Magic Quadrant reports(Gartner Research) for 2011, 2010 & 2009

Here is the useful link that includes Magic Quadrant reports(Gartner Research), MarketScope etc..

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/itanalyst/default.mspx

SharePoint is leading Gartner Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals

Here is the good news:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/cbortlik/archive/2010/10/19/congratulations-to-sharepoint-product-team-for-achieving-1-ranking-on-gartner-s-2010-horizontal-portals-magic-quadrant.aspx

SharePoint Server 2010 capacity management: Software boundaries and limits

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787.aspx

This article describes software boundaries and limits of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. These include the following:

• Boundaries: Static limits that cannot be exceeded by design
  
  
• Thresholds: Configurable limits that can be exceeded to accommodate specific requirements
  
  
• Supported limits: Configurable limits that have been set by default to a tested value

SharePoint Server 2010 Capacity Planning, Sizing Tool

These white papers and articles include information about the performance and capacity characteristics of the feature and how it was tested by Microsoft, including:

• Test farm characteristics
  
  
• Test results
  
  
• Recommendations
  
  
• Troubleshooting performance and scalability

Find all these stuff at : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff608068.aspx

The HP Sizer for Sharepoint 2010 is available for download at following link

http://h71019.www7.hp.com/activeanswers/Secure/548230-0-0-0-121.html

SharePoint Server 2010 Product Contents & Resources

Aggregated links to find out more about implementing Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, as well as related products and technologies:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee428287.aspx

SharePoint 2010 SP-1 is available for download Now

Know more about it @ SharePoint Team Blog

SharePoint Random Picture Viewer Webpart

Intro: Random picture viewer webpart reads the picture randomly from SharePoint "Picture Library" & displays it in specific size.
Description: It is a dataview webpart, following are steps to use this webpart :

1. Download "PictureViewer.webpart" webpart file from here
2. On your site page browse & upload the webpart
3. Add the webpart at desired location on page
4. Edit webpart properties --> Parameter editor & set ListId parameter=[List ID of Picture Library in your website]
5. Save the changes & go...it's done

Note: this webpart is designed to work with SharePoint picture library only.