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01.03.08
Sharepoint - An ECM Virus?
 By
Manoj Jasra
CMS Watch has found that although Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 brings improved collaboration facilities over previous editions, it
comes at the cost of a dearth of enterprise management services, leading to rampant, viral proliferation and instances of uncontrolled content, as well as major compliancy risks.
This analysis stems from research CMS Watch conducted for its "ECM Suites Report," which evaluates 32 vendors from 5 continents. CMS Watch has found that although Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 brings improved collaboration facilities over previous editions, it comes at the cost of a dearth of enterprise management services, leading to rampant, viral proliferation and instances of uncontrolled content, as well as major compliancy
risks.
This analysis stems from research CMS Watch conducted for its "ECM Suites Report," released today, which evaluates 32 vendors from 5 continents.
CMS Watch principal, Alan Pelz-Sharpe, served as lead analyst. "The latest version of SharePoint, MOSS 2007, is running as rampant in large enterprises as the previous version." said Pelz-Sharpe. "On the one hand, this is testimony to its well-deserved popularity for simple document collaboration, but it also leads to serious management problems that Microsoft itself can't adequately address today," Pelz-Sharpe added.
For example:
• A North American bank reported more than 5,000 uncontrolled and unaudited instances of SharePoint
• A major energy company reported finding more than 15,000 previously undetected instances of SharePoint
As the number of MOSS instances grows, enterprises can in fact reach a point of negative returns where an inability to manage proliferating SharePoint silos becomes a hidden but serious enterprise management risk. Customers then require compliance tools are needed along with industrial strength archiving - costs that most enterprises have not budgeted for. "Larger enterprises are beginning to realize that they need to invest in developing genuine ECM strategies to bring some order to this chaos," noted Pelz-Sharpe.
Among many customers CMS Watch finds IT departments enthusiastically promoting SharePoint, since end users and departments can install and run these small repositories themselves. However in time this comes back to haunt IT, as it leaves the firms open to compliance failure and e-discovery exposures, along with servers and networks running hot hosting mountains of redundant data.
CMS Watch principal, Alan Pelz-Sharpe, served as lead analyst. "The latest version of SharePoint, MOSS 2007, is running as rampant in large enterprises as the previous version." said Pelz-Sharpe. "On the one hand, this is testimony to its well-deserved popularity for simple document collaboration, but it also leads to serious management problems that Microsoft itself can't adequately address today," Pelz-Sharpe added. For example: * A North American bank reported more than 5,000 uncontrolled and unaudited instances of SharePoint * A major energy company reported finding more than 15,000 previously undetected instances of SharePoint As the number of MOSS instances grows, enterprises can in fact reach a point of negative returns where an inability to manage proliferating SharePoint silos becomes a hidden but serious enterprise management risk. Customers then require compliance tools are needed along with industrial strength archiving - costs that most enterprises have not budgeted for. "Larger enterprises are beginning to realize that they need to invest in developing genuine ECM strategies to bring some order to this chaos," noted Pelz-Sharpe. Among many customers CMS Watch finds IT departments enthusiastically promoting SharePoint, since end users and departments can install and run these small repositories themselves. However in time this comes back to haunt IT, as it leaves the firms open to compliance failure and e-discovery exposures, along with servers and networks running hot hosting mountains of redundant data.
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About the Author:
Manoj has been working in the search engine marketing industry since 2002. He started out as a software developer but now provides in-depth web site analysis using web analytics.
http://www.enquiro.com
Manoj is also the author of Web Analytics World. Web Analytics is an essential component in developing a successful
online campaign. Help convert visitors into customers by understanding
them.
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