Making A Case For Social Collaboration Tools

March 2013, Wired Innovation Insights

Most CIOs raise a flag when it comes to social -- and with good reason. They just don’t see the business value in the current slate of social tools -- most of which were developed with the consumer in mind, not a secure, compliant, enterprise user-base.  Read more.

Half of SharePoint-Enabled Enterprises Have No Governance Strategy

February 2013, CMSWire

The buildup to the release of SharePoint 2013 continues. One of the issues that was widely discussed around the 2010 release was governance and SharePoint environments. This time, with so much more data under the bridge — and more and more people using SharePoint — governance will be certainly be a hot topic once again.  Read more.

Network World: Products of the Week 10.29.12

October 2012, Network World

Product: ControlPoint FileLoader

Key features: Enables organizations to quickly and easily move files from Microsoft Windows folders into SharePoint, offload content migration decisions to data owners while maintaining control, and migrate to on-premise, hosted or Office 365 environments.  Read more.

Microsoft ISVs and VARs Finding Success in Partner-to-Partner Deals

September 2012, Redmond Channel Partner Magazine

The days of the one-stop-shop Microsoft partner are over. But sometimes customers want more than a partner can deliver. Smart partners turn to P2P relationships to keep their businesses strong.  Read more.

Companies not coming to grips with SharePoint governance: survey

April 2012, IDM

According to the initial results of a Microsoft SharePoint governance survey commissioned by Axceler, more than two-thirds of the respondents consider it to be extremely or very important to their organisations. Yet nearly half of those same respondents confirmed that SharePoint governance policies do not exist or are undefined.  Read more.

IN THE COMMUNITY

April 2012, SPTechReport

A recent study commissioned by SharePoint solutions provider Axceler shows that while 65% of respondents say governance is important to their organizations, nearly half say governance policies do not exist or are unidentified. Part of the reason, according to Axceler's Christian Buckley, director of product evangelism, is that "planning generally takes a back seat to getting SharePoint deployed and functioning, and governance is too often viewed as a planning luxury."  Read more.

Axceler execs discuss migration, release Davinci Migrator 2.0

December 2011, SPTechReport

As organizations put more into their SharePoint installations and they become true business platforms, upgrading to a newer version of SharePoint, or getting off of a competing ECM system and moving things on to SharePoint, gets way more difficult and time-consuming.  Read more.

Governance, risk management and compliance — Protecting critical business assets

March 2012, KMWorld

Governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) is a relatively new term that encompasses a set of interrelated processes and activities designed to assess and manage risk and compliance. It supports and protects knowledge management functions such as enterprise content management (ECM) and collaboration. The ultimate goal is to maintain or improve organizational performance, while minimizing vulnerability to adverse events.  Read more.

Determining Your SharePoint Architecture: Centralized or Decentralized?

November 2011, ECM Connection

An important question to answer when moving to SharePoint 2010 is how to design the new environment – centralized, with a traditional, top-down managed portal, or a decentralized environment, featuring user-driven collaboration?  Read more.

Woburn, MA Axceler Named Finalist for Best of Connections SharePoint Award

October 2011, CityBizList Boston

Axceler, the leader in Microsoft SharePoint governance, administration and migration software, today announced that its award-winning Microsoft SharePoint administration product, ControlPoint 4.5, was named a finalist in the SharePoint category of the "2011 Best of Connections Awards" by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Magazine, DevProConnections and SharePoint Pro. Read more.

Axceler Demos ControlPoint 4.5

October 2011, CMSWire

Axceler has also been busy around Anaheim and has been showcasing a couple of products from its governance, administration and migration software. In the GRC space is the recently upgraded ControlPoint. Read more.

Scaling SharePoint through Governance

September 2011, European SharePoint Conference Blog

SharePoint has become a critical business platform within most organizations, and yet many companies struggle with making SharePoint scale to meet their growing end user demands. As SharePoint grows (more users, more business scenarios addressed, more solutions deployed), it becomes more complex. Read more.

The Axceler Partner Program Expands Reach with Global Channel Partnerships

July 2011, ECM Connection

Global Partners Extend Geographic Reach and Help Customers Worldwide To Implement SharePoint Governance, Management, and Migration Solutions. Read more.

Defining, Building a SharePoint Metadata Strategy

June 2011, CMSWire

While the buzz and excitement around the launch of SharePoint 2010 is now firmly in the past, the reality of working with it is now becoming a daily problem. Read more.

Axceler Joins Microsoft Partner Solutions Center in Redmond

May 2011, Boston.com

Axceler and Microsoft Increase Collaboration on SharePoint Governance, Management and Migration Products. Read more.

Axceler Introduces FileLoader for SharePoint 2010

May 2011, SPTechWeb

Axceler yesterday introduced FileLoader for SharePoint 2010, for IT managers to use when moving files from Windows file shares into SharePoint 2010. Read more.

Staying ahead of a growing SharePoint environment

March 2011, KMWorld

The city of Charlotte, N.C has chosen a solution from Axceler to expand its SharePoint environment. The city selected Axceler’s ControlPoint to better manage the SharePoint environment, and will also deploy Axceler’s Davinci Migrator to manage an upcoming SharePoint 2010 upgrade. Read more.

Axceler Expands Into the Australia/New Zealand Region

March 2011, Cloud Computing Journal

Axceler, the leader in Microsoft SharePoint administration and migration software, today announced the expansion of its presence in the Australia and New Zealand region with the opening of a new office in Sydney, bronze sponsorship of the upcoming Australia and New Zealand SharePoint Conferences, and the appointment of a new Channel Sales Manager for the Asia Pacific region.  Read more.

Axceler Declares Record Financial Results for 2010

January 2011, SPTechWeb

Microsoft SharePoint administration and migration software supplier Axceler yesterday announced that it more than doubled its year-on-year revenues, claiming growth of 145%. Marketwire Read more

"Best SharePoint Administration Tool 2010"

April 2010, Andy Dale SharePoint Blog

"Hands down the best in the industry. Very user friendly. Extremely strong permissions reporting capability – the top requirement for managing large farms as 80% of all support calls come from permissions management.." —Expert comment, Andy Dale's Blog   Read more

Review: Axceler ControlPoint

Oct 23, 2009 by Curt Spanburgh of Windows IT Pro Magazine

"ControlPoint provides tools to analyze the security problems and allow an admin to make a fast problem resolution. Administrators may often trust another IT pro to manage a SharePoint site collection, but granting large amounts of control can also create big problems. ControlPoint helps alleviate these problems by providing a robust alerting system that makes you aware of urgent issues like deleted sites or broken security inheritance. "  Read more

Getting Control of Your SharePoint Setup

Feb 15, 2009 by Mike Herrity

"In one of my earlier posts this month I talked about the impact of SharePoint at Twynham school with 50% of our users on the Learning Gateways when the school closed due to snow (see Snow days 1 and 2-What did our students do?) One of the frustrating things about tracking usage in SharePoint is the analysis is not very granular. I have to go in and out of sites to measure individual site usage and looking at which documents are used and how often is close to impossible."  Read more