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Finally! A Three-Cornered Consulting Service for Enterprise 2.0

Its not too often I endorse a new service - in fact, I never have without a lot of due diligence and at least some production history.   So, for the first...and potentially only....time ever, I'm telling you that I'm truly excited about the launch of Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0.  I'm...

Tags: Socialtext, Enterprise 2.0, Framework, Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0, Michael Krigsman, Ross, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-10-20

New Socialtext Microblogging Appliance Signals Increased Flexibility

Socialtext are making available an 'unbundled' appliance version of their microblogging product 'Signals' at an attractive $US1 per user per month, plus $1,000 per month server subscription. With the rapid increase in business use of Twitter, the hugely successful but internet based free microblogging platform, there...

Tags: Socialtext, Socialtext Microblogging Appliance, Socialtext Signals, Social Networking, Wiki, Strategy, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-14

SocialText goes free for up to 50 users

Last weekend Ross Mayfield, president of SocialText called up to discuss the release of SocialText Free50, an offering which allows up to 50 users free access to many of SocialText's functions. Included in the offer: SocialSignals - SocialText's spin on microblogging SocialText...

Tags: Socialtext, SocialText Free50, Wiki, Productivity, Strategy, Online Communications, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Eugene Lee: CEO SocialText on integration, Twitter and predictions

Last week I attended SOMESSO and met Eugene Lee, SocialText's CEO. While I know the company reasonably well through Ross Mayfield and some online webinar sessions the company has hosted, this was the first time I'd met Eugene. He struck me as a strong presenter...

Tags: Socialtext, Social Computing, Twitter, Tool, Integration, Eugene, Social Networking, Productivity, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-05-19

How SocialText is breaking the collaboration mold

How SocialText is breaking the collaboration moldDignan Replaces HowlettSorry about that Dennis. Per your notes here Dignan has now replaced you on my "frumpy-old-guy-thinking" list. He's clearly the king of old-thinking. I'm disappointed. I was sure you had a lock on that title. :)Signed: RotkapchenRE: How SocialText is breaking the...

Tags: Groupware, Socialtext, collaboration

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

How SocialText is breaking the collaboration mold

Last evening, Ross Mayfield, co-founder of SocialText held a conference call with some of the Irregulars to run through the latest incarnation of the company's flagship product. The surprise he held up his sleeve was Signals, the Twitter for enterprise clone and the topic of much debate today. Unusually for...

Tags: Collaboration, Socialtext, Twitter, Signals, Processes, SocialText 3, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Operational Planning, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Internet, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Socialtext enters Twitter for the enterprise sweepstakes

Socialtext enters Twitter for the enterprise sweepstakesTwitterIt'll be interesting to see how well Twitter integrates with society in the long run, if at all.RE: Socialtext enters Twitter for the enterprise sweepstakesFound this video this morning shot several weeks ago where Ross Mayfield presents SocialText 3.0Interesting!http://www.atelier-us.com/e-business-and-it/article/socialtext-brings-key-web-20-features-to-the-workplaceRE: Socialtext enters Twitter for the...

Tags: Channel management, Socialtext, Twitter, enterprise sweepstake

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Socialtext enters Twitter for the enterprise sweepstakes

Socialtext, a company looking to take social networking to the enterprise, has launched its Socialtext 3.0, a suite of social networking applications complete with a wiki and dashboard to manage relationships. Technically, Socialtext 3.0 consists of People, the social networking app; Workspace, the wiki; and Dashboard, which...

Tags: Socialtext, Twitter, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Socialtext's Miki mobile wiki

Socialtext's Miki mobile wikiMobile phone WIKIs?I use http://wapedia.org and http://wapedia.mobi for WIKI articles.How can I translate this site to English?http://bwap.orgThis is WAP site.[b]EDIT:[/b] sorry, there is language switcher on main page!

Tags: Wiki, Cellular phones, Miki mobile wiki, Socialtext

Discussion threads 2008-09-28

SocialCalc: a killer app?

David Greenfield details SocialCalc, the wikified spreadsheet from SocialText. While David's assessment is comprehensive, I partially disagree with his analysis that:  ...SocialCalc will have a long way to go. Today there’s no Excel integration, something that Google Sheets already offers. What’s more the range of functions provided with SocialCalc...

Tags: Killer Application, Socialtext, Spreadsheet, SocialCalc, Google Sheet, Productivity, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-06-10

SocialText Unveils New Wiki Spreadsheet

SocialText Unveils New Wiki SpreadsheetDo we need this?Remember when people were saying everyone was going to have an online Avatar?... yeah.It's just like with regular Office. Microsoft keeps trying to spin it as a platform or "office system". Only problem is, if you ask someone in an office, I'd venture...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Socialtext, Only Problem

Discussion threads 2008-06-10

SocialText unveils new wiki spreadsheet

SocialText just announced its latest addition to SocialText SocialCalc, a multi-user wiki-based spreadsheet. SocialText isn’t the first to deliver an online spreadsheet, but it is the first to integrate an online spreadsheet with a leading Wiki and allows linking between sheets. (Click here for our exclusive, SocialCalc screen gallery.) ...

Tags: Socialtext, Spreadsheet, Permissioning, Google Sheet, Wiki, Productivity, Online Communications, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-06-10

SocialText moves the collaboration goalposts

SocialText moves the collaboration goalpostsSocialText *IS* onto something... WIKIS work!Not that this Google Trend is "proof" or anything but it certainly helps support a theory that I have that wikis are culturally more signficant and potentially far more powerful than e-mail. http://www.google.com/trends?q=wiki%2C+email&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0It's the awakening/acknowledgement of the hive mind,...

Tags: Wiki, Socialtext, goalpost, collaboration

Discussion threads 2008-04-17

SocialText moves the collaboration goalposts

  I caught up with Ross Mayfield, president of SocialText today to discuss its new products, SocialText Dashboard and SocialText People. Ross believes that wikis are the foundation for collaboration within the enterprise and that Dashboard and People represent the next iteration in the way people will...

Tags: Collaboration, Socialtext, Ross, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Wiki, Social Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-04-17

Speaking the language of social applications in the enterprise

Enterprise IT is learning a lot from what could be termed "consumer IT" all the applications that people use outside of work. Most of these applications are termed "social" apps such as Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, blogs, etc. What do social apps have in common with business? ...

Tags: Socialtext, Enterprise IT, Wiki, Online Communications, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-04-08

Socialtext gets new CEO and $9.5 million in funding

Socialtext co-founder Ross Mayfield has stepped down as CEO of the enterprise wiki company and is handing the reins to Eugene Lee, a well-seasoned tech executive who has spent time at Adobe, Cisco, Banyan Systems and was a co-founder of Beyond Inc. acquired by Banyan. Mayfield will maintain chairman and...

Tags: Software, Socialtext, CEO, Wiki, Online Communications, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-11-04

The Magic Quadrant: Team collaboration and social software

Gartner just released its Magic Quadrant for team collaboration and social software. What's interesting is that there aren't any leaders and only two visionaries, Socialtext and SuiteTwo, products from Socialtext, NewsGator, SimpleFeed and MovableType, bundled by SpikeSource and distributed through Intel. Blogs, wikis, forums, RSS and even social graph ...

Tags: Software, Team, Quadrant, Collaboration, Socialtext, Blog, Six Apart Ltd., SiteScape, Magic Quadrant, Wiki, Blogging, Tools & Techniques, Online Communications, Internet, Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-27

Monkcast #10: One day, they'll grow fruit with bar codes on the skin & Yeah! Socialtext

Monkcast #10: One day, they'll grow fruit with bar codes on the skin & Yeah! SocialtextWhy stop at barcodes?Blueberries would indeed be a problem for barcodes, but how about RFIDs? Imagine genetically engineering fruit or any other fresh produce such that it included a passive RFID. Given it'd be little...

Tags: RFID, Socialtext

Discussion threads 2007-07-28

Monkcast #10: One day, they'll grow fruit with bar codes on the skin & Yeah! Socialtext

In this week's Monkcast, our 10th joint production between the research outfit Redmonk and ZDNet, we ponder worldly topics such as the idea of cows making skim milk. Apparently, this is already being done somewhere (eeek!) and we can only wonder when, if ever, fruit and veggies will be grown...

Tags: Common Public Attribution License, David Berlind, General, Legal, MonkCast Podcast, Open Source, OSI, Podcasts, Socialtext, Software Infrastructure

Blog posts 2007-07-27

SaaS in 2007: reaching out to offline users

Just a few months ago, I got flamed by several usually friendly bloggers for pointing out Why Office 2.0 will never go wholly online. Timed a few days before the Office 2.0 conference, my posting was lambasted as "wrong and naive" by Stefan Topfler, while Dennis Howlett said I was...

Tags: on-demand, Socialtext, Collaboration, Architecture, Rich Internet Applications

Blog posts 2006-12-15