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Published 01/09 courtesy of Bamboo Solutions Community

WOOHOO! CES kicks into overdrive today. Any gadgets that you are looking forward to?  -  Dooley

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SharePoint and Paper Belong Together (AIIM)
In case you haven't heard ... SharePoint is a platform to manage information. SharePoint doesn't care if this information was "born digital" or created in the traditional paper based world. When that information is “born” in a paper based format SharePoint needs a little help to get the information from “Paper to Digital” format. This is where partners come in. Paper has been around for over 5000 years and will still be with us for a while. Paper is not the Enemy and Paper does have a Future. The trick is to manage paper wisely, to insure the right paper is kept and the paper that is not needed is discarded or digitized.

Collaboration Trends for 2012: Part Two (ComputerWorld)
Last month I discussed two trends that I see having an impact on enterprise collaboration in 2012.  I discussed how the rise in big data and arrival of social networks in the enterprise will increase the adoption of collaboration platforms this year. In this final post of my 2012 predictions, I'll touch on the impact that cloud computing is having on collaboration (and vice versa), as well as what it means for the enterprise.

Microsoft Boosts Its Lowest-tier Office 365 Plan with New Features (TheNextWeb)
Office 365, Microsoft’s ‘cloud’ productivity suite has been something of a hit for the company, selling strongly to small businesses, and rejuvenating the larger Office brand just as rival products from companies such as Google were gain speed. The product has two main plan varieties, one for enterprise customers, and one for ‘kiosk’ employees, those who Microsoft describes as “deskless’ workers, shift workers or retail store employees who use shared PCs.” Today Microsoft rolled out a number of improvements to the kiosk plan, boosting its capabilities.

Oracle Developers Playing in the Microsoft Sandbox? Indeed. (Redmond Developer News)
As Microsoft continues to make news about opening up its developer technologies (the latest being opening its Windows Azure cloud platform to Linux servers), it's easy to forget how the process works both ways. Witness last week's under-the-radar release by Oracle of the production data provider "for Entity Framework and LINQ developers." This lets Oracle developers do all their work in Visual Studio for certain projects while taking advantage of almost all the latest Microsoft database APIs.

The Cloud Market in 2012: Through the Eyes of Experts (SearchCloudComputing)
SearchCloudComputing.com staff asked our contributors to share their thoughts on the year ahead. In this round-up, we asked our cloud experts these two questions: 1.What changes can we expect in the cloud computing market in 2012? 2.Which cloud vendors will be the big winners of 2012? So now that we’ve swept up all the glitter and confetti, put away the noisemakers and broken most of our New Year’s resolutions, let’s take a look at what possible ups and downs lie ahead for the cloud computing industry.

Will Windows 8 Tablets Make IT Pros Hate Microsoft? (Ghacks)
As we approach the beta of Windows 8 I’ve been thinking more about Windows tablets, and on our sister site Windows8News I’ve today written an article about the pros and cons of Windows on ARM.  One of these issues will be how successful the platform is overall.  In a large part this will rest on the success of the new Windows app store and Metro apps for PCs and tablets.  Microsoft got off to a good start last September at their BUILD conference in getting software developers excited about Metro, but it’s all been very quiet since and there’s been no word on how many developers are actively developing, or even thinking of developing, new metro apps.

Microsoft at CES 2012: Nothing to See Here? (CNET)
No doubt, there will be some pizzazz to tonight's keynote address from CEO Steve Ballmer. The opening keynote address at the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow is a marketing opportunity like few others. The company will showcase its key consumer products, demonstrating them with some flair and perhaps a celebrity or two.

 

Around the Blogosphere
Seven Ways to Stay Up-to-date on SharePoint and Assessments (SharePoint and Assessment Blog)
How do you find the key nuggets of information gold you need amongst all the verbiage on the Internet? Here are some of the ways I stay up to date on SharePoint and Assessments, you can adapt many of these to your specific interests.

SharePoint 2010 + Windows Azure - Why You Should Care & the Development Story (Andrew Connell)
Historically SharePoint has been very popular with large organizations because they can shoulder the financial and resource requirements required to deploy SharePoint. However one place where SharePoint hasn't grown as fast is in the small and medium side business (SMB) area. The reason for this is most likely the cost and resource requirements (not just hardware, but people as well) necessary to deploy and maintain it. With Office 365, many of these barriers have been removed and therefore it represents a new era and opportunity to grow the SharePoint customer base. Therefore this is an area you should be very aware of and should learn how you can best leverage and exploit this new and untapped market of possible SharePoint customers!

The Big Dummies Guide to Building a SharePoint Internet Site (Fear and Loathing)
I'm about to embark on a new project, building a SharePoint based Internet site. This is new for me as all the SharePoint work I've done has been Intranet facing and I know there are some challenges with SharePoint and outward facing sites. So I called on a few MVP friends and people that have some real world experience configuring SharePoint for Internet to see if I could come up with a list of tips, tricks, and things to watch out for.

Submitting a Document Set to a SharePoint 2010 Repository in Workflow (C5 Insight)
Every so often while working in SharePoint, you encounter a feature that has almost no documentation or you can’t find anyone with a similar issue.  This happened to me when I was trying to configure a workflow to move a document set to a Records Center.  After I got this to work, I wanted to try and save others the grief and frustration that I experienced.  If “Unknownerror” means anything to you, this post is for you.

Netcast 101 - The Snowman Sweatshirt (Todd Klindt's SharePoint Admin Blog)
In this episode, while sporting a Santa hat and a rockin' snowman sweatshirt I talk about the virtues of the December 2011 CU and how it fixes profile picture problems as well as solves world hunger. I also talk how to change service account passwords in SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010. I also talk about the object cache and how to configure it.

 

Around Bamboo Nation
Bamboo Tools & Technologies' 2011 Year in Review with Jeff Tubb (The Bamboo Team Blog)
This past year was another busy one for releases of your flagship product, Workflow Conductor, with ongoing development and support efforts for both SharePoint 2010 as well as 2007 versions of the product.  How many releases were there during the course of the year?

Bamboo Web Parts & Components' 2011 Year in Review with Jeff Kozloff (The Bamboo Team Blog)
Having essentially relocated from the D.C. area during the past year, you're now spending the majority of your time working out of our R&D center in Vietnam.  How has your relocation affected the product release cycle?

Bamboo Applications & Accelerators' 2011 Year in Review with 'Bamboo PM Girl' (The Bamboo Team Blog)
You took on ownership of several new products this year, including some existing offerings as well as a handful of brand new products. Which existing products did you assume responsibility for?

 

SharePoint Job Listings*
SharePoint Application Administrator - Phoenix, AZ
A SharePoint application developer will design and develop business solutions using the latest technologies in SharePoint 2010 with Microsoft .Net framework. A SharePoint developer will be part of a software development Scrum team focused on delivering content and functionality within the SharePoint platform. Utilize SharePoint 2010 for internal and external facing applications that integrate with custom web services and back end data sources. Develop customizations for branded solutions including templates, master page layouts, CSS style definitions, templates, and themes. Mentor and train Application developers on best practices and standards when developing in SharePoint.

Configuration Management Specialist - SharePoint Librarian - Dahlgren, VA
URS is seeking a Configuration Management Specialist-SharePoint Librarian to provide administrative and Configuration Management (CM) support to the Fire Control and Guidance Branch (SP23) of the Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) for SP23 Program Management and Systems Engineering (PMSE) sites. Responsibilities involve the administration, maintenance, and management of technical data in electronic format within a SharePoint environment. Oversee the function and execution of the SP23 PMSE sites as directed by SP23 Management. Apply knowledge of policies, procedures, and a specific understanding of functions relevant to CM of an electronic database. Maintain records, execute data entry in automated databases, prepare forms, verify information, resolve routine issues, and manage the SP23 PMSE access requests. Specific duties would also include: monitoring flow of all documents to ensure they are properly cataloged, providing quality assurance checks for all documents to ensure files are properly categorized for implementation within the PMSEs searchable database; using appropriate computer software for document filing, and performing periodic analysis and data audits on all file sets maintained within the SP23 PMSE. Additionally, this position would require the meeting support for SP23 projects which may require some overnight travel including scheduling meetings, assembling meeting agendas, producing meeting reports, updating action databases, maintaining a list of meeting attendees, and hosting WebEx teleconferencing.

 

Microsoft Updates
Create Visual Web Parts for SharePoint 2010 (MSDN)
Getting Started with Web Parts in SharePoint 2010:  Building Web Parts is one of the most common tasks that are performed by SharePoint developers. Learn to create and deploy Visual Web Parts that display hierarchical views of list items and SubWebs.

 

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