Micro-Blogging Gains Acceptance for Enterprise Collaboration
Twitter is no longer just for chatting with friends or promoting a recent blog post. According to a report published this month by Pistachio Consulting micro-blogging, or micro-sharing as it is referred to in the report, is rapidly being adopted by businesses as a cutting-edge collaboration and sharing tool.
Micro Sharing - Macro Results surveys the micro-blogging landscape and compares 19 currently available micro-blogging applications, along with reviewing strengths and potential weaknesses of each option.
This report examines the following micro-blogging applications:
- BlueTwit - IBM’s internal micro-blogging client
- Communote - topic-centric micro-blogging tool
- ESME (Enterprise Social Messaging Experiment) - enterprise micro-blogging platform
- Headmix - configurable micro-blogging tool
- Identica - open source micro-blogging application that integrates with Twhirl
- Iron Feed - micro-blogging application built with Microsoft’s .net technology
- Jiska - open source micro-blogging tool for the Spanish-speaking world
- OraTweet - Oracle’s internal micro-blogging
- OpenMicroBlogger - open source micro-blogging application
- Present.ly - micro-blogging application with support for groups
- Prologue - micro-blogging WordPress theme from Automattic
- QikCom - self-serve micro-blogging application that integrates with company domain
- SocialCast - private micro-blogging tool with company administration options
- Socialtext Signals - internal micro-blogging application designed to work with Socialtext 3.0
- Status - micro-blogging application from Shiftedfrequency
- Trillr - Twitter clone developed by CoreMedia for internal use
- Twitter - the universal standard in micro-blogging
- Yammer - self-serve micro-blogging application for companies
- Yonkly - micro-blogging application with support for groups, images and threaded discussions
This report is available for online viewing by following this link.
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December 4th, 2008 at 14:52
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