register for a Webcast on ControlPoint
Axceler Blog
pWant to learn how to administer your SharePoint environment like a pro? a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/984013883" mce_href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/984013883"Register for a webcast/a on ControlPoint, recently voted the Best SharePoint Product of 2009./ppThis webcast will show you how to:/pulliManage permissions/liliAnalyze activity/liliMove and copy sites/liliSet up alerts/liliAnd more!/li/ulpThe webcast is on Thursday, January 14 at 2:00 EST, 11:00 PST./pp a href=" [read].
Posted: Tue, Jan 12th '10 |
Repost: Santa's SharePoint Governance Strategy
Axceler Blog
pIn light of the holiday season, we thought we would repostnbsp;a mce_href="http://sp.meetdux.com/archive/2009/12/22/santas-sharepoint-governance-strategy.aspx" target="_new" href="http://sp.meetdux.com/archive/2009/12/22/santas-sharepoint-governance-strategy.aspx"this article/anbsp;we found this morning about how Santa has discovered the importance of a well designed SharePoint Governance Strategy./ppIf administered wisely, SharePoint can be a tremendously powerful resource. And that is why a S [read].
Posted: Wed, Dec 23rd '09 |
SharePoint Governance - Yes You Need It
Axceler Blog
pJust found this article on the AIIM.org website about SharePoint Governance and thought it might be useful for SharePoint Governance managers./pp"Successful SharePoint implementations are less about the technology and more about the business functions that are delivered to the end users. To insure that the delivery of the SharePoint solution is consistent and meets the needs of the users, a robust governance program should be established. Governance programs are one of those areas that can cove [read].
Posted: Tue, Dec 22nd '09 |
SharePoint Administration Webcast - Thursday, Dec 17, 2 PM EST
Axceler Blog
pLive Webcast on ControlPoint - Best SharePoint Product of 2009 - Manage SharePoint Permissions, Analyze Activity, Storage and More!/ppAxceler invites you to a webcast that will show you how to use ControlPoint to administer your SharePoint environment like a pro. In this session, we will show you how to:/pulliManage a href="http://www.axceler.com/SharePointProducts/AxcelerControlPoint/SharePointPermissionsManagement.aspx" target="_new" mce_href="http://www.axceler.com/SharePointProducts/Axceler [read].
Posted: Wed, Dec 16th '09 |
Layer2 Announces Partnership with Axceler for SharePoint Administration and Management
Axceler Blog
bHamburg, 2009-12-02/b - Layer2, the SharePoint Experts from Hamburg (Germany) announced a strategic partnership with Axceler, the global leader in administration software for Microsoft SharePoint. Layer2 will resell and implement ControlPoint, the award winning SharePoint administration product, giving SharePoint administrators the ability to explore, protect, analyze and control their SharePoint environments.pMicrosoft SharePoint technology is increasingly used in SMEs and larger companies as [read].
Posted: Wed, Dec 2nd '09 |
Axceler Announces Strategic Partnership With EPC Group
Axceler Blog
bWOBURN, MA - November 30, 2009/b - a href="http://www.axceler.com" mce_href="http://www.axceler.com"Axceler/a, the global leader in administration software for Microsoft SharePoint, today announced a premier partnership with a href="http://www.epcgroup.net/" mce_href="http://www.epcgroup.net/"EPC Group/a, one of the nation's leading consulting firms specializing in Microsoft SharePoint.pAxceler is known for innovative a href="http://www.axceler.com/SharePointProducts/AxcelerControlPoint.aspx" m [read].
Posted: Mon, Nov 30th '09 |
Axceler ControlPoint Named 2009 Editors’ Best Award Winner by Windows IT Pro Magazine
Axceler Blog
a href="http://www.axceler.com" mce_href="http://www.axceler.com"Axceler/a, the global leader in administration software for Microsoft SharePoint, today announced that its product ControlPoint was named as a gold medal winner of the "a href="http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/102984/2009-windows-it-pro-editors-best-and-community-choice-awards.html" mce_href="http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/102984/2009-windows-it-pro-editors-best-and-community-choice-awards.html"2009 Editors' Bes [read].
Posted: Tue, Nov 24th '09 |
SharePoint Administration Webcast Today - How to Manage Permissions, Analyze Activity & Storage and More
Axceler Blog
SharePoint Administration Webcast - How to Manage Permissions, Analyze Activity & Storage and MoreAxceler invites you to an upcoming webcast that will show you how to administer your SharePoint environment like a pro. In this session, we will show you how to: * Manage SharePoint Permissions * Analyze SharePoint Usage and Activity * Move / Copy Sites * Clean Up, Manage and Configure SharePoint accounts and sites * Analyze SharePoint content and storage * Monitor SharePoint trends * Set [read].
Posted: Thu, Sep 24th '09 |
SharePoint Administration Webcast Today - How to Manage Permissions, Analyze Activity & Storage and More
Axceler Blog
SharePoint Administration Webcast - How to Manage Permissions, Analyze Activity & Storage and MoreAxceler invites you to an upcoming webcast that will show you how to administer your SharePoint environment like a pro. In this session, we will show you how to: * Manage SharePoint Permissions * Analyze SharePoint Usage and Activity * Move / Copy Sites * Clean Up, Manage and Configure SharePoint accounts and sites * Analyze SharePoint content and storage * Monitor SharePoint trends * Set [read].
Posted: Thu, Sep 24th '09 |
Topics to consider before deploying SharePoint Products and Technologies
Axceler Blog
This paper guides new administrators of Microsoft OfficeSharePoint Server 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services to the mostcommon issues encountered when getting started with SharePoint Productsand Technologies, including server administration, governance,branding, and development. It presents high priority informationconsisely to help new administrators get up and running quickly. [read].
Posted: Fri, Sep 11th '09 |
Shane Young to give Admin Training Session at Atlanta SharePoint User Group Sept 21
Axceler Blog
http://www.atlspug.com/default.aspx
Shane Young will be in Atlanta to teach a 2010 class and got invited to speak on some 2007 stuff. He will be doing his server auditing session. No PowerPoint just working through SharePoint Central admin and SQL. Fun stuff.
Hope to see you there.
SharePoint Consulting
Shane Young
Shane has over 12 years experience
architecting and administering large-scale
server farms using Microsoft enterprise
technologies. Fo [read].
Posted: Wed, Sep 9th '09 |
Basic SharePoint Administration Videos on SharePoint-Videos.com
Axceler Blog
Ran into these interesting basic SharePoint administration videos online. These may help give those of you who are just starting out with the basic concepts around SharePoint administration. When you're ready for more advanced administration, check out ControlPoint for full farm-wide administration capability. Exploring SharePoint's Central AdministrationCentral Administration in SharePoint is where all the magic happens. Setting Farm Level or Server level settings for SharePoint is all done h [read].
Posted: Wed, Sep 9th '09 |
Be Wary of Self-Described SharePoint Killers
Axceler Blog
Thought this was an interesting read, especially since the "SharePoint Killers" have been unsuccessfully trying to gain traction out there. Be Wary of Self Described SharePoint Killers By Shawn Shell, Consejo & CMSWatchAs any product gains in popularity, especially if it's seen as dominant, you tend to see more and more news about alternatives that inevitably get dubbed "killers." The news media and the product's competitors are continually trying to best the dominant solution and predict a [read].
Posted: Wed, Sep 9th '09 |
The Growing Importance of SharePoint from SDTimes
Axceler Blog
Thought this was an interesting read, particularly the part about the number of organizations that believe SharePoint to be "mission critical" will more than triple in the next three years. The Growing Importance of SharePoint By David RubinsteinE-mail is widely used for collaboration, even though it was not intended for that and it is not particularly well suited for it. So, in many organizations where Microsoft Exchange is deployed for communication and file transport, SharePoint is becoming t [read].
Posted: Fri, Aug 21st '09 |
Free EMEA SharePoint Administration Webcast tomorrow
Axceler Blog
Just wanted to let all the SharePoint folks in EMEA know that we will have a free SharePoint administration webcast tomorrow at 12:00 PM (BST) Attend to learn how to: Manage SharePoint PermissionsAnalyze SharePoint Usage and activityClean Up AccountsManage and Configure SharePoint sitesIdentify and fix problem sitesAnalyze SharePoint content and storageMonitor SharePoint trendsEnforce policiesAudit your SharePoint environmentIdentify governance violations Details can be found herehttp://www.axce [read].
Posted: Wed, Aug 19th '09 |
SharePoint Nation! - Virtual User Group Meeting Tonight
Axceler Blog
[re-posted from Amanda Murphy's blog. ]Join us tonight, Tuesday, August 18th at 8pm EDT as we welcome a SharePoint developer panel featuring Ed Musters, Geoff Varosky, Paul Schaeflein, Paul Stork and Rebecca Isserman. These guys will be there to answer your SharePoint questions as well as provide some of their own guidance on topics such as getting started with web part development and the proper implementation of user controls. This event will be hosted by Laura Rogers.As with all previous meet [read].
Posted: Tue, Aug 18th '09 |
SharePoint in Plain English
Axceler Blog
SharePoint in Plain English [read].
Posted: Mon, Aug 17th '09 |
Axceler Launches Free Tool for SharePoint Administration
Axceler Blog
WOBURN, MA - July 28, 2009 - Axceler, the global leader in administration software for collaborative platforms, today announced the release of a new SharePoint utility called PinPoint. Axceler PinPoint helps SharePoint administrators gain a quick perspective on some of the most common yet unanswered administrative questions. Axceler PinPoint is a free download, so all SharePoint administrators can benefit from knowing 1) the most active SharePoint sites and documents, and 2) the largest sites an [read].
Posted: Mon, Jul 27th '09 |
Managing the Costs of SharePoint Governance
Axceler Blog
Just read a recent article on CIO.com that focuses on determining the "true costs" of Microsoft SharePoint. We've been saying all along that the ongoing resources and costs to manage SharePoint must be considered in any ROI or Total Cost of Ownership calculation. From the article:"Unexpected Costs It's the unexpected costs-the costs that IT leaders don't think to include into their business cases for SharePoint-that eat into their ROI. To get the biggest bang for your SharePoint buck, factor th [read].
Posted: Wed, Jul 1st '09 |
SharePoint Saturday NYC Announced
Axceler Blog
Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for ‘SharePoint Saturday', on Saturday, September 12th, 2009. SharePoint Saturday will be an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics. SharePoint Saturday is FREE, open to the public and is your local chance to immerse yourself in SharePoint! [read].
Posted: Wed, Jul 1st '09 |
How to choose a Microsoft SharePoint security solution
Axceler Blog
We just noticed this article on how to effectively secure Microsoft SharePoint by Shane Buckley. In it, Shane itemizes the top things a third party solution should do to help you secure your SharePoint environment. Fortunately, Axceler's product ControlPoint can help you with most if not all of these. "Inevitably, at some point in time, a breach or compliance violation is going to force a Microsoft SharePoint security solution purchase. When evaluating solutions that claim to provide secure acc [read].
Posted: Tue, Jun 30th '09 |
SharePoint Saturday July 11th in Toronto
Axceler Blog
Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for ‘SharePoint Saturday', on Saturday, July 11th, 2009 at the Microsoft Canada headquarters located on 1950 Meadowvale Blvd in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. SharePoint Saturday will be an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics. SharePoint Saturda [read].
Posted: Fri, Jun 26th '09 |
SharePoint Saturday July 25th in Dallas, TX
Axceler Blog
Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for ‘SharePoint Saturday', on Saturday, July 25th, 2009 in Dallas, TX. SharePoint Saturday will be an educational, informative & lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint professionals & MVPs, covering a wide variety of SharePoint-orientated topics. SharePoint Saturday is FREE, open to the public and is your local chance to immerse yourself in SharePoin [read].
Posted: Fri, Jun 26th '09 |
Shane Young's TechTalk on SharePoint Installation
Axceler Blog
This is from May but is worth repeating. Shane Young and Todd created a quick TechTalk - SharePoint: What could possibly go wrong? "SharePoint environments are like snowflakes. Each one is intricate and it seems no two are alike. In this TechTalk, Shane and Todd talk about some of the things done wrong in SharePoint installations they've seen. They also talk about how to fix those things." Available for a free viewing here [read].
Posted: Fri, Jun 26th '09 |
Help with planning the move to Office 14
Axceler Blog
For anyone who's beginning to think about moving to Office 14 (as is Axceler, of course: Axceler will have an Office 14-compliant version of ControlPoint), in SP2 of SharePoint, Microsoft included a very nice command-line tool to help you with your planning.The command is stsadm -o preupgradecheckIn the command window, it gives you a summary of various aspects of the system that it is checking, and then generates a very thorough html report telling you what issues you may encounter.Just a remind [read].
Posted: Mon, Jun 22nd '09 |
ControlPoint just given 5 star review on SharePointReviews.com
Axceler Blog
ControlPoint was just given 5 out of 5 stars in a user review on SharePointReviews.comA couple of highlights from the user review..."For any middle to large sized organisation who are using either MOSS or WSS this is the SharePoint Management console you have been waiting for""On its own the permission settings get my vote, but there is much much more.""The more you look into ControlPoint 3 the more you realise just what you have been missing and I don't just mean the lovely graphs.""This is one [read].
Posted: Mon, Jun 8th '09 |
Mark Kessler of Wegman's Wins Blu-Ray Disc Player at TechEd!
Axceler Blog
Mark Kessler, Senior Programmer / Analyst with Wegman's wins Axceler's drawing for the Sony BDP S350 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player during the final day of the product showcase at TechEd. [read].
Posted: Mon, May 18th '09 |
ControlPoint by Axceler Named “Best of TECH·ED 2009 Awards Winner by WINDOWS IT PRO and SQL SERVER MAGAZINES
Axceler Blog
WOBURN, MA - May 18, 2009 -Axceler, the global leader in administration software for collaborative platforms, today announced that its SharePoint Administration product, ControlPoint, was named as the Winner in the Best of Tech•Ed 2009 awards program in the Productivity and Collaboration category by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro® and SQL Server Magazine®.The Best of Tech•Ed 2009 Awards recognize companies who offer innovative products for the industry. The judges reviewed more than 170 pro [read].
Posted: Mon, May 18th '09 |
ControlPoint by Axceler Named "Best of TECH·ED 2009 Awards Finalist by WINDOWS IT PRO and SQL SERVER MAGAZINES
Axceler Blog
LOS ANGELES, CA - May 11, 2009 -Axceler, the global leader in administration software for collaborative platforms, today announced that its SharePoint Administration product, ControlPoint, was named as a Finalist in the Best of TechEd 2009 awards program in the Productivity and Collaboration category by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro® and SQL Server Magazine®. ControlPoint will be demonstrated at Axceler's booth #528 at TechEd, May 11-15 in Los Angeles, CA.The Best of TechEd 2009 Awards recogn [read].
Posted: Mon, May 11th '09 |
Axceler ControlPoint finalist for Best of TechEd 2009 Award
Axceler Blog
April 30 - WindowsITPro Magazine just announced their finalists for Best of TechEd 2009 Awards"After carefully evaluating close to 200 individual product entries, our panel of judges has selected the finalists for the Best of TechEd 2009 Awards." Category: Productivity & Collaboration * ControlPoint - Axceler [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 30th '09 |
Top SharePoint Administration Needs
Axceler Blog
We asked some recent webcast participants about their top 3 most pressing SharePoint administration needs. We got a lot of response and decided to put it into www.wordle.net to make some sense of it. The result is below....clearly managing permissions, managing users, SharePoint reporting are at the top of the list. Enjoy! [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 30th '09 |
Axceler Launches ControlPoint 3 for Microsoft SharePoint Administration
Axceler Blog
New Features Include Proactive Alerting, Moving Sites, and Scheduled Analysis
WOBURN, MA - April 27, 2009 - Axceler, the global leader in administration software for collaborative platforms, today announced ControlPoint 3, the newest version of the fastest growing SharePoint administration product for Microsoft SharePoint. ControlPoint 3 delivers new capabilities so you can be proactive about your SharePoint administration, including alerting, moving sites, policy management, and scheduled analy [read].
Posted: Mon, Apr 27th '09 |
Top Five Reasons to Look at a SharePoint Administration Tool
Axceler Blog
Top 5 Reasons to Look at a SharePoint Administration Tool1- You Can Manage Permissions ANALYZE PERMISSIONS DOWN TO THE DOCUMENT LEVEL Because SharePoint's permissions management is limited, the tool you select should ensure that permissions are set properly by evaluating user permissions at any point in the SharePoint farm, even down to the document level. Additionally, you should have the power to do a complete security analysis, including whether the user has been granted permission as part of [read].
Posted: Mon, Apr 20th '09 |
Wrap up on European SharePoint Best Practices Conference
Axceler Blog
The recent European SharePoint Best Practices Conference in London was an excellent event, superbly organised by Combined-Knowledge. The event catered for suppliers and users, developers and administrators with equal measure and all will sure to be on the look out for any further events organised by Combined Knowledge. An excellent mix of MVP provided the mainstay of the sessions, and I particularly liked 'Sharepoint Joel' Olsen's reference to Monty Python in his key note speech, for those who w [read].
Posted: Thu, Apr 9th '09 |
What to look for in a SharePoint administration Tool
Axceler Blog
Information technology departments are embracing Microsoft SharePoint as a simple answer to a host of business information problems. However, SharePoint farms can quickly become difficult to manage, as sites proliferate and become a nightmare for administrators. According to a recent article in CMS Watch, "Unfortunately, as you grow very large SharePoint environments, the controls that enterprises would want to see simply don't exist natively within the platform."Some enterprises may opt to wait [read].
Posted: Tue, Apr 7th '09 |
Axceler Announces ControlPoint 2
Axceler Blog
Features Enhanced Analysis of SharePoint Activity and Site UsageWOBURN, MA - September 23, 2008 - Axceler, the global leader in administration software for collaborative platforms, today announced ControlPoint 2, the next major release of one of the fastest growing administration tools for Microsoft SharePoint. ControlPoint 2 tightly integrates permissions management and usage analysis with the powerful ability to make critical changes immediately. In addition, ControlPoint 2 includes streamline [read].
Posted: Tue, Sep 23rd '08 |
Axceler Launches ControlPoint™ Comprehensive Administration for Microsoft SharePoint
Axceler Blog
Most Powerful Parametric Search, Analysis and Control for SharePoint AdministratorsOrlando, FL - April 21, 2008 - Axceler, the global leader in administration and development software for collaborative platforms, today announced the availability of ControlPoint, a comprehensive administration tool to manage Microsoft SharePoint environments. ControlPoint gives administrators the ability to search, analyze and ultimately control their SharePoint environments so they can help restore order before [read].
Posted: Mon, Apr 21st '08 |
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