A platform intended to promote efficient document management in organizations has been called SharePoint search. Cooperation between workers is facilitated because they can work together to create documents, share information and easily access information that is relevant to themselves and others in the organization. It can be used to facilitate communication between people who work together.
In the context of human history the Internet may still be compared with a bright light that has suddenly appeared in the sky. It is only a few years old but has already changed the way that the world is and the way that reality is encoded. Very recently there were no laptops and main frame computers were industrial installations that occupied complete rooms. They did some of the some of the work now done by a lap top.
In the 1990s linguists and electronic engineers became the first professors of computer science. Their resumes and dissertations had been typed out on typewriters which had neither delete buttons nor cut and paste facilities. In the 1990s organizations had to teach their staff members how to find the space bar on a key board. The ability to cut and paste text was a revelation to many.
In the few years since the earliest birth pangs of the internet there have been quantum leaps that have changed to world radically. In organizations there has been a struggle between order and chaos. At low levels some people waste time on games or irrelevant sites and at other levels information has been misappropriated and used dangerously in legal cases and the media.
A SharePoint installation in an organization is an investment in order and efficiency. It enables colleagues to work cooperatively and avoid duplication. Relevant documents can be created, stored systematically and accessed readily. The amount of time that can be saved through these means is easily imagined.
Academic organizations are notorious for duplication and compartmentalization. Some departments have been known to work assiduously in a field unaware that similar work is being done down the passage until attending an overseas conference, at considerable expense. Now the need to travel abroad is considerably diminished.
The concept of an 'intranet' is important for organizational computer systems. This is an in-house solution that is specifically designed for particular communication needs in an organization. Teachers who might previously have delivered notes to a number of doors by hand can save time by making the same notifications available on computer screens together with other information and memoranda.
In any organization there may be a need for some people to share documentation that is not available to all. For example, executives may need to share information not available to lower ranking staff. This is the reason for an extranet, or section of the platform that allows access to some but not all. However, all people within the organization may at times need access to documents in the public domain and so Sharepoint search supports the Internet as well.
In the context of human history the Internet may still be compared with a bright light that has suddenly appeared in the sky. It is only a few years old but has already changed the way that the world is and the way that reality is encoded. Very recently there were no laptops and main frame computers were industrial installations that occupied complete rooms. They did some of the some of the work now done by a lap top.
In the 1990s linguists and electronic engineers became the first professors of computer science. Their resumes and dissertations had been typed out on typewriters which had neither delete buttons nor cut and paste facilities. In the 1990s organizations had to teach their staff members how to find the space bar on a key board. The ability to cut and paste text was a revelation to many.
In the few years since the earliest birth pangs of the internet there have been quantum leaps that have changed to world radically. In organizations there has been a struggle between order and chaos. At low levels some people waste time on games or irrelevant sites and at other levels information has been misappropriated and used dangerously in legal cases and the media.
A SharePoint installation in an organization is an investment in order and efficiency. It enables colleagues to work cooperatively and avoid duplication. Relevant documents can be created, stored systematically and accessed readily. The amount of time that can be saved through these means is easily imagined.
Academic organizations are notorious for duplication and compartmentalization. Some departments have been known to work assiduously in a field unaware that similar work is being done down the passage until attending an overseas conference, at considerable expense. Now the need to travel abroad is considerably diminished.
The concept of an 'intranet' is important for organizational computer systems. This is an in-house solution that is specifically designed for particular communication needs in an organization. Teachers who might previously have delivered notes to a number of doors by hand can save time by making the same notifications available on computer screens together with other information and memoranda.
In any organization there may be a need for some people to share documentation that is not available to all. For example, executives may need to share information not available to lower ranking staff. This is the reason for an extranet, or section of the platform that allows access to some but not all. However, all people within the organization may at times need access to documents in the public domain and so Sharepoint search supports the Internet as well.
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