Microsoft ramps up SharePoint push
Angus Kidman, ZDNet = Australia
21 August 2007 03:06 PM
Tags: microsoft,
Microsoft Australia will formally launch a proof of concept = server=20 for the latest version of SharePoint at its partner conference next week = as part=20 of an effort to boost sales for the intranet and collaboration=20 system.
The company is set to unveil the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server = 2007=20 (MOSS) test offering at the conference, which takes place on Hamilton = Island=20 from 29 August.
The concept server, which has been built by and will be managed by=20 Brisbane-based hosting company Emantra, will allow Microsoft's local = partners to=20 experiment with MOSS in order to build their expertise in creating = services for=20 it, either as hosted components or for in-house applications.
Its launch follows a series of one-day training sessions for the = product=20 offered to Microsoft partners in May.
Emantra managing director Ross Dewar said that interest in SharePoint = was=20 growing rapidly amongst corporate and government departments, which in = turn was=20 driving up the salaries of technologists with expertise in the area.
Casual rates for SharePoint developers were now topping AU$100 an = hour, he=20 noted.
"Bespoke SharePoint development is becoming a real business of its = own,"=20 Dewar said.
MOSS was released last November at the same time as the business = versions of=20 Vista and Office 2007. While those products have struggled to gain major = traction amongst enterprises, Microsoft is seeing increased revenues = from=20 SharePoint.
In 2007, revenues from SharePoint grew 35 percent to US$800 million,=20 according to the company's most recent results.
Last week, Microsoft announced the beta version of a Manageability = Toolkit=20 for MOSS, designed to simplify the management tasks associated with the=20 product.
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