Enterprise Collaboration News, Reviews

As the cutting edge of Employee Experience Management sees leading organizations move from good old Intranets into the Digital Workplace, what will be next for the enterprise portal?

It's been a busy week in the social business space with Yahoo!'s acquisition of Astrid, Asana's upgraded task-management capabilities, and IBM extending its business process management software for social business.

Of course you've heard of the coveted Aragon Research Hot Vendors report, and only the most compelling new technologies or those leveraging cloud, mobile, content or video can pass muster. This year, Alfresco, MZinga, Accellion and SpringCM, among others, have been named in the second annual report.

Cloud-based mobile application solutions FeedHenry has just announced that it has managed to secure US$ 9 million in a funding round that was led by Intel Capital. The Irish-based startup has said that it will use the money to accelerate the international roll-out of the platform.

Citrix has announced two new chat functions that are designed to improve the functionality of the Podio project management platform.

I recently wrote about how you can create a roadmap to ensure your SharePoint 2013 rollout doesn't end up as an epic fail. I have to be honest with you now and let you know that I haven't told you everything -- in fact, unless you do the vital actions below there is a very good chance that your rollout may still "crash and burn."

Nearly a year after announcing it, Salesforce has given a summer release date for its Chatter based Communities offering.

"Attending these non-stop meetings, doing these status reports and using that awful time tracking system is killing my ability to do my job. Why is it that talking about doing my job is more important than actually doing my job?" Sound familiar? Are you the one saying these words? Are these the rantings of the team around you? Does it seem like this sort of lament is the norm no matter the company, the industry or even the size of the enterprise?

Still on the fence about developing a BYOD policy for your organization? Worried about viruses, help-desk challenges, lost data and the DIY mentality that simultaneously comes with BYOD? Fear not.

Enterprise social networks is a ballooning sector, and the activity in this space picked up yet again this week with the release of Interact Intranet 7, a polished update on the intranet theme that includes search tools and a responsive design.

Many people from the web industry have read and loved the recent classic Drive by Daniel Pink (or at least watched the fun and inventive video below). Not as many people, however, are familiar with exactly how to put the lessons from the book into practice within their enterprise. Fear not traveller; My aim in this article is to help provide a simple model where you can transfer a crucial piece of abstract understanding from Drive into concrete action in your daily work life.

What will the 21st Century organizations aspire to?

If there are two things that fit together like a hand in a glove, it's collaboration and knowledge management. That's why Moxie Software's new Social Knowledgebase makes perfect sense.

As businesses evolve from being information or knowledge centered to being more people centered, SharePoint 2013 offers a range of features to support the shift. 

Tibco's social network tibbr has released an updated version of its mobile apps, and the new look should make the tablet version especially a bit more welcoming. The update also includes a rebuilt discovery engine, Sriram Chakravarthy, Tibco VP of engineering said in an interview.