Comments on: Socialtext co-founder: Enterprise Twitter isn't enough

The enterprise social software company has new Twitterish functions, but the real deal is coming later.

[Scobleizer]

Rafe: I have a video of Ross Mayfield, founder of Socialtext, demonstrating the new features to me: http://scobleizer.com/2008/09/30/exclusive-video-socialtext-brings-enterprise-facebook-and-twitter-to-wikis/

[Chris-Anderson]

Found this video shot a few weeks ago where Ross Mayfield presents SocialText 3.0
Check it out!

http://www.atelier-us.com/e-business-and-it/article/socialtext-brings-key-web-20-features-to-the-workplace

[Chris-Anderson]

<a href="http://www.atelier-us.com/e-business-and-it/article/socialtext-brings-key-web-20-features-to-the-workplace">VIDEO available <b>HERE</b></a>

[SarahCarr]

It's great to see where this space is headed--toward a more integrated, dynamic and engaging place for the enterprise. This re-announcment (originally announced last spring) is a clear indication of MindTouch's leadership in the enterprise collaboration space, seeing that we've been providing this kind of integration with social tools, Web 2.0 apps, web services AND Enterprise systems like SugarCRM, Salesforce, Microsoft Access, SQL Server, Microsoft Dynamics, ERP systems and much more. While I think this is a step in the right direction for Socialtext, connecting legacy and enterprise systems is what's missing here. For example: http://www.viddler.com/explore/MindTouch/videos/42/

[anilware]

Sounds Great.
Micro-blogging (keeping aside Twitter) as a concept for business can really do wonders if delivered in a sensible manner. I would like to mention cyn.in Desktop.
cyn.in is a collaboration software with core collaboration applications like wiki, blogs, workspaces, file repositories, media repositories, shared Calendar, contextual discussion, Search and Workflow (Role based Access Control). Users are created in cyn.in main site and their access rights are provided to them based upon their role in the organizational hierarchy.

Cyn.in Desktop (an Adobe AIR app) inherits user?s workflow (access rights) from main cyn.in site and delivers the activity stream to the authorized users. Activities e.g. If someone uploads a file in cyn.in main site, the other authorized user receives a notification from cyn.in desktop and can instantly comment (Tweet) on the content. Similarly another authorized co-worker can add new comment on the same content OR can reply to previous comment (Re-Tweet). The important thing here is that the comment and re-comment (Tweets or Re-tweets) gets structured in ?Threaded Discussion? form attached to the content container as ?Discussion?.
Here the tweeting is happening around a ?content? and ?context? hence it adds to employee?s productivity by saving time for future revision of a context. Employees receives activity streams only from the people they are working with and have permission to collaborate with, this saves a business organization?s productive time and delivers Collaborative Organizational Knowledge.
I am inspired by ReadWriteWeb?s cyn.in desktop review. Find it here: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/new_from_cynapse_activity_streams_on_the_company_desktop.php