NewsGator Fills Enterprise Social Gap for Microsoft Sharepoint
When Newsgator got its start in 2004, it wasn’t as an avowed Gold Certified partner of Microsoft with a focus on social solutions for businesses and enterprises.
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Tips for Implementing an Enterprise Social Platform
Prior to selecting a social network for your business, familiarize yourself with the potential hazards, and use the following tips to facilitate a strong, successful implementation.
Business Software Week in Review: Week of July 16-20, 2012
Read our wrap-up of the major news items of the week of July 16 – 20, 2012, including announcements from Yahoo, Microsoft, Dropbox, and Windows Azure.
Could Jive Be the Next Big Social Acquisition?
In the aftermath of Microsoft’s acquisition of enterprise social networking company Yammer last month, industry analysts are turning their attention toward Palo Alto-based Jive Software. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Jive is a prime target for Microsoft competitors looking to broaden their social offerings.
Yammer Networks Your Enterprise, Socially
In our recent primer on enterprise social we mentioned Microsoft’s entry into the segment with its purchase of Yammer, a firm that services more than 80% of the Fortune 500. Now, as part of the Microsoft Office Division, Yammer seems poised to tackle this segment backed by all the resources a huge and diversified player like Microsoft can provide.
Microsoft Yammer
Yammer acts as a private social network for use in a company environment. As a cloud-based solution, the platform can be accessed from many different platforms including desktop PC, smartphone, and Microsoft SharePoint.
Key Players in Enterprise Social
We uncover top enterprise social vendors who are developing innovative and widely adopted solutions for enterprise social networking and collaboration.
Enterprise Social: A Primer
Enterprise social software is a broad term used to describe software products that facilitate collaboration and sharing among the members of an organization. Either deployed independently, or implemented as part of an existing software suite—as is the case with the offers of larger companies like IBM, Microsoft, and SAP—these tools apply the principles and features of Web 2.0 services like Twitter, Facebook, and Wikipedia to the workplace.
Social in the Spotlight
Social is hot right now. It seems like everyone from industry analysts to corporate executives is talking about the importance of social to CRM and the broader business software market.