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Socialcast Is Twitter for the Enterprise

Socialcast Is Twitter for the Enterprise
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Jim Rapoza
Jim Rapoza
May 8, 2009
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Socialcast Is Twitter for the Enterprise

Socialcast Is Twitter for the Enterprise

Socialcast Is Twitter for the Enterprise


Activity Stream

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The Socialcast Activity Stream provides a Twitter-like status feed for workers (similar to the news feed in Facebook).


Microblogging Capabilities

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While Twitter can often seem like a waste of time for most businesses, the idea behind the microblogging capabilities in Socialcast is to allow employees to collaborate and reach out to co-workers while cutting down on large e-mail threads.


Customized Categories

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Socialcast updates can be sorted based on things like questions and ideas. Updates can be sorted into customized categories and can have files attached to them.


Updates on Colleagues

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Simple social networking features in Socialcast let employees view details about co-workers and choose whether to follow the updates and messages from those colleagues.


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Q&A

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If a post in Socialcast ends in a question mark, it is automatically categorized as a question in the system, making it possible to sort and track all outstanding questions.


Basic Analytics

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Very basic analytics make it possible for administrators to have a simple understanding of how employees are using the Socialcast system.


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