Communications

WorkLight shakes up SharePoint

4 July 2008

WorkLight has launched a product that allows users to securely access and update Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 information using popular Internet consumer tools.

Called WorkLight for SharePoint, the new product is designed to address both enterprise and employee needs by combining the collaborative capabilities of Office SharePoint Server 2007 with consumer social networks such as Facebook, personalised homepage gadgets, desktop widgets, RSS and mobile devices.

“By bridging SharePoint’s social computing and enterprise search capabilities with consumer Web 2.0 services, employees and enterprises benefit from the best of both worlds,” said Deb Bannon, senior product manager for Microsoft’s SharePoint Server Partner Group. “WorkLight’s latest offering enhances SharePoint's highly popular collaboration platform by extending its reach to familiar consumer tools such as Windows Live and others.”

“With 96 per cent of enterprises considering or having already deployed at least some part of Microsoft Office System server software according to Forrester Research, it’s only natural that we merge WorkLight’s unique capabilities with Microsoft’s SharePoint,” said David Lavenda, VP of marketing and product strategy at WorkLight. “Doing so allows companies to harness its industry-leading collaboration features, while giving employees familiar, secure interfaces through which they can do business.”