Organizations are slowly waking up to the enormous value that enterprise social knowledge networking can unlock. With the new Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 now Collaborative Knowledge Management (CKM) becomes an approach to enabling organizational intelligence in the enterprise. Taxonomy is the key: Managed Metadata can drive navigation, discovery, relation, and re-usability of content. Managed Metadata provides a common vocabulary and can connect people to social networks. While Microsoft has provided a state of the art API-based backend solution for taxonomy management and search, the Knowledge Management Suite for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is focused on term life-cycle management, content tagging, knowledge browsing, navigation and content discovery.

1. Knowledge Management Suite for SharePoint
Features & Benefits “Microsoft Partners can plug the
The Knowledge Management Suite for SharePoint 2010 taxonomy gaps of SharePoint.”
makes it as easy as possible to manage taxonomies, to Leslie Owens, Forrester Research
tag content using terms and to use tags for knowledge
browsing, navigation, content discovery and search:
• 100% based on the new SharePoint 2010 Server
Enterprise Metadata Management API: The product More Features & Benefits
has been awarded “Microsoft Platform Ready for
SharePoint 2010”. • Tag Directory Web Part: Renders the SharePoint
managed metadata taxonomy tree as flat A-Z term
• Taxonomy Manager: Advanced features to manage directory index for content discovery and
the SharePoint Term Store including import, export, navigation, e.g. as glossary. Flexible link building,
update and deployment. Support for several e.g. to the Tag Profile Page or tag search result list.
formats including SKOS. Additional managed Optionally displays additional information, e.g. tag
metadata properties (e.g. tagging rules). Full description and usage count. XSLT template-based
taxonomy life-cycle management to develop, design.
enhance and maintain SharePoint term sets.
• Tag Cloud Web Part: Navigate the content by its
• Tag Suggester: While tagging items or documents, importance using a familiar taxonomy-based tag
display a tag suggestion list based on given Term cloud.
Sets (taxonomies), tagging rules, item properties,
context and document content. • Related Content Web Part: Automatically displays
related content in a given context using managed
• Auto Tagger: Tags items and documents metadata based tagging.
automatically in background without any user
interaction, based on given Term Sets (taxonomies), • Additionally available: Ready-to-use taxonomies for
tagging rules, item properties, context and SharePoint 2001.
document content. High quality of subject • Additionally available: Full managed metadata
classification using a high performance Microsoft support for almost any external data sources.
.NET Framework based rule engine. Installed IFilters
are used. Auto Tagger could be helpful for initial
tagging, e.g. after content migration from any Licensing & Partner Program
system to SharePoint 2010, as well as for daily
background operation. • FREE shareware version available on web site:
• Tag Navigation Web Part: Harvest the value of Just register, download and use.
collaborative tagging by using the SharePoint • Server license: US$ 1,899 / 1499 € per server
managed metadata taxonomy tree directly for • Optional: Annual Software Assurance: 20% per year.
content discovery and navigation. Flexible link • Partner Program: Cost-free, 30% discount, FREE NFR
building, e.g. link to Tag Profile page or tag search versions, priority support, lead transfer, joint
result list. Optionally displays additional development.
information, e.g. tag description and usage count.
Template-based design.
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