SharePoint360 Launches SharePoint360 Web

New internet solution to demonstrate how non-technical personnel can build full-featured web sites in a few hours at a minimal monthly cost.

SharePoint360 LLC, a San Diego-based SharePoint hosting and consulting firm and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, today announced that it has launched SharePoint360 Web.

SharePoint360 Web is a hosted solution utilizing the SharePoint Web-based collaboration and document management platform. Now, SharePoint360 LLC is taking advantage of its SharePoint expertise to allow organizations to produce and maintain their own Web sites in a matter of hours, with built-in Web 2.0 features such as blogs, calendars, alerts, RSS feeds, wikis and search capabilities. Any existing staff member can utilize the service without the need for a webmaster, an FTP site, Web design software or even entry-level programming skills, claims the company.

The company avers that the use of the service begins with selection of a domain. Customers can then choose to produce a Web site that is as basic or as sophisticated as they want. Although a standard template can be used at the onset for instant deployment, businesses can customize their sites to suit specific requirements, whether that means embedding Google Analytics, creating image libraries or adding Flash animation or collaboration capabilities. Companies can explore even more creative options by using SharePoint Designer, Microsoft's latest Web design software.

The company further states, after a customer's initial Web site is up and running, non-technical users can continue to manage the system, performing ongoing updates in seconds. Designated administrators simply sign in and post documents in real time. In addition, new pages can be created and added in minutes, and images can be uploaded quickly using an intuitive SharePoint360 Photo Webpart.

"The old model of having an outside design firm controlling your site and your ongoing updates is antiquated, inefficient and can be very frustrating and costly," said Paul West, one of the principals for SharePoint360 LLC. "With SharePoint360 Web, we demystify the design and maintenance process so that the customer is in complete command of one of the most important aspects of their business -- their Web site.

"SharePoint360 Web is a great entry point into SharePoint," said Cliff Smeed, co-founder/principal for SharePoint360 LLC. "Its user friendly interface and customizable features simply trump the traditional, static web site model. Plus, once you have been exposed to the Internet version of SharePoint, you begin to appreciate all the benefits the product offers for internal purposes as well. Creating intranet and extranet portals can be done with the same level of ease, but with significantly more horsepower, allowing employees, partners, and customers to contribute and have a much richer collaborative experience."