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The solution:

Once you've sorted out your internal collaboration and information management needs, why not extend the capabilities of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 to the Web by adopting SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites? You can make your intranet available as an extranet, as well as creating blogs, wikis and external, customer-facing Web sites.

Benefits:

• Extended collaboration and communication functionality — including support for creating blogs, wikis and extranet sites.
• A consistent corporate brand image — improve the effectiveness of your online presence, while decreasing the costs associated with managing multiple Web sites.
• Connects sites, people, and business processes — so your employees can share knowledge across your entire organisation.
• Improved collaboration without increasing infrastructure — with Microsoft Office 365, you can benefit from a set of communication and collaboration tools together with our latest desktop suite, delivered as a subscription service. So you don't have to deploy and maintain new software or hardware.
• Improved functionality — take advantage of records management, search, workflows, and more.
• Seamless integration with Microsoft Office 2010 — benefit from Enterprise Content Management, electronic forms, Microsoft Excel 2010 services, and SharePoint integration.
• Keep documents secure — confidential information is protected, even when the document is not connected to a server.

The solution:

SharePoint Server 2010 extends the capabilities of Windows SharePoint Services with highly flexible organisation and management tools. Free your team to publish information to the entire organisation — and improve efficiency.

Benefits:

• Connects sites, people, and business processes — so your teams can share knowledge across your entire organisation.
• Improved functionality — take advantage of records management, search, workflows, portals, personalised sites, and more.
• Seamless integration with Microsoft Office 2010 — benefit from Enterprise Content Management, electronic forms, Microsoft Excel 2010 services; and SharePoint integration with Microsoft Office Outlook 2010, Microsoft Office Access 2010 and Microsoft Office Groove 2010.
• Keep documents secure — policy management ensures confidential information is protected, even when the document is not connected to a server.

The solution:

Windows SharePoint Services gives your staff access to the documents and information they need, when they need them, and allows them to create workspaces in which they can publish, store, share, and keep track of information, workflow, and documents.

Windows SharePoint Services comes included with Windows Server 2003, and as a FREE download for Windows Server 2008 R2.

Benefits:

• Improved team productivity — with tools for collaboration that help people stay connected both inside and outside of the office.
• Increased business process efficiency — whatever the size of your organisation.
• A familiar, Web-based interface — that integrates easily with everyday tools.
• Quick and easy deployment — so you can just set up and go.
• 40 free application templates — all tailored to the needs of specific business processes, or sets of tasks.