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    VMware Updates SocialCast With Private Messaging

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    Chris Preimesberger
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    April 22, 2013
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      VMware on April 18 upgraded its cloud-based Socialcast enterprise social network and collaboration suite by adding several new capabilities to Version 6.

      Socialcast, acquired by VMware in May 2011, is similar to Microsoft Yammer, Moxie and Salesforce.com’s Chatter in that it is used inside an enterprise’s firewall to enable employees and contractors (as needed) to share, develop and present documents, conversations, presentations, photos, video and any other business files needed for a project.

      The Socialcast Activity Stream engine captures, filters and organizes relevant activities, events, conversations and interactions into a live, searchable online workspace used by team members and communities to stay connected.

      “Socialcast is designed for Fortune 2000, Fortune 5000 enterprises,” Igor Spivak, VMware product manager, told eWEEK. “It can be used for team-based and individual project management. We’re also tailoring it for individual use cases in vertical markets.”

      New capabilities in SocialCast 6 include the following:

      Integrated project management: With the introduction of Projects, Socialcast is the first enterprise social network to fully integrate project management and activity tracking, providing a single place for the day-to-day flow of work that now spans multiple systems. SharePoint, CRM, ERP, email—many other apps—can be plugged in. Socialcast Projects allows teams to keep track of project deliverables, action items and due dates without spreadsheets, emails or status meetings.

      Secure real-time messaging from anywhere: Socialcast Messenger has a free mobile application companion to Socialcast Private Message that allows users to have ad hoc conversations with individuals or teams, and share files and photos from the road, along with location information. Messenger stays synchronized with Socialcast so all work-related communications are in one place.

      Enhanced community management: An improved command and control interface for community administrators allows the configuration and customization of communities to fit the unique requirements of their culture. Management of security, employee access, integration with other business systems, auditing and reporting are all centralized.

      SocialCast integrates its social layer with common business applications such as email, CRM, ERP or Microsoft SharePoint. Socialcast thus aims to enable people to be more focused and productive and reduce time spent on email, setting up meetings and chasing down supporting documents.

      Version 6 of Socialcast is available now as an on-premise or software as a service (SaaS) deployment.

      Chris Preimesberger
      https://www.eweek.com/author/cpreimesberger/
      Chris J. Preimesberger is Editor Emeritus of eWEEK. In his 16 years and more than 5,000 articles at eWEEK, he distinguished himself in reporting and analysis of the business use of new-gen IT in a variety of sectors, including cloud computing, data center systems, storage, edge systems, security and others. In February 2017 and September 2018, Chris was named among the 250 most influential business journalists in the world (https://richtopia.com/inspirational-people/top-250-business-journalists/) by Richtopia, a UK research firm that used analytics to compile the ranking. He has won several national and regional awards for his work, including a 2011 Folio Award for a profile (https://www.eweek.com/cloud/marc-benioff-trend-seer-and-business-socialist/) of Salesforce founder/CEO Marc Benioff--the only time he has entered the competition. Previously, Chris was a founding editor of both IT Manager's Journal and DevX.com and was managing editor of Software Development magazine. He has been a stringer for the Associated Press since 1983 and resides in Silicon Valley.

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