Integration and collaboration are key factors in a SharePoint deployment. Joel Oleson gives a comprehensive review of his test-run with harmon.ie, a product suite that transforms email interface into a collaboration social workspace, in “Product Review: harmon.ie for SharePoint – Increase Adoption and Simplify User Experience.” Oleson’s thoughts:

I recommend harmon.ie for those companies looking to integrate centralized document creation and management into the corporate culture and for those looking to simplify the social element of keeping better track of people and documents in SharePoint. You’re likely going to want to start off with a small group to see how harmon.ie blends into your culture and build best practices. This is not the app to simply embed in your corporate desktop rollout without configuration, but hey, that’s the unique value it provides.

Many users default to sending information via email attachments thus creating an endless inbox pit, and sometimes tracking information in SharePoint can be a challenge. Harmon.ie may be a solution for these challenges and Oleson’s review, with pros/cons and operation features, is a worthy read.

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Ken Toth, January 18, 2012