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Socialtext 4.0 Supports Groups, Microblogging Channels

Socialtext, the enterprise wiki pioneer, released version 4.0 of its platform March 3. The new release boasts a new Groups object to provide users with a virtual gathering place, to rally around a particular topic or goal. Socialtext Signals, the company’s microblogging tool, now lets users filter the short messages colleagues share with them by group. Socialtext Desktop lets users flashback from any microblogging message to see the context of the discussion at the time it was published. In this slide show eWEEK walks through the new capabilities, geared to trump offerings from rivals Yammer and Socialcast.
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Yammer Communities Extends Microblogging to Customers, Partners

When Yammer CEO David Sacks unveiled Yammer Communities on Feb. 25, he opened a new door for companies interested in using Twitter-like status updates to communicate with customers and partners. A free service, with the potential for additional security features, Yammer Communities lets users who don’t share the same e-mail domain communicate securely. Available March 1, the offering could help Yammer gain more traction as it seeks to compete with Socialtext, Socialcast and others that offer enterprise microblogging. See a tour of Yammer Communities here.
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Yammer to Launch Communities, Socialcast Preps EASE

Yammer, which competes with Socialtext, Socialcast, IBM and Cisco Systems, on March 1 will launch Yammer Communities, a free service that lets workers extend microblogging beyond the firewalled confines of corporate e-mail domains. With Yammer Communities, users create private B2B microblogging networks through which to coordinate with external contacts. Socialcast on March 2 plans to unveil Socialcast Enterprise Activity Stream Engine, which will include total integration with Microsoft Outlook through a new connector.
– Yammer March 1 will
launch Yammer Communities, a free service that lets workers extend
microblogging beyond the firewalled confines of corporate e-mail domains.
Yammer is a communications service for businesses by which company employees
can communicate via Twitter-like status updates. The comp…