Comments on: Social Media in the Enterprise http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/05/social-media-in-the-enterprise/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:59:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rachel Happe http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/05/social-media-in-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Rachel Happe Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:30:48 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=1202#comment-389 As the social software market has emerged as a major force, so to has the number of smaller vendors - there are so many that it is really hard to keep up with and this report focused on the vendors that have hit the ~$5M+ mark (which still makes them very small player). It's a bit hard to judge because most of them are private companies but they have demonstrated a market presence. I did mention Ning in the appendix but they also hold a funny position in the market. Definitely not enterprise class (no single sign-on, integrations, data portability, etc) but you can create a semi-branded community. A major issue for many companies considering Ning is it's semi-unified authentication and limited configuration. Having said that it is a great platform, easy to configure, low cost, and quick to launch. As the social software market has emerged as a major force, so to has the number of smaller vendors – there are so many that it is really hard to keep up with and this report focused on the vendors that have hit the ~$5M+ mark (which still makes them very small player). It’s a bit hard to judge because most of them are private companies but they have demonstrated a market presence.

I did mention Ning in the appendix but they also hold a funny position in the market. Definitely not enterprise class (no single sign-on, integrations, data portability, etc) but you can create a semi-branded community. A major issue for many companies considering Ning is it’s semi-unified authentication and limited configuration. Having said that it is a great platform, easy to configure, low cost, and quick to launch.

]]> By: mikem http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/05/social-media-in-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-375 mikem Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:29:59 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=1202#comment-375 Interesting, not much mention of Ning. No mention of SocialGO or Webjam - both of which offer private social networking facilities. The space is worth watching, especially as the companies start to add more unique features. Interesting, not much mention of Ning. No mention of SocialGO or Webjam – both of which offer private social networking facilities.

The space is worth watching, especially as the companies start to add more unique features.

]]> By: » Blog Archive » Picking the right enterprise social media tools http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/05/social-media-in-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-141 » Blog Archive » Picking the right enterprise social media tools Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:06:21 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=1202#comment-141 [...] Enterprise social software tools have multiplied manifold in the past year, but which one will work for your organisation? GigaOm Pro weighs in with several considerations in its recent report on “Social Media in the Enterprise”: [...] [...] Enterprise social software tools have multiplied manifold in the past year, but which one will work for your organisation? GigaOm Pro weighs in with several considerations in its recent report on “Social Media in the Enterprise”: [...]

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