The Power of the Perfected 80% Solution

Sure, we all want exactly the right app for our needs.  But, our needs today are usually not the requirements of next month.  People change, processes change, needs change.  So, does it work to buy the “100% solution” today?  Let’s explore how CorasWorks Apps on SharePoint are really designed to be a perfected 80% solution.
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Tipping Point? Structured Business Apps vs. Unstructured Collaboration

There must be something in the air.  Yes, fall is here, but, there is more.  Over the last couple of months, I have had a surge of customers and prospects that have come to me and said that they want a structured business application environment on SharePoint.  The volume and intensity mark a change.  Is [...]

App Store Apps: FREE to CW Customers on PASM

About half of the apps in the App Store are published by CorasWorks.  Of these CW apps, half have a list price.  However, if you are a CorasWorks customer on Premier Annual Support & Maintenance (PASM) , they are FREE to you.  The way the ecommerce checkout works it may not appear that they are [...]

“Ready-for-Work” App Certification – The Process and the Value to You

Each of the apps in the App Store goes through a CorasWorks “Ready-for-Work” app certification process.  This includes apps published by third parties and CorasWorks that are built with CorasWorks and run in a CorasWorks on SharePoint environment.  In this article, we’ll review the standards, our process, and, how this translates into value for you.
 
“Ready-for-Work” [...]

AppEngine for SharePoint – Quick Intro

This week, we released the AppEngine for SharePoint.  This new product is a key piece of our go forward product line.  In this intro article I’ll cover what it is, what you can do with it, and what is in it.
 
 What is it?
The AppEngine provides you with an extensive “app” runtime system for SharePoint.  It [...]

CW Apps: Local vs. One Touch Configuration

CorasWorks and partners are releasing more and more apps to the App Store.  Typically, the business applications are being provided in one of two basic configurations – Local or One Touch.  I’ll briefly cover the differences between the two.
 
Local configuration is the classic way of providing portable apps.  By portable, we mean apps that can [...]