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Thursday, May 20, 2010

20% off SharePoint Zip and docBlock Ascend virtual docs for BASPUG

Black Blade Associates is offering Boston Area SharePoint Users Group members a 20% discount on SharePoint Zip and docBlock Ascend virtual document products.

 

SharePoint Zip

SharePoint Zip lets you transfer many files between SharePoint and your desktop as a single package. Save time and bandwidth by ...

Note: Cross posted from BASPUG Blog.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Is SharePoint Right for Me?

I often help prospective customers decide whether or not they should implement SharePoint or an alternate product. Not long ago the choice was fairly simple, but now there are many options: Drupal, DotNetNuke, Oracle Web Center, Web Logic, Alfresco, and Documentum just to name a few. And what about the cloud and hosted service offerings like Box.net and even SharePoint Online? An organization can devote a lot of time and money trying to figure things out and end up just going in circles.

Monday, May 03, 2010

Boston Area SharePoint Users Group

Welcome to the Boston Area SharePoint Users Group!
The Boston Area SharePoint Users Group (BASPUG) was founded to bring together like minds to network and share their experiences, triumphs, and tribulations around Microsoft SharePoint, to provide a community platform for Boston area SharePoint users, administrators, developers, architects, of all experience levels, even brand new to SharePoint, to share their knowledge with the community. 

WHEN / WHERE
We meet on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at either the Microsoft New England Research and Development Center at 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, or at the Microsoft office at 201 Jones Road, Waltham, MA.

REGISTER
Register for the next meeting. It's FREE, but space is limited.

SUSTENANCE
Food and beverages will be provided at the event. 

WEB
Visit the Boston Area SharePoint Users Group website at http://www.bostonsharepointug.org for the latest meeting information.

LINKEDIN
Join our group on LinkedIn today to connect with the rest of the BASPUG members and spread the word, see local job postings, and more!

FACEBOOK
We are also on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Boston-Area-SharePoint-User-Group/113652405354617

TWITTER
Follow news about the Boston Area SharePoint Users Group on twitter by following us @BASPUG, and by using the hashtag #BASPUG.

ORGANIZERS
Event meetings are organized by Geoff Varosky of Jornata, Eugene Rosenfeld of Black Blade Associates, Talbott​ Crowell of Third Millennium, and Dan Diachenko of Baufest.