Microsoft Office SharePoint worldwide revenues exceed $1bn

By surpassing global sales of $1bn this year, SharePoint is helping customers solve their most pressing information management needs.

The two day Microsoft SharePoint conference provides 'Real world guidance and experience' to users across the region. The event, held at the Al Bustan Rotana hotel in Dubai, features high-level executive speakers from Microsoft, as well as customers and partners who will share best practices on building and deploying business critical applications on the SharePoint platform. Leading technology partners including AMD, HP, Kofax, NGS and Open Text were present at the seminar to lend their support to Microsoft.

'Microsoft SharePoint continues to gain popularity as organizations ranging from small firms to Fortune 500 companies discover how the platform can improve the way they do business,' said Charbel Fakhoury, General Manager of Microsoft Gulf. 'Businesses worldwide have chosen SharePoint to address their most pressing information management needs.'

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 helps organizations increase their productivity and reduce information overload by providing employees, partners and other stakeholders with the ability to find relevant content in a wide range of applications.

The technology infrastructure allows employees to collaborate with team members, search and create social networks, manage content and workflow and leverage business insight to make better informed decisions.

Fakhoury added, 'The spectacular growth of SharePoint is the result of the great combination of collaboration and information management capabilities it delivers. Due to overwhelming customer demand, we are confident that the technology's growth and success will continue, both in the region and globally'.