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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Collaboration Platforms, Q3 2009

Microsoft And IBM Lotus Lead; Novell Challenges

In Forrester's 66-criteria evaluation of collaboration platform vendors, we found that Microsoft and IBM Lotus led the pack based on the breadth of functionality in their offerings. Novell edged into...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Topic Overview: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Forrester's Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 research helps information and knowledge management (I&KM) professionals get to grips with the sometimes viral adoption of Microsoft's...

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Report:Enterprise Social Networking 2010 Market Overview

2010 will be a defining year for enterprise Web 2.0. With IBM Lotus and Microsoft attempting to extend dominant positions in collaboration and messaging to social software, a very broad and rich...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Now Is The Time To Determine SharePoint's Place In Your Application Development Strategy

SharePoint Use Is Exploding; How To Get The Most From Its Underlying Platform

As application development managers, you may see Microsoft SharePoint as a collaboration application. But as many shops are discovering, SharePoint is also a development platform that people both...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Social Platforms, Q3 2011

IBM, Jive, NewsGator, And Telligent Lead A Rapidly Maturing Field

In Forrester's first ever, 62-criteria evaluation of enterprise social platform vendors, we found that IBM, Jive, NewsGator, and Telligent led the pack due to breadth and depth of functionality and...

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Report:SharePoint Success Will Take a Village

With the introduction of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007, Microsoft moved SharePoint well beyond its traditional roots in portal and collaboration. SharePoint now includes broad,...

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Report:SharePoint Redefines Document Management

This data chart will be an overview of data related to SharePoint, collaboration software, and content management software from the 2007 enterprise software survey.

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Report:Get Ready For Collaboration In the Cloud

A Microsoft/Yahoo! Deal Will Help Drive This Trend

While Microsoft's move to acquire Yahoo! attacks Google's extraordinarily profitable search and advertising business, another angle could hold even larger implications for the Redmond giant. Google...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:The Critical Role Of A SharePoint Information Architecture

It's A Blank Slate And A Chance To Get It Right This Time

SharePoint buyers expect intuitive navigation, contextual search, and easy administration out of the box. But such benefits depend on how content is structured, labeled, and categorized, and they...

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Report:Social Computing Changes The Enterprise Collaboration Landscape

Social Computing is increasingly becoming a part of the enterprise computing fabric, and one of the major benefits is more natural collaboration. As the industry continues to strive for better tools...

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Report:SharePoint Server 2010: An Evolutionary Step Toward Content-Centric Middleware

At the SharePoint Conference in October 2009, Microsoft disclosed the full functional road map for SharePoint Server 2010. Forrester views this release as evolutionary, not revolutionary. Since its...

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Report:User-Generated Applications Drive SharePoint Value

But To Maintain Application Reliability And Integrity, You Need To Plan

Defining SharePoint is no easy task. It has components for multiple applications that offer functionality including business intelligence, collaboration, and content management. Beyond application...

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Report:Embrace The Risks And Rewards Of Technology Populism

Thanks to an advancing technology-native workforce, ubiquitous broadband, and abundant collaboration and Social Computing tools, information workers can now provision their own software tools,...

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Report:IBM Or Microsoft For Collaboration — Or Both?

Choosing a collaboration platform — which often comes down to two vendors, IBM and Microsoft — is a highly strategic technology decision that has wide-reaching infrastructure and...

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Report:Web 2.0 Social Computing Dresses Up For Business

Social Computing has radically changed the way people interact with both information and one another on the Internet. For example, just consider the recent YouTube presidential candidates' debates....

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Report:SharePoint Adoption: Content And Collaboration Is Just The Start

Driving A SharePoint-Based Information Workplace Will Challenge C&C Pros

Microsoft SharePoint is poised for broader adoption as an Information Workplace platform. While most use it for content and collaboration (C&C) needs today, the platform's broad, integrated...

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Report:Benchmarking Your Collaboration Strategy

A companywide collaboration strategy was once a nice-to-have. No more. Even in the current economic climate, 37% of organizations surveyed in Forrester's Q4 2008 enterprise and SMB software survey...

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Report:Notes Versus SharePoint: Which Collaboration Platform Is Right For You?

The collaboration wars are heating up, and once again, IBM Lotus and Microsoft are the dominant players. Driven by the need to better manage unstructured information for business benefit and risk...

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Report:Best Practices For Introducing Social Technologies

Demonstrate Value, Manage Risk

According to Forrester Research, 32% of organizations surveyed in our Enterprise And SMB Software Survey, North America And Europe, Q4 2009, have implemented or plan to implement social networking...

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Report:Disciplined Social Innovation

Three Firms Achieve Tangible Results

Companies depend on innovation to sprint out of the current economic doldrums and to return to profitability and growth. Innovation is a discipline with established best practices, needed skill sets,...

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Report:Harnessing Social Networking To Drive Transformation

When one of the world's largest defense contractors says, "We need to move from a culture of 'need to know' to a culture of 'need to share,'" you stop and listen. Competing in an industry driven by...

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Report:Walking The Fine Line Between Chaos And Control In The World Of Enterprise Web 2.0

Information and knowledge management professionals (I&KM pros) have long focused on gaining greater control over information across the enterprise. This imperative has only grown stronger in an era...

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Report:Web 2.0 Pure Plays Might Be The Right Answer For Your Organization

Web 2.0 is moving to the enterprise with increasing speed. There is particular interest in content generation tools like blogs and wikis. Big traditional vendors like IBM Lotus and Microsoft are...

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Report:SharePoint Shoots For The Cloud

A Perfect Fit For Some, Not So Great For Others

When is SharePoint not like SharePoint? When it's SharePoint Online, part of Microsoft's recently announced Microsoft Online Services offering. Unlike Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007...

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Report:SharePoint 2010: A More Viable Cloud Option

Cloud-based software solutions have become an increasingly viable alternative to on-premise solutions for many organizations. In fact, 24% of respondents in Forrester's Enterprise And SMB Software...

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