LOBs like SharePoint because IT leaves them in charge of setting up their 
own site provisioning, security, user administration, records management 
and taxonomies. But Records Managers have recognized that SP makes it next 
to impossible to achieve visibility, business control, corporate security, 
business process and taxonomies across SP sites.  Corporate Management, 
Finance, Legal, Records, Governance, Compliance and IT are challenged with 
implementing and enforcing corporate requirements for accessing & managing 
content assets and mitigating business risks. 

80% of the functionality at 20% of the price has always proven a 
convincing sales tactic for Microsoft. The reality is that SP does less 
than what a customer needs for Document Management. One should start with 
an ECM provider's direct connect MS Office integration that meets a 
significant percentage of needs otherwise not addressed by SP, which is 
insufficient for DM. For example: SP does not support the critical 
capabilities that are key to any DM implementation, including rendering 
and managing related Word, PDF, and scanned wet-signature versions of a 
document through its lifecycle. 

Tony Laino, C.R.M. 
Managing Consultant
Enterprise Content Management
Business Analytics & Optimization
IBM Canada Ltd.
Tel: 647-237-1641
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From:   Todd Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
To:     [log in to unmask]
Date:   06/21/2011 01:04 PM
Subject:        Cost Of Making SharePoint Work For RIM
Sent by:        Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]>



Hello everyone,

SharePoint 2010 is going to be deployed in our organization. Period. End 
of 
Story. Whether we use its RIM capabilities or not, its collaboration 
capabilities 
are too big of a driver and are anticipated to help the Company streamline 

many business processes. 

Now for my question - In your experience, is it a better investment to 
tweak 
SharePoint to handle our wish list (managing all content – physical, 
electronic 
(emails), eDiscovery, etc.) or go with a different vendor (insert any name 

here) who may cost more upfront, but in the long run might cost less and 
better aligns with our objectives. SharePoint seems like a more cost 
effective 
way to reach our objectives. I guess I’m just worried about scope creep 
and 
ultimately not being able to manage most, if not all of our content 
through one 
platform…Maybe this isn’t possible and I should have opened a window after 

painting last night!

Also, is anyone currently managing the majority of their information 
through 
SharePoint (especially physical records and emails)? If so, I would love 
to hear 
your story on or offline.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Todd Johnson, CRM, ERMm
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline
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(270) 852-4512

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