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Monday, 07 June 2010 21:16 |
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Its almost a month since Sharepoint 2010 was launched in a much publicized event. Microsoft underlined its commitment to the cloud and new social and collaborative technologies during the event keynote. As the product is new, and real information on it minimal, only time will tell how cloud friendly it is. But here are some indicators. One would naturally have assumed that SharePoint Online, the web version of SharePoint would be put on a SharePoint 2010 backend. But that is not the case. SharePoint 2010 remains on SharePoint 2007, and it wont be until the end of the year before it is migrated to SharePoint 2010. Rather than tech glitches, MS claims the delay has more to do with transitioning billing systems. I wonder. Secondly, to be able to access Office Web Apps, especially in a business context, you either have to have a paid Microsoft Live Services subscription, or a SharePoint 2010 installed. Contrast this with Google Doc's (Google's online office suite and document manager)recent demo tool, where you can give it a spin without so much as a registration. Not very cloud friendly is it? Users always have the option of web native alternatives to SharePoint 2010, if theyr'e really looking for a cloud friendly collaboration software.
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