How many of you are still using excel to manage your business?

For many small businesses, Microsoft Excel is the default software application used to store company information, communicate with team members, and control content.  However, as businesses grow and their needs increase, they often find Excel cannot meet emerging challenges that demand faster, more efficient communication, more control over information, and better organization.  These businesses may be wasting untold time and resources trying to stretch the use of an outmoded program that can no longer keep up with their needs.

For these businesses, it may be time to step up to a SharePoint solution.  Microsoft SharePoint is a multi-purpose web application platform that can make communications, collaboration, and content management more fluid and effective for many businesses.  The SharePoint platform assists with information sharing, enterprise search implementation, business processes, and business intelligence to streamline business operations, increase productivity, and ultimately save time and money.  The three main themes of SharePoint are communication, information, and organization.

Have you recently switched from Excel to SharePoint?When do you consider it time to make the change?