Protected: A Tips Spreadsheet for SharePoint Columns
July 27, 2011
Making Libraries Easier to View in SharePoint
July 26, 2011
Working with a single monitor and multiple windows open is a constant pain, especially with a teeny, tiny laptop. Switching between the windows is frustrating, but the smart computer user averts this problem by hooking up two or more monitors to their operating system. SharePoint users face a similar problem when working with multiple libraries at once, but it’s not as simple as hooking up another cable to a computer. The wonder Laura Rogers at SPTech Web wrote a great article called, “Display Multiple Libraries in SharePoint 2010” that helps explain the many ways to handle this issue. The article said:
A frequent requirement in SharePoint projects is to display documents from multiple libraries together. There are several different methods in which this can be achieved in SharePoint 2010, ranging from simple out-of-the-box Web parts to more advanced data view Web parts. Of course, as with most tasks in SharePoint, it can be done with custom development, but I usually try to steer towards out-of-the-box functionalities before going that route.
The different methods for opening documents are outlined in this article along with the pros and cons of each one. The web part she describes are the “relevant documents,” “constant web query,” “what’s new,” “data view-merge sources,” “data view-content roll-up,” and “data view-search results.” Read about each one to learn which method will work the best for you.
While you’re at it, head on over to SurfRay.com to learn how to improve your SharePoint search.
Stephen E Arnold, July 26, 2011
Sponsored by SurfRay, developers of Ontolica.
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July 22, 2011
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July 21, 2011
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July 20, 2011
New Site from PolySpot
July 19, 2011
PolySpot Blog announces a new site in “PolySpot Information At Work sur le portail de l’Intelligence économique.” (“PolySpot Information At Work on the economic intelligence portal.”) If you don’t read French, you can run the article through Google Translate.
Or, you can just check out the site itself, PolySpot Information At Work. The intro page explains that it is based on four modules: one which extracts raw data; a platform structure and semantic enrichment module; an indexed search service; and an administration module. The main applications of the site are listed as:
- Research transverse company
- Business-oriented research
- Information management
- Intelligence and regulatory framework
- Aid for the production of editorial content
- Web site / Extranet
- Research services included in a third-party application
- Worth a look-see for those interested in business intelligence.
PolySpot has been providing software research and information access to businesses since 2001. The company prides itself on its innovative, modular approach to meeting their clients’ information needs.
Cynthia Murrell, July 19, 2011
Sponsored by Pandia.com, publishers of the New Landscape of Enterprise Search.
INTEGRITYOne Partners and SharePoint Team Up to Aid the FBI
July 16, 2011
I try to keep at least one tired eye on the competition within the US Federal government between Google and Microsoft. This PR Newswire lead caught our eye here at Beyond Search: “INTEGRITYOne Partners Win $40 Million FBI SharePoint Contract.”
INTEGRITYOne is a management and IT consulting firm that specialized in inspirational and creative ideas/solutions for high-performing clients. They announced a partnership with Applied Information Sciences (AIS) to win a five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide SharePoint services for the FBI. (IDIQ contracts are definitely good. Yep.)
INTEGRITYOne has provided SharePoint services for other law enforcement and national security organizations in the past, proving to have a strong track record. Their experience has made them familiar with the law enforcement mission and will be a boon to their new contract. We learned:
“The role the FBI plays in ensuring the safety of American citizens cannot be overstated,” said INTEGRITYOne Partners Managing Partner Michael Waddell. “We are honored to support their mission under this contract.”
After reading this brief, we asked ourselves will other law agencies dump Google and head to Microsoft SharePoint? SharePoint is easier to self-contain and secure. Google is just about anyone’s game. The FBI should may want to ask an appropriate vendor to check out SurfRay’s technology to make their SharePoint search all the more easier.
Torben Ellert, July 16, 2011
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July 14, 2011
Is Enterprise Search Embracing Data Management?
July 13, 2011
As the economic noose tightens around the next of some enterprise search vendors, some remarkable transformations are underway. Who thought that the motion picture Transformers would presage the remarkable shift of brute force search to customer support (an oxymoron?), eDiscovery, and business intelligence. I am indeed surprised.
If companies have become the equivalent of data hoarders, then firms like Brainware are the professional organizer called in get things under control. As reported in RedOrbit’s “Brainware Launches Cloud-Based Intelligent Data Capture,” the vendor has launched Brainware Distiller, a service for the automation of document-centric business processes. The write up asserted:
Hosted on Microsoft’s Azure platform, Brainware becomes the first intelligent data capture vendor to make the transition to software-as-a-service.
The online solution uses a patented template-free data extraction method. Think trigrams. Not sure what these are? Click and read this write up which makes a three letter sequence more exciting than I thought possible.
Brainware has done a good job of moving from search to eDiscovery, to enterprise search, to online public access catalog search, and to back office paper processing, optical character recognition, work flow and forms processing.
Agility, thy name is Brainware. Can other enterprise search vendors with or without trigrams match this acrobat of information retrieval?
Stephen E Arnold, July 13, 2011
Sponsored by Stephen E Arnold, author of The New Landscape of Enterprise Search
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