O3Spaces Workplace  - Sharepoint comparison

 Comparison

Item Sharepoint Portal Server O3Spaces Workplace
Training time Up to days for the typical User Up to half a day for the typical users, because of the consistent ‘end-user ready’ interface
Configuration Time Typically weeks to build and adjust because of the needed implementation time Typically days to build and adjust because of the enduser ready approach of O3Spaces
Part of Daily Work Yes. Used specifically for sharing Yes. Every user uses O3Spaces constantly on their Desktop for all document related activities
Build in search capabilities Yes Yes. With support for ODF, PDF and MS formats. Full text search of all content types within authorized Spaces
End-user ready interface No. Needs implementation. Has poor navigation facilities Yes. With build-in user friendly navigation controls which support. 100+ Workspaces with the same experience
Create multiple content types for announcements, etc. Yes Yes
Reduction of E-mail within Workgroups Some reduction of file duplication and e-mail broadcasts Yes. By use of the Workplace Assistant with built-in notification service a high reduction of e-mail and thus storage
LDAP Support Yes, only Active Directory Yes, integrates with any LDAP servers like OpenLDAP, Novell directory service, Sun Directory server and Active Directory
Deploy in minutes on a single server and support a small organization Yes Yes
Scale to terabytes of data and thousands of users in a en enterprise Yes Yes
Build in notification services Yes, by e-mail Yes, by e-mail or real time through the integrated Workplace Assistant (on the desktop)
Discussion boards related to documents events or general discussions Yes Yes
Versioning, check-in/check-out functions Yes, on Microsoft documents only Yes, integrated with the OpenOffice.org, StarOffice & MS Office suites. Automatic versioning, check-in/checkout on all file types
Securely extend collaboration to your partners and customers Yes, through browser interface only Yes, through browser interface and the always-on Workplace Assistant which makes real-time notification and action-taking possible
Support of open standards No, tightly integrated as part of the Microsoft office software stack Yes, integrated in the opensource/openstandards productivity stack and Microsoft Office
Running multiple OS No, Windows only Yes, runs on Linux/Solaris/Win32/Mac OS both client and server
Role-based security Yes, based on Active Directory Yes, connect to LDAP service. Roles are fully configurable
Workflow Yes In development. The repository can provide hooks and triggers for external process engines.
Calendering Yes Yes, standards based
Mail integration Yes Yes, in the browser AND in the e-mailclient (Thunderbird, Outlook & Zimbra ZCS 5.0)
Tasking/Scheduling Yes Yes, currently in development
Bulk import tools Yes Yes,multiple options


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Try O3Spaces Workplace

A free community edition (without support) of O3Spaces Workplace is available for download on the O3Spaces community website. Visit http://community.o3spaces.com and download a preconfigured deployment of O3Spaces Workplace. Minor registration steps needed. Visit http://www.o3spaces.org for more information, screens, demos, functions & and prices.



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