Atlas ‘panache and forward thinking’ stands out in ClearBox report

Atlas by ClearPeople has been awarded an “outstanding” rating in the latest version of ClearBox’s Intranets and Employee Experience Platforms report.

“Atlas excels at making information more manageable for organizations looking to build on their Microsoft 365 investment,” ClearBox says. In particular, Atlas ConneX, the digital workplace solution’s provisioning engine, stands out for the way it provides consistency and structure, helping companies realize the value of their information.

The much-anticipated report by UK-based ClearBox Consulting (no connection to ClearPeople, despite the similar company names) is a comprehensive and objective review of the best intranet providers and solutions. This just-released version is an update of their January 2023 report, reflecting the rapid rate of development in this sector.

“While intranet capability is only one aspect of the Atlas Digital Workplace platform, we’re delighted that ClearBox recognises the promise of Atlas ConneX. We know that providing consistency and structure to the organization’s information is critical to delivering high quality outcomes and that this is going to become even more important as companies seek to use and benefit from AI,” says Stephen Bedford, Director of ClearPeople’s Product Division.

Calling Atlas “one of the most comprehensive and capable platforms for supporting knowledge management processes on top of Microsoft 365,” ClearBox particularly recommends Atlas to organizations looking to solve knowledge management challenges.

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"The ConneX provisioning and governance engine underpins Atlas' powerful information management."

"Behind the scenes is a very capable provisioning engine which oversees consistency and metadata."

"For end users, the ConneX experience is a dashboard of ‘Workspaces’. These may be powered by SharePoint alone or SharePoint and MS Teams spaces combined. As with other parts of Atlas, it comes with a clear and comprehensive set of filters, and this makes it much easier to cope with a large number of collaborative spaces compared to the native interfaces provided by Microsoft. A neat touch is that each workspace card has icons giving direct access to specific features, such as associated OneNote or folders."

"People search is considerably improved over Microsoft's offering, in particular the ability to search for experts by skills, location, and department, etc." - ClearBox Consulting.

"Atlas search is versatile and powerful."

"Atlas excels when it comes to organising and retrieving information. It makes extensive use of metadata and filters, and when combined with Viva Topics adds a powerful yet pleasing experience of interactive cards appearing with a mouse-over gesture."