I've posted a lot recently regarding enterprise social messaging ("Twitter for the enterprise"): Twitter in the Workplace Social Messaging & Socialtext Signals: Before We Get Too Excited... Twitter Compared to IM, Email and Forums Enterprise Twitter: Clarity Amid The Hype Enterprise Versions Of ...

Microsoft announced this week (Monday, March 2, 2009), that its Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), was available for trial in 19 countries. It disclosed Office Communications Online would be available in April 2009. I wanted to share some thoughts on the unified communications aspect of the ...

ReadWriteWeb touched off a small firestorm of reaction around a report published by Forrester regarding "sponsored conversations". The intensity of the comments tells you how volatile the topic has become. The concept of sponsorship is pretty broad - organizations sponsor a wide range of events, pub...

John Del Pizzo from the IBM Sametime team responded to my post - but, I'm not persuaded by the counter-arguments.   Point 1 He dinged us on: "...the total cost of ownership is not clearly outlined, a reasonable TCO model would establish a timeline (say 3 years) and include the total costs, includi...

This year's Lotusphere could very well be a make-or-break moment for the Lotus brand and solution portfolio. I know that's pretty dramatic - but if you look at this through the lens of history and into the crystal ball of the future, I think it's a pretty accurate statement. I don't want this post t...

Interesting article from NYTimes.com (excerpts below). Such organizational dynamics will influence how people participate and contribute with social tools (e.g., "Enterprise 2.0"). Some workers may withdraw under the assumption that hoarding their expertise might help keep them onboard. Others aggre...

The article below is interesting in that it does call out a dark truth - enterprise adoption of feed syndication tools has been lacking. However, the article disappoints because it gives too much credit to feed readers as the reason. I wish it was that easy. There are a host of reasons why Ente...

As I read this post by Dick Hirsch on the ESME blog, it reminded me how important it is to put technology into an historical context at times. The quote "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" seems relevant. Far too often, when I read lofty articles on the current crop of "r...

Interesting read... point to ponder: "We have learned repeatedly that there is a pattern in the actions and activities involved in developing strong and adaptive ownership cultures. When an organization consistently builds and reinforces such a culture, it creates a competitive edge that is hard to ...

First thought: If Meebo can integrate with XMPP systems - why can't Microsoft? Note: This is not the first time I've picked on Microsoft (and others) for ignoring XMPP-based IM. Second thought: Why hasn't IBM integrated with Facebook's XMPP-based IM system? Third (and last) thought: Given Cisco's ac...