Five Years of SharePoint

Recently I accepted a new position as a Software Development Manager, not working with SharePoint; this is an exciting new challenge for me, as I’ve been fully immersed in the technology for some time now. I started working with SharePoint at IBM 5 years ago, and since then I’ve worked with various deployments pretty much coast-to-coast… Continue reading Five Years of SharePoint

How To Organize InfoPath Fields: 6 Rules To Maintain Sanity

Recently I ‘inherited’ an InfoPath form to clean up and expand the capabilities of. The project is fun and interesting, so I thought it would be a quick and easy exercise. Unfortunately, when I opened the form, to my horror, none of the fields were named or organized in any way. This isn’t a big deal on a… Continue reading How To Organize InfoPath Fields: 6 Rules To Maintain Sanity

Why IT Can’t Own SharePoint (And Why Business Users Can’t Either)

Inside just about every organization that uses SharePoint, there’s a quietly seething war happening. No, it’s not between you and the person that keeps stealing your food from the fridge – but honestly, who does that? It’s between the SharePoint IT crowd and the business end users. Both sides think the other abuses SharePoint and… Continue reading Why IT Can’t Own SharePoint (And Why Business Users Can’t Either)