Ryan Thomas

Mid-size and enterprise companies are using Web 2.0 collaboration systems to build solutions that service several different parts of the organization. In many cases, line-of-business users from many departments are interested in using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 as an integrated platform as part of their solution. This article highlights some of the common scenarios, sponsors, benefits, and opportunities for multiplying the ROI of a collaboration platform by leveraging its use across multiple departments. There are many high-level business objectives that can be addressed with SharePoint as an integrated enterprise platform: Collaboration: Going beyond the file server to allow document collaboration, project workspaces, task lists, and organize deliverables. Portals: Building and maintaining company intranet sites without having to ask the IT dep... (more)