{"id":3238,"date":"2012-09-14T07:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2012-09-14T07:00:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T15:00:05","slug":"enterprise-content-management-sharepoint-gaps-identified-in-aiim-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/enterprise-content-management-sharepoint-gaps-identified-in-aiim-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Enterprise Content Management: SharePoint Gaps Identified in AIIM Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2010, Microsoft estimated <\/a>that 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies use SharePoint with more than 100 million users worldwide. \u00a0That’s clearly a mark of success.<\/p>\n

But what about some of the gaps and pain points that users experience with SharePoint? \u00a0One issue is pricing. \u00a0Especially when compared to Open Source alternatives, SharePoint may not come out on top. \u00a0Another big issue is the stack. \u00a0Many companies prefer not to standardize on the Windows .NET platform. \u00a0For example, many organizations prefer to use a cheaper Open Source operating system for their servers, like Linux.<\/p>\n

And now, a couple of new reports from AIIM spotlight some additional weaknesses of Microsoft SharePoint enterprise \u00a0implementations. \u00a0The first of the AIIM studies<\/a> found that while out of the box, SharePoint met the needs of about half of the organizations survey, about a third of users cited issues in the areas of \u00a0document management, records management and compliance. \u00a054 percent of SharePoint organizations, for example, say that SharePoint can’t handle all of their needs out of the box and that they resort to seeking out third-party add-ons to bridge the gaps, particularly in the areas of mobile, search, workflow and social.<\/p>\n

And the report found that integrations with other systems were often difficult. \u00a0SharePoint often co-exists with numerous other data systems in an organizations, and there is typically no connection between SharePoint and the other systems.<\/p>\n

Users of SharePoint also have concerns about security. \u00a0Among organizations using SharePoint, another AIIM survey<\/a>, sponsored by HiSoftware, reported the following results:<\/div>\n
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