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Messaging & Online Collaboration: Socialtext Enterprise Social Network Ably Leverages Web 2.0 Capabilities

By Jim Rapoza on 2009-05-08


Socialtext takes nearly all of the most talked-about features of Web 2.0 and social networking, including Twitter-style microblogging, traditional blogging and collaborative wikis, and combines them into a SAAS offering that is designed to make these tools attractive for business use.

By Jim Rapoza

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Socialtext Enterprise Social Network Ably Leverages Web 2.0 Capabilities

Socialtext Desktop

Based on Adobe AIR technology, the Socialtext Desktop provides users with a desktop-based rich Internet application interface for their Socialtext networks.

Business Profiles

Looking at another business user's profile in Socialtext provides many of the social networking features that users expect from public social networks.

Interactive Wikis

Interactive wikis within Socialtext let groups of workers collaborate on business documents and projects.

Socialtext Dashboard

The Socialtext Dashboard gives users a customizable window into their work connections and activities within the network.

Basic Blogging

Very basic blogging features within Socialtext allow for simple project blogs and group discussions.

Twitter-Style Messaging

Twitter-style messaging in Socialtext lets business users keep co-workers and colleagues up-to-date on activities.

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