Microsoft's SharePoint Conference 2009 is shaping up to be a pretty big event. It's scheduled for Oct. 19-22 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Vegas. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO, has been announced as the keynote speaker. EMC, Open Text, and KnowledgeLake all are sponsors, along with people like Hitachi, CA, Quest, and others. Exhibitors include the sponsors, as well as, Adlib, AtalaSoft, Canon, eCopy, GoScan, Hyland, KeyMark, Laserfiche, SpringCM and others.
Could be a fun event. Microsoft is promising to preview the next version of SharePoint, 2010, as well as discuss real-world implementaitons of the current, 2007 version. The 2008 conference was held in Seattle (the same week as AIIM 2008) and we heard mostly positive reviews. We're not exactly sure why Microsoft waited a year and a half to hold another conference, but maybe it has something to do with the move to Vegas. One thing is for sure, Microsoft seems firmly committed the ECM industry and most everybody we talk to seems to be embracing them - but certainly not conceding the market to them, because, as well all know, SharePoint certainly isn't an imaging solution - although it can be used as a platform for image management.
Ralph
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No, not a solution, but a viable platform for third-parties to build imaging solutions on. We (Atalasoft) do that with our SharePoint Document Image Viewer, and with our parters (for example, BlueThread, Kodak, etc) deliver capture, archiving, etc. Very easy to assemble a best-of-breed solution because (1) SharePoint provides the integration points and (2) we all know about each other and co-operate.
Lou:
How are you finding your customers are managing automated workflows in their SharePoint solutions?
Thanks.
Ralph
I hear it every day..."SharePoint is not a Document Imaging System." It seems our industry is in total denial, and fails to see the true power of SharePoint when augmented by companies like PSIGEN and Atalasoft. It will be interesting to see the impact to ECM company revenue over the next 5 years.
Steve
PSIGENSharePoint Imaging Solutions
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