Increasingly, corporations are adopting Microsoft Office SharePoint® for team collaboration, however mobile workers have difficulty accessing SharePoint content when they are traveling and/or working offline. The Colligo® for SharePoint product family, featuring Colligo Reader and Colligo Contributor, solves this problem so users can leverage the power of SharePoint wherever they are and whenever they need it.
What is SharePoint?
Microsoft SharePoint is a product that enables users to easily deploy and modify document libraries and collaborative workspaces through portals on the Internet or corporate Intranet. It is the fastest growing product in Microsoft's history with over 40 million paid corporate user licenses (SharePoint Portal Server) plus many more of a version bundled for free with Windows Servers (Windows SharePoint Services).
The Problem: Microsoft SharePoint Sites Cannot be Accessed Offline
SharePoint can only be used by people when they are "online". This means that users working on a plane or at a client site cannot utilize the features of SharePoint until they are able to connect. It also means that the user experience is limited by the browser paradigm which significantly restricts the performance and usability of the application. To understand this restriction better, imagine only being able to access email through a browser on an Internet connection. This is probably fine for personal use but would not be accepted by enterprises for serious business use.
Solution: Colligo Reader and Colligo Contributor
Created to deliver rich functionality in an uncomplicated way, the Colligo for SharePoint (CFS) product family, consisting of Colligo Reader and Colligo Contributor, is easy to deploy, install, learn and use. It requires no server components, has a very small footprint, and is compatible with the latest version of Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server.
Colligo Reader provides read-only access to SharePoint content offline. It is an ideal solution for laptop users who have "Reader" privileges on a SharePoint site and are occasionally offline. Colligo Reader licenses are provided completely free of charge to end users. Download the free Colligo Reader here.
Colligo Contributor is targeted at laptop users, such as members of project teams, such as members of project teams, with "Contributor", "Designer" or "Administrator" privileges, who need to frequently modify content on SharePoint sites. Contributor enables them to create and edit documents, forms, list items and their associated properties when they are working offline then synchronize changes back to the server when they return online.
Atlantech - The Service Provider
Atlantech is an authorized Colligo service provider. Atlantech can deploy Colligo solutions to optimize offline access for your SharePoint Sites. As a Microsoft Certified Partner, Atlantech can also build a SharePoint site for your company if you do not have one yet.
For more information, or to take the next step to optimize offline access for your SharePoint sites, please contact Leigh Brotherston, (CEO) on 021 424 294 or leigh@atlantech.co.nz