Axceler Introduces ControlPoint 4.0 to Manage Microsoft SharePoint 2010

New Release of Award-Winning SharePoint Administration Product Features Support for the Latest SharePoint Platform

WOBURN, MA– June 1, 2010 – Axceler,the leader in administration software for Microsoft SharePoint, today introduced release 4.0 of ControlPoint, the award-winning administration product for SharePoint and winner of the Best of Tech-Ed 2009 awards.  The new release 4.0 supports SharePoint 2010, demonstrating the company’s continued industry leadership in SharePoint administration and staying ahead of the needs of SharePoint administrators.  The new features in ControlPoint 4.0 were designed to improve administration of SharePoint 2007 and bring the same advanced capabilities and more to the SharePoint 2010 platform.

ControlPoint, the leading SharePoint administration product for Microsoft SharePoint and winner of the most recent Best SharePoint Product award, includes comprehensive permissions management, in-depth activity and storage analysis and the ability to measure performance of SharePoint environments against governance policies.  Axceler ControlPoint also gives administrators complete control over the configuration and deployment of their SharePoint environments.

ControlPoint 4.0 will be available this month, fulfilling Axceler’s commitment to releasing a SharePoint 2010 version of ControlPoint within 60 days of Microsoft’s RTM of the new platform.

Separately today the company also announced its acquisition of echoTechnology, the technology leader in SharePoint migration.  With the acquisition, Axceler’s software solutions now address two of the most critical areas of SharePoint management —administration and migration.  Both are required to assist enterprise customers as they migrate to the new SharePoint 2010 platform.

“As enterprise customers get ready for SharePoint 2010, they will increasingly turn to ControlPoint 4.0 for the powerful capabilities that make administration of the latest SharePoint platform easier and more efficient,” said Michael Alden, President and CEO, Axceler.  “Customers favor ControlPoint’s scalability, ease-of-use and support for distributed site admins, and now with ControlPoint 4.0, we’re bringing those benefits for SharePoint administrationto Microsoft’s latest platform.”

Among the new features in ControlPoint 4.0 are:

• A single code base that works on either SharePoint 2007 or 2010
• The ability to manage new SharePoint 2010 features that are important when deploying/upgrading to 2010, including:
• managing the Visual Upgrade options on the new SharePoint 2010 user interface; and,
• reporting on configured services and databases across multiple SharePoint 2010 farms. 
• New capabilities that broaden and deepen the already industry-leading feature set for managing SharePoint permissions.

About Axceler

Specializing in software for Microsoft SharePoint, Axceler has delivered award winning administration products worldwide since 1994.  For Microsoft SharePoint, Axceler offers ControlPoint - the best way to get control over a SharePoint environment.  ControlPoint gives SharePoint professionals the ability to manage permissions, copy sites, analyze activity and much more.  Axceler's ControlPoint was recently named the Best SharePoint Product of 2009 by the editors of Windows IT Pro.  The company’s recently acquired echoTechnology product line delivers comprehensive, best of breed migration solutions for organizations upgrading to newer versions of SharePoint, including SharePoint 2010.  For more information visit http://www.axceler.com

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