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Knowledge Network For Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2007

June 16th, 2006

Knowledge Network for Office SharePoint Server 2007 is powerful,
easy to use software that helps people make better decisions more
quickly. It automates the discovery and sharing of undocumented
knowledge and relationships, enabling you to quickly locate who knows
whom and who knows what within your constantly changing organization.

Knowledge
Network will make your organization more effective by providing one of
the quickest ways to connect with people who can successfully impact
your business.

Make Better Decisions Quickly

Knowledge
Network is a valuable add-on to Office SharePoint Server 2007 enhancing
enterprise search for people by automating the discovery of the
business relationships and subject matter expertise of everyone in the
network providing vital business insights enabling users to make better
decisions more quickly.

•	Discover who knows what and who knows whom within an organization. Quickly and easily locate people by subject expertise or social relationships with key contacts or companies.
•	Simplify creating automated user profiles for each member of the network. Knowledge Network automates the discovery and sharing of undocumented knowledge and relationships for each member in the network. The user-customizable automated profile is secure and requires member approval before it is shared.
•	Effectively search and pinpoint individuals. Knowledge Network provides the ability to connect with internal and external contacts, and calculates the shortest social distance between any two people in the network.

Streamline Collaboration

Connect with influential and knowledgeable people.
Knowledge Network improves collaboration by enabling people to quickly
identify internal and external key contacts: people who have specific
knowledge or strategic business relationships.

•	Use Knowledge Network to quickly identify people who have specific expertise or who can connect you to others based on the shortest social distance path to you.
•	Leverage the power of the collective relationship capital within your organization.
•	Empower your workers to make better decisions quickly by Knowledge Network to discover and locate who knows whom and who knows what within your organization.

Control Your Personal Information

Knowledge
Network enables members to easily create, update, and manage an
automated profile of their keywords and key internal and external
contacts, which they control and share with others in the Knowledge
Network.

•	Choose which information (e-mail folders and personal contacts) to include and exclude in the Knowledge Network analysis.
•	Select from five levels of who sees what (everyone, my colleagues, my workgroup, my manager, and only me) to apply to each item in your profile to control who can and who cannot associate your profile information with you.
•	Quickly and easily review your profile before it is published, selecting who sees what information.

Knowledge Network allows you to Control who can see information associated with you and your profile.
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