Twelve SharePoint predictions for 2012

By David Rubinstein

December 5, 2011 — (Page 2 of 3)
6) Mobile platforms will play a larger role in SharePoint. Tablets are on the rise as a form factor for consuming content; SharePoint admins, designers and developers will need to create applications that folks can take with them on these devices. Conversely, McNulty does not see an uptick of SharePoint on phone-based devices, as there are too many constraints; rendering is perhaps the biggest one. “There will be 5 million Android tablets showing up in the marketplace on Jan. 2,” he said. “One- to two million of those will be brought into the workplace. But devices like Kindle can’t run Office Web apps in the same way as a keyboard device can.”

7) The complexities of cloud- and mobile-based computing will drive people to more easily manage and govern their SharePoint sites, as components and services replace coding from scratch, McNulty predicted.

8) Governance needs will lead adoption. Organizations need to define governance in terms of the next wave of SharePoint. “Users need a pattern for business intelligence, workflow, social,” McNulty said.

9) Consolidation will be the next big trend for SharePoint. The next version of SharePoint is sufficiently far out that organizations will use that time to retire old ECM systems and move into SharePoint. McNulty hinted that single-version upgrades are clearly supported in the next version of SharePoint, so now is the time for organizations to make decisions about what data and information to archive for migration to ensure that the content they keep is the right content.

10) SQL Server ‘Denali’ will have tremendous success. For the 5% of organizations doing business intelligence now, Denali will raise their capabilities to a whole new level. For the rest of the organizations using SharePoint, the real promise of business intelligence via Denali will be seen in the next release.

11) As SharePoint matures into its role as a true business platform, the ability to translate and understand user requirements from the perspective of the business will be critical, McNulty said. Things such as workflow, project management and the ability to speak about business requirements in business language will have great value.

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