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Alfresco Press Releases - Alfresco Gives Microsoft Office Users a SharePoint Alternative
Earlier this year, Microsoft was pressured by the European Commission's DG Competition into releasing, inter alia, the communications protocols for Sharepoint/Office interactions. To my knowledge, Alfresco is the first open source ECM to support those protocols, allowing Alfresco integration with Office and/or Sharepoint Server.
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New studies highlight the potential downsides of SharePoint | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com
Mary Jo Foley summarizes two new studies (bucks to obtain) stressing the Sharepoint lock-in.
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Understanding Lotus Connections, IBM's Version of Web 2.0 For The Enterprise - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership
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Understanding Microsoft SharePoint in a Web 2.0 World - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership
Good article about Sharepoint, although it does not capture the breadth of the Microsoft assault on the Web.
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Building Office Business Applications: A New Breed of Business Applications Built on the 2007 Microsoft Office System
2006 MSDN white paper that is the best overview I've found thus far of the bridges Microsoft is building between Office 2007 and the Microsoft cloud. 12 pp. Somewhat dated in the intervening two years. Describes the Microsoft "line of business" vision for vertical markets in some detail. "This white paper introduces Office Business Applications (OBAs), a new breed of easily customizable solutions that address real-world business problems through the 2007 Microsoft Office system. OBAs deliver people-centric, collaborative solutions to the enterprise through familiar Microsoft Office servers, clients, and tools. This document discusses today's business environment, identifies a "results gap" that contributes to reduced productivity, and shows that OBAs are an effective new approach that enables enterprises to achieve the "last mile of productivity." You will see that several key components of the 2007 Microsoft Office system can be used to develop Office Business Applications and that, when Line of Business Integration (LOBi) for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is released, it will further simplify the development of OBAs. Finally, if you would like to develop a collaboration-planning scenario using the 2007 Office system, just follow the steps outlined in this paper."
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