Colligo Contributor
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Colligo Contributor is an award-winning proprietary
software package aimed at businesses, developed by Colligo Networks of Vancouver, British Columbia. Colligo Contributor was launched in 2006 and is part of a family of Colligo products that provide rich client interfaces for Microsoft SharePoint, a collaborative portal application based on the Windows SharePoint Services platform. The Colligo for Sharepoint product line also includes a free product called Colligo Reader.
Colligo Contributor has been called a “client for SharePoint” because it "integrates the client infrastructure with the SharePoint infrastructure", providing a local user interface
that is an alternative to the typical SharePoint interface through a browser. The architecture of the local data store enables users to optionally cache SharePoint content, making it available online and offline. Colligo Contributor also includes a software development kit to build custom SharePoint client applications, and extensions such as custom metadata editors.
Colligo contributor can be used to solve SharePoint usability
challenges in several scenarios, such as e-mail
and attachment
management, network file share
replacement, enterprise content management
, and SharePoint migration
. Colligo for SharePoint products are used by over 1,000 organizations (as of June 2009) and have contributed to significant revenue growth for Colligo Networks in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Proprietary software
Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
software package aimed at businesses, developed by Colligo Networks of Vancouver, British Columbia. Colligo Contributor was launched in 2006 and is part of a family of Colligo products that provide rich client interfaces for Microsoft SharePoint, a collaborative portal application based on the Windows SharePoint Services platform. The Colligo for Sharepoint product line also includes a free product called Colligo Reader.
Colligo Contributor for SharePoint
Colligo Contributor is a family of desktop software applications developed on the Microsoft .NET framework, that are designed to increase SharePoint user adoption by addressing "problems on the UI and user experience fronts". These applications are compatible with servers running Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 or 3.0, Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, or SharePoint 2010.Colligo Contributor has been called a “client for SharePoint” because it "integrates the client infrastructure with the SharePoint infrastructure", providing a local user interface
User interface
The user interface, in the industrial design field of human–machine interaction, is the space where interaction between humans and machines occurs. The goal of interaction between a human and a machine at the user interface is effective operation and control of the machine, and feedback from the...
that is an alternative to the typical SharePoint interface through a browser. The architecture of the local data store enables users to optionally cache SharePoint content, making it available online and offline. Colligo Contributor also includes a software development kit to build custom SharePoint client applications, and extensions such as custom metadata editors.
Colligo contributor can be used to solve SharePoint usability
Usability
Usability is the ease of use and learnability of a human-made object. The object of use can be a software application, website, book, tool, machine, process, or anything a human interacts with. A usability study may be conducted as a primary job function by a usability analyst or as a secondary job...
challenges in several scenarios, such as e-mail
E-mail
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
and attachment
E-mail attachment
An email attachment is a computer file sent along with an email message. One or more files can be attached to any email message, and be sent along with it to the recipient. This is typically used as a simple method to share documents and images...
management, network file share
Shared resource
In computing, a shared resource or network share is a device or piece of information on a computer that can be remotely accessed from another computer, typically via a local area network or an enterprise Intranet, transparently as if it were a resource in the local machine.Examples are shared file...
replacement, enterprise content management
Enterprise content management
Enterprise Content Management is a formalized means of organizing and storing an organization's documents, and other content, that relate to the organization's processes...
, and SharePoint migration
Data migration
Data migration is the process of transferring data between storage types, formats, or computer systems. Data migration is usually performed programmatically to achieve an automated migration, freeing up human resources from tedious tasks...
. Colligo for SharePoint products are used by over 1,000 organizations (as of June 2009) and have contributed to significant revenue growth for Colligo Networks in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
External links
- Colligo homepage
- SharePoint Blogs Review of Colligo Contributor 2.0
- Review of Colligo Contributor 2.0 from Dustin’s Tech Notes Blog
- eWeek Review of Colligo Reader and Colligo Contributor
- Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazines Announce Their 2008 Best of Tech Ed IT Pro Awards
- 2009 Windows IT Pro Editors' Best and Community Choice Awards