Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server Provides One Company With A 187% ROI According to a New Report From Nucleus Research

Business Wire, April 17, 2001

Business/Technology Editors

WELLESLEY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2001

A recent case study by Nucleus Research showed one Microsoft SharePoint Portal server customer achieved a 187% return on investment (ROI) and a payback of less than seven months. In this independent case study, Nucleus Research analysts found the high ROI from SharePoint Portal was primarily due to the company moving from a mixed environment to a standard company-wide platform for organizing and sharing information.

The full Microsoft SharePoint Portal server ROI case study is available at no charge from the Nucleus Research Web site (www.NucleusResearch.com).

"This ROI case study shows that companies considering Microsoft SharePoint Portal server are likely to gain the greatest benefits from increased productivity and reduced support costs," said Ian Campbell, Vice President of Research. "Balancing these benefits are the additional integration costs that companies should consider before deploying SharePoint."

"The benefits from SharePoint will depend heavily on an organization's existing applications and environment," said Rebecca Wettemann, Research Director. "as this case shows, companies trying to manage a lot of disparate information sources should consider the value of SharePoint for both administrative savings and increased productivity."

The Nucleus Research case study examines a single Microsoft SharePoint Portal server customer and calculates the costs and benefit from the deployment. The case study was undertaken independently and not commissioned by Microsoft.

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