Sharepoint is a widely used tool by many organizations. It is used to share documents and manage projects. Although it is one of the oldest platforms of its kind, changes in the industry and changing needs mean that this popular platform may no longer be the best choice for organizations.
Businesses need tools that let teams seamlessly share information, communicate, and manage projects quickly and intuitively. The market for cloud collaboration software has grown significantly in the last few years, so much that it is expected to be a $21 billion industry in 2019.
Sharepoint has more than a thousand third-party add-ons available that give it functionality capabilities that theoretically allow businesses to have almost every tool they could ever need. However, having all these third-party add-ons many users now find that Sharepoint doesn’t quite live up its reputation as an all-in-one do it all software.
Only 11% of surveyed Sharepoint users said they had ever successfully completed a Sharepoint project.
- Usability is the biggest issue
- Search options require a lot of customization
- Users find it difficult to tag documents and get them in the right folders
So why Liferay?
Liferay DXP is an open-source platform that allows enterprises to create portals, manage content, easily collaborate with teams and ultimately create business efficiencies. Liferay is alternative to Sharepoint that many organizations are taking advantage of. With Liferay DXP, enterprises can easily turn their internal portal into an intuitive, native mobile app.
Both Microsoft Sharepoint and Liferay DXP empower companies to set up an intranet, a private version of the internet that only employees of your company uses to collaborate.
Enterprise data and services are secure and compliant because they’re on the individual company servers. Major organizations around the world choose Liferay over other portal alternatives due it’s capabilities beyond the basic business functions of a traditional portal (like Sharepoint).
Liferay is being used today for:
- Intranet portal (for employees, partners, vendors)
- External portal (customers or clients)
- Shared workspaces
- Enterprise collaboration
With countless customer success stories, Liferay is a top choice for large enterprises across many industries.
5 Key Advantages of Liferay DXP
- Open-Source: Liferay DXP is an open source portal framework. This means that developers can easily customize it for their organization or departments based on their own requirements.
- Out-of-the-box: It is not just a platform. It also has over 60 applications and tools included in the form of portlets that can be used to customize the portal functionality.
- Marketplace: Liferay has its own application marketplace, where developers can contribute their ideas to have new apps created.
- Enterprise-Ready Portal Solution: It is fully ready to support enterprise applications.
- High Availability and High Performance: Liferay DXP has been tested to support over 3000 concurrent transactions and 33,000 users at once.
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