While scientists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) search for the elusive ‘god particle’ to help solve the mysteries of the universe, a number of participants at this year’s KM World and Intranet conference have come in search of the ‘KM particle’; the one unifying element that permeates all organizations and will help unify KM theory. Microsoft Sharepoint presents itself as that element.

Sharepoint can be somewhat described by looking at its six pillars: collaboration, portal, search, content management, business focus, and business intelligence. Confused yet? Don’t worry. So was I.
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