Keeping Everyone ConnectedFriday, September 4th, 2009 - By Keith Lukes

How Windows SharePoint Services Help Businesses Share Information and Collaborate

“Content Management” is a phrase that often gets mentioned in technology and business discussions, but what does it actually mean? Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is a technology that allows you to organize and manage important documents, tasks, meetings, e-mails and discussions. The advantage of a content management solution is it gives employees a single place to locate and store critical corporate information. One of the most widely used solutions for Content Management is Microsoft’s Windows SharePoint Services. A 2008 Gartner Survey placed Microsoft in their “Magic Quadrant” as one of the leaders in the ECM space, noting that “of all the vendors, Microsoft has driven the most change in the ECM market over the last 18 months with Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. By delivering a broad set of functionality… Microsoft has changed the way organizations think about content management and collaboration.” Continue Reading »