Interesting comment below regarding a little debate between Sam Lawrence of Jive Software and Lawrence Liu of Microsoft regarding the recent SharePoint conference. If CodePlex is not your "cup of tea" then you can look for third-party vendors that have integrated their social software tools with SharePoint. Problem solved. MORE >>

In June 2009, Booz Allen was honored with the Open Enterprise 2009 Innovation Award so it is a good example to explore in depth. SharePoint 2010 SocialFest A group of seven startups recently joined us at SharePoint 2010 SocialFest , an event hosted by the Emerging Business Team at the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus. Thanks. MORE >>

perhaps by using a dedicated enterprise social platform such as Jive, Socialtext or even Sharepoint if that is all that is available. For example, it is possible to use a wiki for co-ordinating new bids for a sales team, and if you give them one and a little guidance, they might make it work. A DachisGroup Company. Subscribe. MORE >>

vendors become part of a broader Connections platform environment - wouldnt it be great to have Moveable Type of WordPress as blogging options - or to have Confluence or Socialtext as wiki options - or to have Attensa, KnowNow or NewsGator as feed syndication platform options? mobile) examples. The community feature is also not strong. MORE >>

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