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K2 Blackpoint Hot

 
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3.7 (3)

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Developer K2
Supports MOSS 2007WSS v3
Price, US $ 5,000.00
Licensing Per Bundle
Website http://www.k2.com

K2 blackpoint software platform provides SharePoint users with visual tools to build workflows and process-driven applications quickly — without code, without complexity. K2 blackpoint has a powerful Office-style designer (K2 Studio) and a Silverlight-based K2 Web Designer that provides profound simplicity.

Non-developers and business users can use K2 blackpoint to create new SharePoint workflows that span libraries, sites, InfoPath forms, server farms and organizations; manage approvals; and route documents and list items. With K2 blackpoint, everything is visual and wizard-driven, everything can be built without code, and users can assemble new applications from information that already exists.

  • Build SharePoint workflows and applications using an Office-style designer or the Silverlight-based K2 Web Designer.
  • Leverage contextual information about sites, libraries and users.
  • Define what actions are available to users of the process.
  • Use SharePoint users and groups as destinations.

K2 blackpoint’s price point — starting at just $5,000 (U.S.) — is competitive with other low-cost offerings, so it’s easy to get started with workflows and process-driven applications. 


Features:

  • Manage list items, documents, libraries, Web content, sites and workspaces, and records.
  • Build processes that move information and documents between libraries and lists across SharePoint sites and servers.
  • Surface information through process portals.
  • Integrate with SharePoint workflow.
  • Surface tasks through the K2 Tasklist Web part.
  • Leverage existing functionality and information via Web and Windows Communication Foundation services.
  • Applications can be set up to handle simple tasks or to manage complex scenarios. 
  • SharePoint forms are automatically created, based on process design.
  • Reports provide visibility into the business
  • Wizards guide users through configuration of check-in, check-out, move, copy and deletion of documents and list items, as well as e-mail notifications. 
  • Workflows are accessed through standard SharePoint menus.
  • Workflows can be initiated manually or as a result of events.
  • Tasks are available in SharePoint task lists and can surface tasks federated across all sites, processes and SharePoint servers.
  • Tasks can be surfaced in Outlook through SharePoint task synchronization.
  • Tasks are available through the Office Business Bar. 

 

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Average user rating from: 3 user(s)

 

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3.7
 
 

Much better than using SPD

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Everyone needs workflow and this is one of the best tools out there.

Product Reviews

Pros Fantastic integration with SharePoint
Easy to use
Great resources to learn more
Cons Unsure as to blackpoint vs blackpearl
Upgrades not as easy as i would like
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Reviewed by Joe Lapiana
October 20, 2011
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Thumbs down to K2 Blackpoint

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
We have had a fairly tragic experience with K2 BlackPoint, and this is after trying to implement custom workflows in about 4 projects. There are some fundamental things you would expect the product to do OOB but it simply doesn't. Yes, there are some nice points. The real time view of the workflow is pretty slick. Integration with InfoPath is nice too, but seems every attempt to do something, you will have to jump over hoops to get there and consult numerous support articles. Support is average at best. You have to jump up and down to get heard. It's a complicated, buggy product that tries to do alot and ends up doing very little well.

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Pros - hmm, struggling..but linking to InfoPath is about it.

Cons - not intuitive and requires alot of training.
- calling a custom web service or .net service is a pain to implement.
- Process Portal is very slow and lacks alot of features you would expect, like being about to delete more than one workflow instance at a time.
- we encountered numerous bugs with the product
- multiple K2 servers (load balanced) will cause you no end of pain unless you really know what you are doing
- they will charge you for UAT server lics
- Good luck if you use Kerberos.
Version Reviewed 4.5.1230
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2.0
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Reviewed by k2hater
August 23, 2011
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Excellent

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
It's about time we have a workflow solution that is easy to use and well priced.

Product Reviews

Pros 1. Can be used by non-IT business users (no code).
2. Reusable across multiple sites and site collections.
3. Extremely well priced.
Cons 1. "Comments" entered by workflow participants are not easily exposed to the other workflow participants (according to K2 staff, this is being worked on for next release).
Version Reviewed 4.9050.1.0
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Reviewed by ryaneshell
March 26, 2009
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