SharePoint users everywhere are buzzing about the update Microsoft is expected roll out in 2019. But, according to Microsoft Office GM Jared Spataro, a preview will arrive as early as mid-2018. Here’s a taste of the improvements we expect for SharePoint 2019: Security and compliance To ensure SharePoint data remains safe in the age of widespread hacking, Microsoft is including more... Read More
The Role of Microsoft Sharepoint in Business Governance
Being able to produce communication sites through SharePoint without having to use IT can be a big selling point for many organizations. This is just one of the recent features available thanks to a recent Microsoft update for SharePoint. Organizations are hopeful that this feature will allow them to utilize SharePoint for other uses than just a repository for documents. However useful... Read More
Is Your Data at Risk Due to SharePoint Use?
Amongst Microsoft SharePoint users, the majority have concerns over a heightened risk to the sensitive data that SharePoint stores. According to research conducted by Metalogix and the Ponemon Institute, SharePoint needs additional safeguards to ensure the safety of sensitive data. The report by Metalogix and the Ponemon Institute studied the sensitive data collected by SharePoint (and other... Read More
SharePoint and the Hybrid Cloud
Hybrid cloud technology is a buzzword for those of us who use SharePoint regularly, and research shows that hybrid cloud systems may soon become the biggest part of SharePoint’s base installation. However, this is not a new development. And as Office 365 matures, we can expect to see more similar developments. The Hybrid Cloud Microsoft’s State of the Hybrid Cloud 2017 discovered that... Read More
Microsoft Announces New Commitment to Apache Spark
Microsoft will soon be starting a commitment with open source framework, Apache Spark. The technology giant began working with Spark last year. Now the company plans to launch several Spark services and even announced that Spark would power the on-premises version of Hadoop’s R Server, which has become popular for big data analysis. Additionally, the cloud version of R Server will be... Read More
