Research conducted by Smartlogic, the enterprise semantic software provider, shows that Microsoft SharePoint is emerging as an industry standard.

According to the whitepaper, enterprises are becoming significantly more aware of SharePoint and the software’s uses for organizational and enterprise directors. Also, the report presents why the United States and European managers and directors are utilizing SharePoint throughout their organizations.

In conjunction with speakers from the Ford Foundation and Forrester, Smartlogic plans to present its findings next month in a free webinar.

“The integration of semantics with SharePoint through taxonomy and ontology results in an acceleration of SharePoint Adoption and ROI, with elevated metadata quality, improved findability and an enhanced end-user experience,” said Jeremy Bentley, Smartlogic CEO and author of the whitepaper.

The amount of users adopting SharePoint each year is more than 7 million, according to a report by ZDNet. A Microsoft official said the company has been adding 20,000 new SharePoint users on a daily basis for the past five years.