| SharePoint 2010 - The next release of Microsoft's Business Colloboration Platform As Experts in SharePoint, Ridgian have been working with Microsoft on the Partner Evidence Programme (PEP) to evaluate the pre-release versions of SharePoint 2010. This invitation only Programme enables select Partners to get access to the new software ahead of release. For Ridgian, this means we can ensure we are ready to hit the ground running and support our Customers once it is officially released. During our recent visit to the Microsoft SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer announced that the public beta of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Microsoft Office 2010 will become available in November, and revealed some of the new SharePoint Server 2010 capabilities for the first time. Features A new ribbon user interface that makes end users more productive and customization of SharePoint sites easy Deep Office integration through social tagging, backstage integration and document life-cycle management Built-in support for rich media such as video, audio and Silverlight, making it easy to build dynamic Web sites New Web content management features with built-in accessibility through Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, multilingual support and one-click page layout, enabling anyone to access SharePoint Server sites Enterprise features in SharePoint Online such as Excel Services and InfoPath Forms Services, which make it simple to use, share, secure and manage interactive forms across an organization Business Connectivity Services, which allow developers to connect capabilities to line-of-business data or Web services in SharePoint Server and the Office client Rich APIs and support for Silverlight, representational state transfer (REST) and Language-Integrated Query (LINQ), to help developers rapidly build applications on the SharePoint platform
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“By taming the overflow of information across systems and technologies, SharePoint enables organisations to thrive,” Ballmer said. “SharePoint 2010 is the biggest and most important release of SharePoint to date. When paired with Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 will transform efficiency by connecting workers across a single collaboration platform for business.”
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