Colligo Contributor is a

proprietary software Proprietary software is computer software, software that grants its creator, publisher, or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner a legal monopoly by modern copyright and intellectual property law to exclude the recipient from freely sharing t ...

package aimed at businesses, developed by Colligo Networks of Vancouver, British Columbia. Colligo Contributor was launched in 2006 and is part of a family of Colligo products that provide

rich client In computer networking, a rich client (also called a heavy, fat or thick client) is a computer (a " client" in client–server network architecture) that typically provides rich functionality independent of the central server. This kind of comput ...

interfaces for Microsoft

SharePoint SharePoint is a collection of enterprise content management and knowledge management tools developed by Microsoft. Launched in 2001, it was initially bundled with Windows Server as Windows SharePoint Server, then renamed to Microsoft Office ...

, a collaborative portal application based on the

Windows SharePoint Services SharePoint is a collection of enterprise content management and knowledge management tools developed by Microsoft. Launched in 2001, it was initially bundled with Windows Server as Windows SharePoint Server, then renamed to Microsoft Office Sh ...

platform. The Colligo for SharePoint product line also includes a free product called Colligo Reader. Colligo Contributor is now part of Colligo Engage.

Colligo Contributor for SharePoint

Colligo Contributor is a family of desktop software applications developed on the Microsoft .NET framework, that are designed to increase SharePoint user adoption by addressing "problems on the UI and

user experience User experience (UX) is how a user interacts with and experiences a product, system or service. It includes a person's perceptions of utility, ease of use, and efficiency. Improving user experience is important to most companies, designers, a ...

fronts". These applications are compatible with servers running Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, SharePoint 2010, or SharePoint 2013. Colligo Contributor has been called a "client for SharePoint" because it "integrates the client infrastructure with the SharePoint infrastructure", providing a local

user interface In the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, a user interface (UI) is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur. The goal of this interaction is to allow effective operation and control of the machine fro ...

that is an alternative to the typical SharePoint interface through a browser. The architecture of the local

data store A data store is a repository for persistently storing and managing collections of data which include not just repositories like databases, but also simpler store types such as simple files, emails, etc. A ''database'' is a collection of data that ...

enables users to optionally cache SharePoint content, making it available online and offline. Colligo Contributor also includes a

software development kit A software development kit (SDK) is a collection of software development tools in one installable package. They facilitate the creation of applications by having a compiler, debugger and sometimes a software framework. They are normally specific t ...

to build custom SharePoint client applications, and extensions such as custom metadata editors. Colligo contributor can be used to solve SharePoint

usability Usability can be described as the capacity of a system to provide a condition for its users to perform the tasks safely, effectively, and efficiently while enjoying the experience. In software engineering, usability is the degree to which a softw ...

challenges in several scenarios, such as

email Electronic mail (usually shortened to email; alternatively hyphenated e-mail) is a method of transmitting and receiving Digital media, digital messages using electronics, electronic devices over a computer network. It was conceived in the ...

and attachment management, network file share replacement,

enterprise content management Enterprise content management (ECM) extends the concept of content management by adding a timeline for each content item and, possibly, enforcing processes for its creation, approval, and distribution. Systems using ECM generally provide a secur ...

, and SharePoint

migration Migration, migratory, or migrate may refer to: Human migration * Human migration, physical movement by humans from one region to another ** International migration, when peoples cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum le ...

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External links

Colligo homepageReview of Colligo Contributor 2.0 from Dustin’s Tech Notes BlogeWeek Review of Colligo Reader and Colligo Contributor
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20100225054215/http://emea.windowsitpro.com/Windows/Articles/ArticleID/102984/pg/13/13.html 2009 Windows IT Pro Editors' Best and Community Choice Awards Groupware Collaborative software