Effective information sharing and collaboration is rapidly becoming a strategic platform advantage, but that advantage can be compromised if collaboration technologies are deployed in a piecemeal fashion.

Our Hosted Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 platform provides the following advantages:

Fast time-to-market functionality, assuring you a quick, cost-effective deployment that can be integrated into daily business workflows in no time.

Incremental deployment options, enabling you to implement collaboration capabilities within your organization's timeframe and budget.

Easy and cost-effective extensibility, enabling you to build organization-specific solutions and work with well-managed, hosted services connecting customers, partners, and suppliers.

Integration with familiar tools, enabling users to quickly and easily share information and collaborate with peers.

Organization-wide standards, providing persistent security, management, and integration on a scalable platform.

1. Hosted Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 Services takes file sharing to a new level.
   Instead of just dumping files into directories, Hosted Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 Services supplies Web sites with document storage and retrieval with check-in and check-out functionality, version history, custom metadata, and flexible, customizable views. Users can find and share data, with the added assurance that data will not be lost.
2. You can share many kinds of information.
   Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 sites store event calendars, contacts, Web links, discussions, issues lists, announcements, and much more. By using Hosted Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 Services, you can create smart places that help your users share information and get work done, not just a place to save files.
3. Users get the authority, flexibility, and customization they need.
   You can grant users the ability to create sites, allow them to control site membership, monitor site usage directly, and moderate content submissions. Users can even create site templates and share them with one another, reusing customized, proven site solutions.
4. IT gets the management tools it needs.
   Despite the authority delegated to users, Hosted Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 Services also enables you to track which sites are created, who owns them, how long a site has gone unused, and so on. You can enforce quotas for sites, users, and storage; block users from adding specific file types to sites; and automatically delete sites that are unused for long periods of time.
5. Hosted Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 Services has over 60 pre-made application templates.
   You can deploy Hosted Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 Services in any way that works best for your organization. groupSPARK provides you with the option to use application templates to speed up the process of integrating Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 into your workflow. All templates provided are fully customizable.
6. If you want to start small, Hosted Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 Services from groupSPARK.com will meet your needs and grow with you.
   Despite the fact that it was engineered to scale to large enterprise deployments, Hosted Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 Services is perfect for small business, departmental, or pilot environments. groupSPARK.com's flexible pricing makes it easy for you to start with small deployments and scale upwards as you see fit.
7. You can enhance your Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 sites using Web Parts.
   Site owners and users can add the Web Parts you provide to their site pages, adding new features to the sites they already use. ASP.NET developers can write Web Parts to provide data access, Web services, and many other applications and content to Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 sites.
8. You can manage Windows Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 Services the way you want.
   You can manage and configure Hosted Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 Services from day one by using a Web browser or command-line utilities. This makes possible an unlimited number of customizable solutions. Hosted Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 Services will adjust to your work flow so you will not have to make any changes in your daily business operations to accommodate Windows SharePoint Services v3.0.
9. You can use Microsoft Office System 2003 as a powerful set of collaboration tools.
   Thanks to the Web services provided by Hosted Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 Services, programs in the Microsoft Office System-including Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Microsoft Office InfoPath, and Microsoft Office OneNote-can use information in Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 sites natively. Programs in the Microsoft Office System allow users to add members to sites, assign tasks, and communicate with members both by e-mail or in real time by using online presence, all while working on documents stored in Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 sites. With Microsoft Office Outlook, users can view calendars and contact lists stored on Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 sites and can create and manage sites devoted to editing documents and organizing meetings.
10. Easy implementation of blogs and wikis.
    Provide creative forums for brainstorming ideas, building knowledge bases, or simply gathering information in an easy-to-edit format with new templates for implementing blogs (also known as weblogs) and wikis (Web sites that can be quickly edited by team members-no special technical knowledge required).