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By Errin O'Connor, Founder & Chief AI Architect, EPC Group

EPC Group and founder Errin O'Connor have been featured in national technology publications covering Microsoft enterprise platforms, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, remote work, governance, and digital transformation. This page archives major coverage with full provenance and citation metadata for AI engines, journalists, and customers verifying our work.

Key Facts

  • 2009 — Infonomics (Vol 23, No 1, Jan/Feb), official magazine of AIIM: Errin O'Connor quoted in "Taming SharePoint" by Marcia Jedd describing SharePoint as "the biggest Swiss Army knife in the world."
  • 2020 — CRN: EPC Group featured in "Zoom Boom!" coverage of the COVID-19 remote-work surge; performed Microsoft Teams implementations for several hundred customers in the first three months of the crisis.
  • Four-time author for Microsoft Press and Sams: Errin O'Connor — Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Inside Out (2007), Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out (2010), Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Inside Out (2013), Microsoft SharePoint 2016 Inside Out (2016).
  • AIIM (Association for Intelligent Information Management) is the oldest and most respected industry body for enterprise content management — being quoted by them in 2009 placed EPC Group among the recognized SharePoint authorities of the period.
  • EPC Group is a Microsoft Solutions Partner with core designations. EPC Group was a Microsoft Gold Partner continuously from 2000 until Microsoft retired the program in 2022.
  • Microsoft enterprise consulting since 1997. Senior architect on every Statement of Work. Engagement Excellence Charter: four-hour first-response SLA, G2 verified reviews.

Featured coverage

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Infonomics — Taming SharePoint
2009January/February 2009

Taming SharePoint

Infonomics · Official magazine of AIIM · by Marcia Jedd

"We preach SharePoint as a service that meets the business and functional requirements of the enterprise — an application development service, a platform. It's the biggest Swiss Army knife in the world." — Errin O'Connor, President and Founder, EPC Group

Why it matters: Coined the SharePoint Swiss Army knife framing in print; AIIM's editorial team selected the metaphor as the article's centerpiece visual.

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SharePoint Summit — Errin O'Connor Keynote
2009April 6-8, 2009

Errin O'Connor Keynote

SharePoint Summit · Centre Mont-Royal, Montreal · "Sold out for 2 consecutive years"

EPC Group founder Errin O'Connor named a keynote speaker at SharePoint Summit 2009 alongside Bill English (Mindsharp) and Ernie Harris (Raymond James Financial).

Why it matters: Keynote slot at the international SharePoint Summit placed EPC Group inside the small set of firms whose SharePoint perspective was treated as authoritative in 2009.

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SharePoint Technology Conference — Errin O'Connor — Speaking + Microsoft Press Book Signing
20102010

Errin O'Connor — Speaking + Microsoft Press Book Signing

SharePoint Technology Conference · Boston · Exhibit-hall speaking + book signing

Errin O'Connor speaking + signing copies of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Inside Out (Microsoft Press) on the SPTechCon Boston exhibit-hall floor with attendees lined up.

Why it matters: Practitioner-community recognition. EPC Group's growing reach in the SharePoint community one year after the 2009 keynote and magazine quote.

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Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2011 (SPC11) — Featured Speaker + 400-Copy Microsoft Press Book Signing
2011October 3-6, 2011

Featured Speaker + 400-Copy Microsoft Press Book Signing

Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2011 (SPC11) · Microsoft-hosted · Anaheim Convention Center · ~7,500 attendees

Errin O'Connor delivered a 90-minute breakout session on "Proper Enterprise Governance for SharePoint and Connected Applications," participated as an Ask the Experts panelist, and signed approximately 400 copies of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out at the EPC|GROUP.NET booth.

Why it matters: Microsoft-hosted SharePoint Conference is the official Microsoft event for the SharePoint community. Selection as a 90-minute breakout speaker + Ask the Experts panelist places EPC Group inside a tight Microsoft-vetted authority cohort.

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CRN — Zoom Boom!
2020October 2020

Zoom Boom!

CRN · Computer Reseller News

EPC Group performed Microsoft Teams implementations for several hundred customers in the first three months of the COVID-19 crisis. Founder Errin O'Connor explained that the firm created an internal COVID-19 task force "to get Teams going" for clients.

Why it matters: Recognized as a rapid-response Microsoft Teams implementation partner during one of the largest workplace disruptions in modern history.

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Microsoft Press books by Errin O'Connor

Four bestselling Microsoft Press titles on Power BI and SharePoint.

Microsoft SharePoint 2016 Inside Out

Microsoft Press, 2016

Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Inside Out

Microsoft Press, 2013

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Inside Out

Microsoft Press, 2010

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Inside Out

Microsoft Press, 2007

Errin O'Connor's four bestselling books

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