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Some SharePoint facts

• SharePoint is the fastest-growing product in the history of Microsoft.

• Over 75 million licenses of SharePoint have been sold worldwide.

• SharePoint is listed, by Forrester, as the number 1 portal product.

• SharePoint is positioned as a leader within the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals products.

• Over 400 case studies have been published on SharePoint.

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V said…
Make that over 100 million now. :)

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