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What others say about The SharePoint Report

"I have a huge respect for the folks at CMS Watch, and can unreservedly recommend this report. Considering the costs involved in SharePoint, this will be the smallest investment you'll make, for the biggest return."
-- James Robertson, Managing Director, Step Two Designs

"SharePoint has big strengths and weaknesses, and organisations should inform themselves before purchasing or deploying the solution. This will allow them to maximise their benefits, and mitigate the weaknesses. One of the best ways of acquiring this vital knowledge is through the purchase of The SharePoint Report from CMS Watch. This is packed with detailed information on all aspects of SharePoint, written in the same pragmatic and fearless style as all CMS Watch's reports."
-- James Robertson, Managing Director, Step Two Designs

"The SharePoint Report provides useful in depth technical information for the IT Manager while also providing a good overview for the non-technical business manager who wants to know where MOSS will be useful in solving their business dilemmas. This higher-level treatment includes lists of 'do's and don'ts' and highly readable tables summarizing the suitability of MOSS for use in various scenarios."
-- Toby Ward, CEO, Prescient Digital Media

"Microsoft tells you it's wonderful, competitors tell you it's awful, and there's not a lot in between. CMS Watch's latest report, the 190-page SharePoint Report, does an excellent job of covering the "in-between". The authors have done an outstanding job in documenting what SharePoint is (the six elements of the MOSS pie), in thinking about how and where it can be used effectively, and in giving prescriptive guidance to organizations that are considering SharePoint -- both to embrace the good, and to avoid the bad."
-- Michael Sampson, President, The Michael Sampson Company Ltd

"The SharePoint Report is perhaps the most thorough analysis of the solution to date and is based on real-world use of the product within numerous organizations and it is 'designed to assist both Business and Technology Managers to figure out where, why and how to apply SharePoint.'"
-- Toby Ward, CEO, Prescient Digital Media

"...the clear definitions of business services, customer tiers and the rating system allows business analysts, knowledge workers and the CIO to gain a much more rounded insight to SharePoint."
-- Paul Culmsee, IT Consultant, Clever Workarounds

"Every organization that is looking at SharePoint should purchase this report; it's merely good governance to do so."
-- Michael Sampson, President, The Michael Sampson Company Ltd

"Where this report really excels is the fact that the authors understand that a straight out feature-fest overview of SharePoint is not going to help anyone but the tech-geeks. But since most tech-geeks don't actually control the budgets, sign the cheques ("checks" for my American friends) or determine strategy, that is not going to actually help anybody."
-- Paul Culmsee, IT Consultant, Clever Workarounds

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The SharePoint Report looks at... Is SharePoint a Portal?

"Although the word "portal" no longer appears in the name, delivering an enterprise portal platform is exactly what Microsoft has done here. Like most other portal tools, MOSS emphasizes collaboration, but can also be used as a platform for integrating other services and building new web applications."

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Find out how SharePoint 2007 really works. SharePoint is very good at certain things, but very poor at others. Researched by the same CMS Watch team that has been providing buyers with unbiased advice for the past 7 years, The SharePoint Report will help your team decide whether and where and when to apply SharePoint to your information management problems.

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• Buy and read the complete, 241-page report now

This Report Is Different

You've likely seen dozens of books and blogs about SharePoint. This Report is different. Here's why:

• We start by setting aside the marketing hype and "received wisdom" around SharePoint, in order to evaluate the product's capabilities dispassionately and objectively
• We look at SharePoint's strengths and weaknesses, based on customer experiences, interviews with consultants, and our own hands-on testing
• As independent domain experts with no ties to Microsoft, our sole interest lies in helping you figure out Whether and Where and When and Why to use SharePoint
• We take a multidimensional approach, reviewing how SharePoint "fits" well or poorly into enterprises of different types, sizes, and business profiles
• The Report offers candid, no-nonsense advice for both business and technology decision-makers

Who Should Consider This Report

Enterprises that realize the most value from SharePoint will have aligned business and IT teams to figure out a specific approach to this enigmatic platform -- a platform that seems so easy to use but so difficult to master. Here's how different teams in your enterprise can use this report:

• Project Managers and Leaders starting a SharePoint project, who want an honest assessment of the platform's potential value, as well as hidden "gotchas" and costs
• Strategic Decision-Makers who need to understand what boundaries to place around SharePoint, and where key gaps remain in the platform
• Technology Selection Teams who want to compare SharePoint to other technology alternatives
• Systems Integrators and Consultants who need to know where SharePoint excels and where it doesn't

To buy this report

CMS Watch offers two tiers of licenses: "team-use" for up to 12 users within your organization or a site license, which allows you to place the report on your Intranet.

Product Price Buy SharePoint - Enterprise Edition Team Use (up to 12 people in your firm) $1,950.00 Site License (corporate intranet) $2,950.00 SharePoint - Basic Edition Team Use (up to 12 people in your firm) $975.00 Site License (corporate intranet) $1,475.00

The SharePoint Report 2009 comes in 2 Editions: a Standard Edition as well as a Basic Edition. A more detailed comparison of the two SharePoint Report 2009 editions and licensing options (PDF) is available.

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