IBM Upgrades Connections Enterprise Social Networking Software
IBM is releasing a new version of its Connections enterprise social networking (ESN) software, which companies use to give their employees social media capabilities adapted for workplace collaboration, such as employee profiles and blogging. Enhancements in IBM Connections 4.0 include a more interactive activity stream, broader support for mobile devices, "This…
Google Apps defeats Lotus, GroupWise in Australia
news Google’s popular Apps collaboration suite has knocked IBM’s Lotus Notes/Domino and Novell’s GroupWise platforms off their perch to become the second most popular office suite in Australian enterprises behind Microsoft Outlook/Exchange, analyst firm Telsyte revealed this week. In the past, the market for collaboration suites was divided…
Salesforce.com gives up bid to trademark ‘social enterprise’
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) has given up its effort to trademark "social enterprise," a term that has become a popular way to refer to enterprises that embrace social media technology. In making the announcement, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff said: "It was never our intention to create confusion in the social…
Office 365 lokt Lotus-klanten met migratietool
Microsoft lokt gebruikers van Exchange-concurrent Lotus Notes door migratiesoftware van een derde partij in te zetten voor zijn clouddienst Office 365. De softwareproducent wendt zich hiervoor tot migratietoolmaker Binary Tree. De software van die specialist maakt migratie van de IBM-groupware naar Office 365 mogelijk, maar helpt ook door coexistentie te faciliteren. Microsoft…
Meet the C-Suite: Understanding Their Impact on Social Business
The C-Suite. We know who they are, but do we really know what they do? In the era of empowered employees, the chief executives are either working for you or against you. They’re either fully integrated into your company’s workflow or they are the individuals who shall not be named….
Atlassian, Foe of Time Wasting, Updates Confluence Collaboration Software
You’re wasting time because of too much email, pointless meetings and interruptions by fellow workers. That was the conclusion by Atlassian in a recent infographic. The company is now doing its part to combat time wasting, with an update on Labor Day to its Confluence content and team collaboration software….
Social Collaboration Tools Can Make Your Business More Efficient
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. We’ve seen a significant increase in contingent workers since the Great Recession; technology is one of the reasons this growth is possible. Employees no longer have…
IBM Connections 4 Gains New Social Capabilities
IBM is unveiling version 4.0 of its Connections social business platform, featuring new social capabilities as well as support for open standards. Connections 4 Delves into Twitter/Facebook Territory A new microblogging feature allows Connections users to attach files their personal status messages and also tag them with searchable Twitter-style hashtags. Status…
Data Analysts Seek to Make Social Media More Useful
It’s not easy turning the Mayberry Police Department into the team from CSI, or turning an idea for a new type of social network analysis into something like Klout on steroids, but those types of transformations are becoming ever more realistic. The world’s universities and research institutions are hard at…
Global Social Benefit Incubator still strong
Shivani Siroya is a petite woman hammering away at a tall task – building a model of credit scores for the poor in India. On a recent weekday in Santa Clara, she took her audacious enterprise before a group of investors, professors and entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley – many of…