An AIIM survey of 512 organizations has found that while a majority of organizations use SharePoint, less than half use it at the enterprise level. And while most use MOSS 2007 only at the department level, most deployments are quite shallow.

While MOSS is being used for its ubiquitous file sharing capabilities, it is very rarely used for more advanced functions including:

  • Web content management

  • Digital asset management

  • Business Process automation

  • Records management

  • Forms management

 

Of those tools and applications that are being used sometimes:

  • Search

  • Collaboration

  • Portal

  • Document management

 

Highlighted in an Oracle sponsored webinar (yes, that raised a few eyebrows) entitled “SharePoint: Truth and Fiction”, other survey findings include:

  • Number one reason for deploying MOSS: its inexpensive

  • 50% of participants found development of custom solutions required more effort than expected

  • 70% use at the department level; only 38% use it at the enterprise level.

  • Some to no leverage in compliance, e-discovery, external website, complex authoring, archival/preservation

  • 78% of participant users rank MOSS file sharing as good to excellent

  • #1 challenge to development: developer training and toolset (cited by 44% of participants)

 

Amongst the major recommendations conatined in the study's findings:

  • Focus on collaboration (internal)

  • Requires strategy, position, and planning

  • Develop or acquire expertise

 

ANALYSIS: This survey is highly biased by MOSS users; 70% of organizations are not using SharePoint (research by Prescient Digital Media, Forrester and Gartner peg it at somewhere between the high 40 percentile and low 50 percentile).

However, the research (conducted by Carl Frappaolo, Information Architected) has some good intelligence and findings. Many organizations are in fact not using MOSS at the enterprise level – a very telling finding. But while MOSS is an inexpensive solution for a small organization, it is in fact quite the opposite for a large organization looking at enterprise licenses – a scenario which can be outrageously expensive and even considerably more than the Cadillac of portals, IBM's WebSphere Portal.

 

LEARN MORE:

If you're in Europe I strongly suggest you attend my session SharePoint (MOSS 2007)-Pros and Cons on March 4 at the IntraTeam Event (conference) in Copenhagen. Readers of IntranetBlog.com also get a discount of 15%. Just use price code: "Prescient15" when you reserve on the IntraTeam website.

Reserve now for IntraTeam 2009 in Copenhagen.

 

In North America, be sure to attend the free webinar Planning for SharePoint Success, presented by myself and Prescient Digital Media on April 13th, 2009.

Reserve today for Planning for SharePoint Success.

 

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