It has come to my attention recently that the latest rage in the IT World, among larger organizations, is the topic of Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server. We have had 2 clients in the past little while ask us about our knowledge of the software, and it's implementation. Upon further research, I have come to the conclusion that it would be in our best interest to come up to speed on this technology, and subsequently portray ourselves as an authoritative resource on the subject.
A bit of background...In my understanding, Microsoft has chosen to remove several features that were previously handled at the Operating System level, and have instead developed software to manage these features. An example would be Public Directories. So imagine this, you are the network adminstrator for a large organization, and the method you used to share documents was to use Public Directories. Now, with the upgrade to Server 2007, this is no longer an option. You now need to figure a way to share all corporate documents with all employees, based on security groups, individual permissions, etc. It's a bit of a nightmare!! To the rescue comes MOSS, a software solution from MS, that allows you to create your company intranet, set permissions,etc and voila you have a solution!
The opportunity for us is this...IT Administrators are generally not the most creative individuals (no offense Ron), and once they have the software implemented, the out-of-the-box options are fairly limited in regards to design. In comes Webtech, with a full understanding of the way in which MOSS operates, how to update templates to match the look and feel of the corporate identity, and it's a fairly easy "sell". In the Credit Union arena, 1stchoice is the first CU to implement MOSS in southern Alberta, with many others now looking to them for assistance on how to get started themselves. If we can get up to speed quickly, do a great job for an already satisfied customer, this would bode well for us as we move forward in the CU world.
So, how do we become this "authority" if you will? Do we send someone up to Calgary for a crash course on MOSS? Do we attempt to learn it ourselves? Do we hire an experienced individual? Let me know your thoughts, as this could be a great opportunity for us.
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I would agree that the potential of this new technology would be and awesome revenue model.
As for our course of action I would suggest we get someone trained in MOSS. I already have the programming skills for .NET to give us a base for development and would just need some specialized training on how to apply these skills to MOSS.
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