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SharePoint 2010 was announced in the fall of 2009. But it wasn't until this year that it officially arrived on our doorstep. Love it or hate, you can't ignore it. Here are some of CMSWire's highlights from the year.

Economies in the Asia Pacific region have been bolstered by outsourced services, including business process outsourcing, manufacturing and other services. In particular, contact center services have helped the region weather the global recession. The industry has shrunk in 2009, though, amid reduced spending for IT and other services worldwide. Rebounding from the economic downturn, the contact center industry is poised to grow at an annual rate of 11.5% through 2016.

Ending the year in the SMB space -- Aspect and Microsoft Lync join together to provide communication center capabilities for SMBs, SAP continues its move into the SMB market, Websense warns of threats for 2011 and Alfresco Community Edition goes multi-lingual.

With international love on its mind, Yammer (news, site) has made its collaboration platform -- a.k.a. "Facebook for the Enterprise" -- available in six new languages: Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish.

Has Salesforce.com's Chatter product not lived up to the adoption level CEO Marc Benioff hoped it would, or is the company just trying to compete with the likes of Yammer? In whatever case, Chatter -- a.k.a "Facebook for the Enterprise" -- is now a freemium service. 

Houston, we've had a problem. After years of much talk and little action with regards to information overload, the zero hour is finally upon us. Experts say if we don't take action now, it's game over. 

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• Can Twitter Predict The X-Factor?
• Yammer Rakes in $25 Million in Funding
• Twitter Client HootSuite Reaches 1 Million Users
• BlackBerry's Mobile Web Usage Skyrockets

 And the beat goes on for Yammer (news, site). The enterprise-level micro-blogging platform that was once comparable to Twitter recently changed up its style, adopting a full blow social network look. Evidently the makeover is working. Or at least that's the impression we get by the US$ 25 million the company just landed in funding. 

Continuing on with their mission to become everything the enterprise needs in terms of collaboration, Yammer (news, site) hit the headlines this week with some tight SharePoint integration. 

Socialcast (news, site) is yet another player in the enterprise microblogging pool, but with a different twist. Rather than creating a new space for collaboration, Socialcast Reach brings the conversation into already existing applications, such as SharePoint and CRM systems.

While activity feeds and collaboration still proved to be hot stuff this week (thanks, #tcdisrupt), a recent poll revealed what looks like the next game changer in enterprise two-dot-oh. 

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• Yammer Debuts Dramatic Re-Design
• Twitter Now Third Most Trafficked Social Network
• LinkedIn Revamps Company Pages
• Rainmaker Adds Social Data To Your Google Contacts

Move over, Chatter. Today at TechCrunch Disrupt Yammer (news, site) revealed its new enterprise collaboration platform, effectively shelving the "Twitter for for the Enterprise" title in favor of a more social network-savvy look. 

This week we looked at what's going on in the enterprise microblog scene (a LOT), as well as the different enterprise content management systems that support this type of collaboration, among others. 

Microblogging is so much more than the 140-character blurb it once was. Today, it's a concept that's heating the cores of collaboration platforms across the enterprise. And, while conversation is still front-and-center for most providers, we're seeing a lot of solutions dressed in the same accessories.