This ability to easily control who you share specific pieces of information with is powerful, and very useful in the workplace: you may only want to send an update regarding the status or a project to only those colleagues working on that project, for example. Circles, effortless contact management. Keep your team up-to-date with Sparks. MORE >>

The rapid rise of platforms like  Yammer  and Salesforce’s  Chatter  - which are exclusively geared towards the enterprise — suggest the larger rise of the “social enterprise.”. eXo  and  Liferay  are two examples of enterprise portal vendors that have successfully incorporated a social aspect into their respective offerings. 8, 2011. MORE >>

For example, companies with histories of working with user-driven communities, like Jive, will likely have an edge when implementing community features in its more recent apps. box.net Jive socialtext YammerAs we all know, technology is changing the way that many people work. Photo courtesy Flickr user prettydreamer.workshop. MORE >>

Unlike apps like Yammer and Socialtext , which are trying to be more general social tools for the enterprise, WorkSimple concentrates specifically on the sharing of goals. Collaboration goals social business socialtext WorkSimple YammerReporting features allow users to track goal progress. MORE >>

Yammer Events. Tweet Many of our customers ask us: “What type of training should I do for Yammer?” On the one hand, software like Yammer is easy-to-use and really intuitive, but on the other hand, education and training are still important because your success is determined by how you use it. Yammer Events. MORE >>