SharePoint 2010 and NKOTB (Via Alan Pelz-Sharpe)

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"It's been a crazy month with most of my time spent either with subscription customers or at conferences.

It's during these periods that I'm challenged the most, and learn the most. In other words, though I don't want this level of craziness in my life to be a constant, these periods of time are also extremely productive.

For example, over the past few weeks I have been seriously challenged to revisit and reassess my views around SharePoint. As an analyst it is all too easy to fall into the trap of studying a topic, coming to a conclusion (hopefully the right one) and then sticking with that conclusion. Time and the steady pace of progress eventually change everything, and SharePoint is no different in this regard.

It's been my observation that the entire SharePoint community is adjusting to a new reality, and that the thrill has gone. SharePoint is a huge business and will remain so for many years to come. There is no doubt about that. But the rampant excitement that we witnessed in the channel (reseller) community a couple of years ago has simmered down. The reality that there are fewer and fewer greenfield sites (organizations with no SharePoint presence) -- and that buyers of SharePoint are now trying to figure out what to do with it -- is hitting hard."

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SharePoint leadership starts with a SharePoint strategy(Via Alan Pelz-Sharpe)

Extract from the original post “Of course, there's no shortage of SharePoint-related events right now, but we've sensed a need for something different, something to add real value to those entrusted with evaluating, buying, and managing SharePoint systems. In short, an event for those of you looking to develop a SharePoint strategy.

Hence the agenda will critically examine when to use SharePoint, and when not, and most importantly how to increase your chances of success in broad and large deployments.”

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Mid-market WCM products continue to chug along in 2011(Via Irina Guseva)

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“In our recent 20.1 release of the WCM Report, we've updated evaluations of several CMS vendors in the .NET arena, including DotNetNuke, Ektron, Kentico, and SharePoint.

The lower half of this tier -- what we call mid-market products -- is a bit like the crowded Grand Central station: arrivals are more or less according to schedule, the orchestration is in place, and innovation is sparse. The .NET CMS darlings who dominate this tier are not necessarily shaking up the universe, but merrily chugging along.

The demise of former mid-market stalwarts RedDot (Open Text Web Solutions) and Immediacy (Alterian CMC) is an indicator to the Darwinian evolution in the jam-packed space. There are many choices in the mid-market CMS product tier even as some offerings like Sitecore differentiate themselves by becoming more platform-like (read: complex). Only the fittest will survive”

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SharePoint 2010 SP1 Disappointment (Via Tony)

SharePoint have released its service pack. Tony is pointing out some of the flaws in this service pack. Even though the SharePoint is out there for three years even in these long three years Tony not satisfied with the progress/improvement speed of it.

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