Gartner has recently published the 2012 version of their Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals. So far, I haven’t found the Gartner report on their reprint site and none of the vendors have provided links to it yet. Here is the link to the report on Gartner’s site, but you’ll have to be a Gartner subscriber […]
Posts Tagged ‘SharePoint 2013’
SharePoint Fest Chicago 2012: Empowering Reluctant Project Managers with SharePoint 2013
Author: Amy Smith, Senior Project Manager, Perficient Well, I liked Dux Raymond Sy’s Keynote address so much at SharePoint Fest 2012 that I attended his session titled, “7 Ways to Empower Reluctant Project Managers with SharePoint 2013”. Dux is the author of “SharePoint for Project Managers” and has a PMP certification. But, most of the […]
SharePoint Fest Chicago 2012: Keynote Recap
Author: Amy Smith, Senior Project Manager, Perficient SharePoint Fest Chicago was held September 25-27. I attended the keynote address, “Revolutionize Your Organization with SharePoint 2013”. The speaker was the dynamic Dux Raymond Sy, an MVP/PMP and author of “SharePoint for Project Management.” Dux walked us through how SharePoint 2013 provides organizations with answers for the […]
Five Ways to Get Ready for SharePoint 2013
Unfortunately, the NFL won’t give my Green Bay Packers back the win that was stolen from them by the replacement refs earlier this week, but I’m going to do my small part to balance out the karma of that. I have something to give to you, loyal readers. Yes, it’s a present– my list of five things you […]
Intranets Then and Now or The Rise of “Make it like Facebook”
To really understand the value of social intranets today, you have to understand where they came from. Today we’re going to spend a little time taking a look back at where intranets have been and where they’re going, because having that context can be a real boon when you’re staring at an intranet redesign project. […]
SharePoint 2013 and Social: Webinar Recap and Replay
Last week, we hosted a webinar around social computing, “Understanding SharePoint 2013 and the Social Landscape.” Speaker and SharePoint Rockstar Rich Wood first laid the groundwork by recapping Microsoft and social over the past few years, followed with a discussion on the current state of social business and how out-of-the-box SharePoint 2013 delivers from a […]
SharePoint 2013: Social Analytics Part 2 — What it Means to You
(This post is Part 2 in a two-part series. For Part 1, click here.) In our previous episode, we quickly reviewed the concept of data analytics as applied to social computing software—how it enables both admins and the software companies themselves to prescriptively target feature configurations or updates to user demographics that will benefit from them. […]
SharePoint 2013: Social Analytics Part 1 — Why? Who? How?
(This post is Part 1 in a two-part series. For Part 2, click here.) Let’s continue our tour around the social capabilities of SharePoint 2013 and its extensions with a look at the value of analytics and why they need to matter to the decision-makers—whether they’re in IT, Communications, Human Resources or some other function— who […]
SharePoint & Social: Poll results
My colleague Rich Wood presented a webinar on Understanding SharePoint 2013 and the Social Landscape last week. You can see the webinar replay here and the slides here. Rich has also been blogging on this topic. Rich had some great points in his presentation about Cloud versus On-Premise solutions, SharePoint 2013 out of the box, […]
Office 365 Preview for Developers
These are exciting times for SharePoint developers. SharePoint 2013 RTM is right around the corner. If you want to get a jump start on developing with SharePoint 2013 then sign up for the Office 365 Preview. Once you’re signed up, you will recieve an email from Microsoft welcoming you to the Office 365 […]
Webinar: Create Great Search Experiences with SharePoint 2013
Join us Wednesday, October 17, 2012, at 1 p.m. CT for the webinar “Create Great Search Experiences with SharePoint 2013.” Have you ever found yourself searching for the perfect “search” interface? If that answer is yes, you’re looking at it the wrong way. You’ve got to start with your search results. Because let’s face it, no one […]
Simply Social: SharePoint 2013
After my webinar on the topic went so well yesterday, I thought I’d distill the basics of Social (what, how, and why) in SharePoint 2013 into a few quick posts here at the blog. Today’s inaugural topic represents the “what”— a quick look at the new social functionality in SharePoint 2013. Anyone who remembers the […]