The SharePoint Hive

am looking for a layman’s explaination of sharepoint capabilities as a knowledge base.

Chosen Answer:

Sharepoint comes in many flavors, I suppose you mean the free version that comes with Windows Server? That would be Sharepoint Service 3.0 as opposed to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Sharepoint is a platform for hosting and managing data. From your document library to your website and newsgroups. The great thing about SharePoint is that you can download 40 free application templates that includes amongst other things a Knowledge Base.
by: Andrew H
on: 19th December 08

My IT department has proposed building an e-commerce website using an architecture be comprised of these apps:

Microsoft commerce server
Endeca
Sitecore (or Sharepoint)
Telligent community server

I’d like to know some pros and cons of this type of architecture, as opposed to using a LAMP stack or other common architectures. The site is a fairly highly-trafficked database-driven site (over 30K hits per day).

Chosen Answer:

E-commerce is a pain in the A$$. I like Share point for external websites, users can update content easily. Plus it has a great work flow process.

Have a look at Google’s shopping cart and API for e-commerce.

http://checkout.google.com/seller/gsc/beta/demo/?gsessionid=S5HDdTSrEJg

by: Styles
on: 2nd December 08