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Enterprise social software provider Socialtext said today it will soon be launching new features and enhancements for Socialtext 5.0, including native mobile applications for iPhone, iPad and BlackBerry and Twitter integration.  The company said these will extend the Socialtext 5.0 platform creating "...easy access to key features of Socialtext’s enterprise social software platform including signals and people, as well as powerful search functionality," and users won't have to wait long to see them.  

Socialtext said it will be providing demos of these upcoming features and enhancements, including the mobile applications, at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Santa Clara, Calif. this week at Socialtext Booth #404.

Socialtext 5.0, the latest iteration of the enterprise social software platform, brings an improved interface design, new features, and a partnership with introNetworks to the table. Further, the addition of a tool called SocialRadar enables users to identify the most relevant people to connect with. 

There's a brand spanking new Forrester Wave report out that focuses on the best enterprise social platforms available today. Why organizations are using them and who makes the list is our focus today.

For this week's roll-up we've got some of the hottest news from this year's Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston, as well as some thoughts on your digital worth. That is, what buying and selling shares in social media entities, be they people, brands or blogs, might mean for the future. 

As usual, many new technologies and addons are rolling out of this week's Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston. Among them, an integrated project management tool from Socaltext (news, site). 

Socialtext Virtual Appliance, a new offering built for VMWare, provides organizations with the ability to install social software securely behind the firewall, as well as scale server resources as needed. 

This week the Enterprise 2.0 world saw the introduction of a universal application development environment, a new social media marketing bundle, and a fairly important discussion: What is the difference between a layer and a feature?

SocialText says that social is not just a feature, it's a layer. What's the difference? Read on.

Socialtext (news, site) breathed new life into its platform today with the release of version 4.6. The refresh aims to further socialize intranets with the addition of perks such as instant messaging support for IBM and Microsoft programs, as well as Google analytics. 

The traditional information-based, push-oriented Intranets are certainly out of fashion and many say have lost their value for today's organizations. At one time they offered a central location for employees to obtain information on corporate policies and procedures, find co-workers and to store their work documents. But over time they developed into more of an information black hole, where information was stored, but rarely updated and, sadly, rarely accessed.

Organizations far and wide are replacing traditional Intranets with a more "social" Intranet -- one that supports the use of social media tools for enterprise collaboration. The Social Intranet has become a meeting place to share ideas, knowledge and support each other in our daily work activities. Or have they?

While some may argue that the Social Intranet is an informal meeting place for employees, others see it as the hub, or central workspace, providing access to all information and applications. The addition of Web 2.0 technologies along with connections that open up information silos and data in secure applications, provides the perfect environment for an employee to be productive.

To help you better demarcate the traditional Intranet of yesterday from today's Social Intranet, join analyst firm Forrester Research and technology vendor Socialtext as they host the upcoming live webinar: Social Intranets: Hype or Change Agent? The event runs on Wednesday January 26 at 7pm GMT / 2pm EST / 11am PST .

Forrester Senior Analyst Tim Walters, Ph.D., Jack MacKay, Vice President and CIO at American Hospital Association (AHA) will discuss the following:

• The difference between the social intranet and a first-generation intranet
• Examples of usage within organizations today
• Tips on adoption and productivity improvements
• Benefits and challenges of integrating enterprise application data

If you think a Social Intranet is the ticket to better enterprise collaboration within your organization, make sure you know what you need to do to make it successful. Reserve your seat for the event.

Socialtext (news, site) stirred the enterprise collaboration pot this morning with the release of a migration tool specifically designed to steal away Yammer users. The offering is free and, to sweeten the deal, using it means you get a discount on Socialtext's business account plan. 

Today's customer is jacked up on social media, demanding -- and deserving -- the immediacy promoted by popular real time platforms across more than just online communities. In other words, when today's customer engages with a business, they expect an instantaneous response. Consequently, Social CRM is the Enterprise's new favorite friend. 

Socialtext (news, site) is bringing some heat to this week's Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Santa Clara by debuting the newest version of their social Enterprise suite: Socialtext 4.5. Platform perks include a Salesforce.com connector and a metadata search engine called Socialtext Explore. 

Well kids, the month has come to an end, and thus, so has our extra-focused focus on enterprise collaboration. Hopefully you've garnered enough information over the last few weeks to make a decision that's right for you, but, just in case you  need it, here's a last look at a few platforms that specialize in the social side of things: