More SharePoint Myths Dispelled
September 8, 2011
If you surf the Internet, you probably have read those short snippet articles that list tips, how-to’s, myths, etc. These are quite popular are entertainment and news web sites. We found and article from Digital Landfill that rounds up “5 Myths About SharePoint.” These articles are enjoyable to read, because they are short, sweet, and get straight to the point. We’ll put out our favorites.
One myth is that “SharePoint is a user-level tool, so it won’t break the IT department.” If you have read any of our articles you are quite aware that SharePoint needs constant tweaking to make it a reliable and easy tool for users. While regular users will know more than average about SharePoint, most don’t know a thing about programming. Who do you call, then? Let me highlight one myth: SharePoint was not developed by a secret team of Microsoft experts. We learn:
Reality — Actually, I believe it was. Many companies today are discovering that SharePoint has led to a rapid and uncontrolled spawning of user-created portals, just like that cute but pesky first pair of tribbles that spawned so many offspring so quickly that they almost overwhelmed the starship Enterprise. I have heard many companies report to their astonishment that after deploying SharePoint they had thousands of SharePoint sites thrown up by employees. One company recently told me, as they tried to work through a degree of shock that suggested the need for professional therapeutic intervention, that they had determined just that morning that there were 30,000 SharePoint sites on their network. Surely a team of programming tribbles produced such an application.
And lastly, “you can find the stuff you need with SharePoint search.” Most out-of-the-box search engines stink. They only hit one keyword out of ten and users are constantly muttering that they wish the engine was more like Google. This is where third-party companies come in.
A SharePoint licensee can easily and economically augment SharePoint. We recommend that our readers take a close look at Ontolica, the search and content processing system from SurfRay.
Stephen E Arnold, September 8, 2011
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