Greetings from the ShareFEST Conference! Keynote Speaker Steve Aylward of Microsoft on ‘The SharePoint Buzz in Health and Life Sciences’
ShareFEST, the SharePoint Conference for Life Sciences is underway, and Ken Lownie, NextDocs’ VP of Life Sciences provided this morning’s welcoming remarks prior to introducing the first keynote speaker. Ken mentioned that the initial vision of...How to Create a New Alert in SharePoint
After the painful lesson I recently learned on the consequences of not setting up SharePoint alerts, I promised to return in a few days with a blog detailing the steps involved in the creation of a new alert in SharePoint. As I prepare for virtual back-to-back trips...Get a Free Flip HD Camcorder with Your Purchase of SharePoint Video Library!
At Bamboo, we pride ourselves on being full-service providers of components that extend the power of your SharePoint platform. Well, hold onto your hats because we’re about to take that commitment to new heights with our latest promotion of our SharePoint Video...Plotting a ShareFEST Course: So Many Excellent Sessions, So Little Time!
As regular readers of the Bamboo Team Blog know, this week marks the first ShareFEST Conference, the SharePoint Conference for life sciences, which takes place in Philadelphia, PA, on Thursday and Friday. I’ll be heading up to Philly from D.C. on Wednesday...This Week in Bamboo (March 28th, 2010 – April 3rd, 2010)
For this week in Bamboo, we fixed some bugs and released the patches for the following products: List Search Simple Web Part, List Integrity, and Calendar Plus Web Part. Check out the new feature of List Search Simple Web Part (HW11A R1.8.25) which allows users to...Content Management with SharePoint Wikis: The Launch of Bamboo Wiki Publisher!
As described by Merriam-Webster dictionary, a wiki is, “a Web site that allows visitors to make changes, contributions, or corrections.” If you ask me, that’s an overly simplistic definition. Why not put a little zazz in the definition? For example,...SharePoint Saturday D.C. – Register to Be a Part of SharePoint Saturday History on May 15!
Bamboo is proud to be a platinum sponsor of the upcoming SharePoint Saturday D.C., taking place May 15 on the campus of Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) in Annandale, VA. I recently spoke with Dux Raymond Sy, one of the event organizers (along with Dan...Register Now for SharePoint 2010 Launch Events in the U.S.!
You may have seen our earlier post announcing that Bamboo will be a Gold Sponsor of the Washington, D.C. launch event surrounding SharePoint 2010 and the entire 2010 Office suite. Flanking the official launch date of May 12th, the series of free launch events will...New Features in SharePoint Designer 2010
It’s been a pleasure working with the beta of SharePoint Designer (SPD) 2010 over the last several months. Among the most notable new features and enhancements that I’m especially glad to see are: Greatly improved UI, which is very helpful You can...The Importance of (Remembering to Set Up) Alerts in SharePoint
I think I might need to set up an alert to remind me to set up alerts… I’ve written in the past about the usefulness of SharePoint alerts, and I’ve used alerts to great effect in the past, but here’s the thing: an alert only works if you...
Bamboo Solutions Appoints Michael Schwien as New Chief Financial Officer
Bamboo® Solutions, the leading provider of technologies that enhance Microsoft® SharePoint®, announced today the appointment of Michael Schwien to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Leveraging over 20 years of experience across a broad base of finance and...Bamboo Solutions Appoints Michael Schwien as New Chief Financial Officer
Bamboo® Solutions, the leading provider of technologies that enhance Microsoft® SharePoint®, announced today the appointment of Michael Schwien to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Leveraging over 20 years of experience across a broad base of finance and...
Windows 7 Holes Eased by Axing Admin Rights; Microsoft Cautious on Mobile Office Apps; Open Data, Open Microsoft
Top News Stories Continuous Availability for Microsoft SharePoint Farms – White Paper (Computer Weekly) The adoption of SharePoint as a business-critical technology continues to drive productivity and process improvement across organizations of various...
This Week in Bamboo (March 21st, 2010 – March 27th, 2010)
Import MS Word (doc, Docx), RTF, and TXT documents to the SharePoint Wiki Library, including the style, table, picture, index, etc.
Bamboo’s Commitment to Customer Service
Hello, my name is Mike O’Brien. Bamboo recently hired me to run the customer support group. I joined Bamboo in early 2010 after spending thirteen years with a Fortune 500 company. I spent most of those 13 years building, scaling and running IT Support...Grazie from the SharePoint Conference in Italy!
Last week March 9-11, 2010 was the third annual Microsoft SharePoint event in Milan, Italy. Our Partner, Green Team was there as a Platinum sponsor of the three-day event. Over 400 attendees enjoyed 60 technical sessions given by over 36 presenters. Bamboo...IMPACT Management’s IMAGINE Event is coming April 1st to New York City!
IMAGINE SharePoint 2010 Event SharePoint has fueled innovation for a decade! We’ve all learned about SharePoint, deployed it, and spread the good word. The question that faces us today is how will we use SharePoint to create innovative solutions that help...Bamboo Webinars – An Hour Goes A Long Way
If you weren’t aware that we here at Bamboo conduct weekly webinars, then shame on you, but we’ll forgive you this time. We are currently offering 1 hour Bamboo SharePoint Project Management Central, PM Suite – Building Blocks for Implementing Your...SharePoint 2010 Evolution Conference is Coming to London, England, April 19-21
It gives me great pleasure to announce that, in addition to Bamboo’s Silver Sponsorship of the SharePoint 2010 Evolution Conference, Bamboo Nation is coming on board as a Media Sponsor for the event. The SharePoint 2010 Evolution Conference, taking place April...ICS – Dip Into SharePoint 2010!
ICS SOLUTIONS LAUNCH A FREE ONLINE EVALUATION PORTAL FOR SHAREPOINT 2010. WITH SharePoint 2010 now at the release candidate stage and full launch due shortly, ICS Solutions are proud to introduce ‘Dip into SharePoint 2010’ – a free portal that...This Week in Bamboo (March 14th, 2010 – March 20th, 2010)
This Week in Bamboo we fixed some bugs and released the patches for the following products: SharePoint Video Library, Password Change Web Part, SharePoint Team Calendar, and SharePoint Project Portfolio Dashboard. We also updated IT Productivity Pack with the latest...PM Central Mobile Is Coming! (Eventually)
At the end of 2009, Bamboo Solutions announced a strategic partnership with H3 Solutions. At the heart of this alliance is H3’s exciting new development framework for mobile SharePoint applications, Mobile Entree. I am personally very optimistic about the...Mindsharp Power End User Training Fills in the Missing Pieces of Your SharePoint Puzzle
The past few weeks have involved a whirlwind of new technology being thrown at me as I’ve ramped up my understanding of Bamboo Solutions Web Parts and solutions. With each passing week, the products and SharePoint technology have made more sense, but some of the...New Faces of Bamboo: Introducing Weilin Peng
Editor’s note: As readers of our 2009 Year in Review series will have likely gathered, Bamboo is currently undergoing rapid growth. Some of our new hires have been with us for a couple of months now, but with new faces appearing in the office seemingly...
Upcoming Event: Microsoft CRM, Salesforce.com, SharePoint 2010, Unified Communications, Social Media Strategy – May 6, 2010
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Success Accelerators announces “Your Business … Accelerated,” part of their 4 City Tour, is scheduled to visit The Westin in Tyson’s Corner, VA on May 6, 2010. Register here: www.successaccelerators.com The event will feature...
Upcoming Event: Microsoft CRM, Salesforce.com, SharePoint 2010, Unified Communications, Social Media Strategy – May 13, 2010
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Success Accelerators announces “Your Business … Accelerated,” part of their 4 City Tour, is scheduled for the Westin Peachtree Plaza in downtown Atlanta, GA on May 13, 2010. Register here: www.successaccelerators.com The event will...
Upcoming Event: Microsoft CRM, Salesforce.com, SharePoint 2010, Unified Communications, Social Media Strategy – May 11, 2010
RALEIGH, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Success Accelerators announces “Your Business … Accelerated,” part of their 4 City Tour, is scheduled for the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, NC on May 11, 2010. Register here: www.successaccelerators.com The event will...
Upcoming Event: Microsoft CRM, Salesforce.com, SharePoint 2010, Unified Communications, Social Media Strategy – May 4, 2010
CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Success Accelerators announces “Your Business … Accelerated,” part of their 4 City Tour, is scheduled to visit the Duke Mansion in Charlotte, NC on May 4, 2010. Register here: www.successaccelerators.com The event will...New Faces of Bamboo: Introducing Sean Mason
Editor’s note: As readers of our 2009 Year in Review series will have likely gathered, Bamboo is currently undergoing rapid growth. Some of our new hires have been with us for a couple of months now, but with new faces appearing in the office seemingly...New Faces of Bamboo: Introducing Katie Packard
Editor’s note: As readers of our 2009 Year in Review series will have likely gathered, Bamboo is currently undergoing rapid growth. Some of our new hires have been with us for a couple of months now, but with new faces appearing in the office seemingly...This Week in Bamboo (March 7th, 2010 – March 13th, 2010)
For This Week in Bamboo, there were two patches released: Workflow Conductor and Alert Plus Web Part. For Workflow Conductor we fixed the issue where the “Assigned To” field is ready to use on current item of lookup common. Users can now use the active directory...Save the Date! Bamboo Will Sponsor Microsoft Launch Event for SharePoint 2010 in Washington DC on 5/18
As most of you already know, Microsoft will officially launch SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 on May 12th, 2010. Actually, this launch is a lot bigger than just SharePoint & Office, we’ll also see new versions of Microsoft Project, SQL Server, Visio &...Branding in SharePoint 2010: Initial Observations on CSS and Master Pages
Having spent several months with SharePoint 2010 betas, and in conjunction with my post on the new features in SharePoint Designer 2010, I wanted to take a few moments to share my initial observations on CSS and master pages in SharePoint 2010. CSS: SharePoint 2010...ShareFEST, the SharePoint Conference for Life Sciences is Coming to Philadelphia April 8-9
I noticed in a LinkedIn update earlier this week that our friend and resident expert on SharePoint for Project Management, Dux Raymond Sy would be a speaker at the upcoming ShareFEST Conference in Philadelphia, April 8-9. Somehow this SharePoint conference had...SharePoint 2010 to Launch Ahead of Schedule in May & SharePoint 2010 Training Portal Now Available
In case you haven’t already heard the happy news, the launch date of SharePoint 2010 has been moved up from the previously reported June release, and will be arriving a month earlier in May. Microsoft has announced that the official launch date for both...New Faces of Bamboo: Introducing Anita Colvard
Editor’s note: As readers of our 2009 Year in Review series will have likely gathered, Bamboo is currently undergoing rapid growth. Some of our new hires have been with us for a couple of months now, but with new faces appearing in the office seemingly daily in...This Week in Bamboo (February 28th, 2010 – March 6th, 2010)
Do you want to know what’s new in Bamboo this week? Check out our storefront for new product, Bamboo Custom Identifier, with 30 day free trial download. The new Bamboo Custom Identifier provides users with a method to customize the format of auto-generated...Bamboo Product Support for SharePoint 2010
Microsoft has officially announced a release date of May 12th for SharePoint 2010. take a hard look at the new version of SharePoint.
Bamboo Solutions to Offer Workshops on Leveraging Microsoft SharePoint for Project Management & Workflow
Bamboo® Solutions is excited to offer half-day, hands-on workshops to help users successfully manage projects and business processes within Microsoft® SharePoint®.
Bamboo Solutions to Offer Workshops on Leveraging Microsoft SharePoint for Project Management & Workflow
Maximize productivity with an easy-to-use product designed to work that way you do with half-day, hands-on workshops.
Take SharePoint Item Identification to the Next Level with the Custom Identifier Column
Generate customized, unique values for your SharePoint list items. Combine uniqueness, clarity and uniformity across your SharePoint lists.
Guest Blog by Michael Womack – Adventures in Bamboo PM Central: “Charting and Tasking …”
Mike Womack’s entire Adventures in Bamboo PM Central guest blog and how he would best describe the Summary Charts.
Bamboo Giddy Ups into Dallas for SharePoint TechFest
Bamboo Solutions participate in the annual SharePoint TechFest conference. Nando Carbonel presenting on Project Management in SharePoint.
Bamboo Introduces Workflow Conductor; Automate & Manage Business Processes with Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft SharePoint announces the availability of Workflow Conductor™, a new application suite designed to enable business process automation.
Bamboo Introduces Workflow Conductor; Automate & Manage Business Processes with Microsoft SharePoint
Workflow Conductor augments Bamboo’s extensive portfolio of add-ons and companion tools for Microsoft SharePoint.
Guest Blog by Michael Womack – Adventures in Bamboo PM Central: “It’s All About Dashboard Usability…”
Mike Womack’s entire Adventures in Bamboo PM Central guest blog and how he would best describe the Summary Charts.
Working from Another Branch of Bamboo
The Bamboo office in Ho Chi Minh City (HCM) is a bustling, cross-cultural mirror of Bamboo’s Reston headquarters.
PM Central Guide Services – Get On the Fast Track to Managing Projects in SharePoint
PM Central allows you to create standardized site templates and achieve consistency in site navigation, content, permissions and metrics across your project sites
Announcing the Release of Workflow Conductor™
Bamboo’s new Workflow Conductor™ is now available for download and purchase. It allows users to automate business processes by easily creating, managing, and reusing custom workflows within SharePoint.
