Less than two weeks ago Microsoft released an out of band security update to address a publicly disclosed vulnerability in ASP.NET that affects all versions of the .NET Framework when used on Windows Server operating systems. Microsoft has issued an Important severity rating to this update which also impacts SharePoint products: SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Foundation 2010, Microsoft… [Read more…]
July 14, 2010
Last month at Realcomm 2010 implications of deploying social networking in the office place was debated with the two sides diametrically opposed. It was surprising to hear how many senior level conversations are underway to determine social networking’s fate in our industry without fully vetting its role and potential benefits. To that point, over the… [Read more…]
July 2, 2010
Recently I was asked to put pen to paper, albeit electronically, and provide my thoughts on how the combination of SharePoint 2010, PowerPivot and Visio could potentially provide some much needed relief to the data overload rampant in the Real Estate industry. Given the broad audience of Realcomm‘s Advisory, from C Level to techies, this piece was intentionally kept at a high level. Consider this… [Read more…]
June 25, 2010
With being up in the air and on the road more than not, having a portable SharePoint 2010 sandbox environment is a must for me. The so called disconnected time on the other side of midnight is perfect for exploring SharePoint 2010’s integration with PowerPivot, Visio and Office 2010. Over the past two days I… [Read more…]
June 22, 2010
All too often in life we find people will choose form over substance, looks over depth. Yet every now and then we have the opportunity to have both form and substance combine for a more pleasurable experience. Unfortunately SharePoint’s out of the box look and feel has always detracted from its depth and ability to be a… [Read more…]
June 16, 2010
After the recent MRI International User Group and Realcomm 2010 Conferences I was surprised to learn how many people are still not using many of the standard SharePoint web parts and expanding their functionality with SharePoint Designer. In tandem they provide a low-cost and effective way of leveraging data in your underlying source systems while using SharePoint as a unified presentation… [Read more…]
June 10, 2010
During these challenging economic times our ability to understand operational trends can quickly translate into improved performance through proactive vs. reactive management. Yet our property systems are too often buried under layers of transaction level details to provide useful information. Despite our enormous investment in enterprise level solutions Excel is still the predominant business analytical… [Read more…]
June 8, 2010
After Vista, one of Microsoft’s biggest missteps was their failure to provide a simple set of migration tools helping users embrace the benefits of Office’s Ribbon Bar interface. As a result countless firms passed on an Office 2007 upgrade choosing to remain on 2003. With the release of Office 2010 firm’s will feel a foreboding sense of deja vu, not realizing the stakes are higher… [Read more…]
June 5, 2010
Despite changes in our global economy the old real estate adage it’s about “location, location, location” still holds true. Using SharePoint’s Content Editor Web Part which is standard out of the box functionality you can easily embed a Google Map onto any page within your site. The Google Map is fully functional allowing for directions,… [Read more…]
May 16, 2010
Time flies; we all know it, we try to fend it off but life just gets in the way. Over the past few months I’ve been talking, often too myself, about how I miss blogging, writing a newsletter and the exchange of ideas. Fortunately while silent over the past nine months the phrase game changer hasn’t… [Read more…]
October 10, 2010
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