Other major or well known players include Microsoft (Office 365 - using SharePoint), Zoho and IBM (Smartcloud - using IBM Connections). Could you run your intranet on a cloud-based solution like Google or Salesforce ? Lots of companies - big and small - already outsource their primary intranet platform. Of course you can, if you want. MORE >>

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In part, that could be because of corporate standards governing firewalls and security and the need for robust software that can be licensed, installed and maintained by large IT departments — as opposed to the web world of beta software, open standards and an anything-goes kind of approach to social networks and information sharing. MORE >>

Social Software and Collaboration."   The program featured three excellent presentations on the theme: Noted author Paul Gillin's session about "the quiet revolution behind the firewall," where he guided us through ten key business benefits of social media.  In his honor, I present to you my own trio of delights. His Knowledge@Wharton. MORE >>

So the IT team set up Socialtext inside the company firewall. TransUnions Socialtext platform co-exists with Microsoft SharePoint, which has some of the same wiki and networking tools. Parkinson draws the line this way: If an activity is part of a formal process, the collaboration should happen in SharePoint. All social." MORE >>