Software helps track SharePoint usage

By: Nancy Gohring - idg news service (Seattle bureau) (GM) (08 Aug 2008) Nintex compiles data on how people are using SharePoint in the enterprise. How you can use the tool to tweak your servers SharePoint customers who want more insight into how workers are using Microsoft Corp.'s collaboration software, and enterprises afraid to deploy it because of compliance issues, might find a solution in software from Nintex. Nintex Reporting 2008 collects a wide array of data about how SharePoint is being used in an organization and lets IT administrators or any authorized user view a variety of usage statistics. An administrator can look at information about SharePoint use such as how many people are using discussion boards, who is creating lists, how many people view documents compared with how many people create them, and who might... [read full story]