Posts Tagged ‘enterprise’

What is missing in Yammer and Present.ly

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

News: Yammer takes the top prize of USD50K at TechCrunch50 and Congratulations, Yammer, But Get Ready To Rumble!

But both services are not ready for the Enterprise.

Features yammer present.ly
Internal Deployment (Critical for IT) No Yes
Groups No Yes
Attachments No Yes
Following users and tags Yes No
Auto completion while typing Yes No
Threaded view of messages Yes No
Changing messages with version management No No
Granular Privacy Control No No
UI / Usability Better So So

Let me summarize!

The first feature of Yammer is “The Solution to Email Overload”. We need a solution to Email :-)

Anyway, what is really needed for the Enterprise

  1. Messages (that can be changed with version management)
  2. Threaded view – context is very important
  3. Groups or Granular Privacy Control at message/thread level
  4. Follow tags/users
  5. Like (FriendFeed)
  6. Hide – Ability to keep my inbox clear and clean – Hide a message a) until a reply is posted to the thread or b) permanently because I have read it and not interested (cannot contribute or interested)
  7. Views: Messages that bubble up in my inbox due to the recent activity (replies to the thread) or because of their “relative” (priority is relative) importance in my eco system !

Linking to the latest blog posts of both Yammer and Present.ly so that they can see this feedback !
present.ly: Introducing Text Attachments
Yammer: Following is your friend

Update on 2008 oct 10 – Enterprise Microblogging Mashable Style, Best Buy’s Enterprise Twitter

Yammer Admin privileges cost $1 per month per member

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Yammer is a tool for making companies and organizations more productive through the exchange of short frequent answers to one simple question: “What are you working on?”

As employees answer that question, a feed is created in one central location enabling co-workers to discuss ideas, post news, ask questions, and share links and other information. Yammer also serves as a company directory in which every employee has a profile and as a knowledge base where past conversations can be easily accessed and referenced.

Update Yammer Takes Top Prize At TechCrunch50 (USD50K) – Congrats :-)

Features needed to take off in a bigco are..

Should a FriendFeed type product for the enterprise be named employeefeed or colleaguefeed or something else ?

Monday, July 7th, 2008

There are others who are dreaming of a FriendFeed type product for the enterprise

Name?

  1. colleaguefeed
  2. employeefeed
  3. workerfeed
  4. FirmFeed (Gaby)
  5. ?

Features?

  1. tags at message level – possibility to change tags after message creation with version management — at comment level would be nice
  2. granular privacy control – creating a room for every group of people is too much !
  3. ?

Am very lucky to have come across Six Degrees of Joe Tucci (and many inspiring posts by Steve Todd, CLARiiON Founder, EMC employee) via Is FriendFeed a Lotus Eater?. Thanks to both..

Will Twitter be a disaster in the Enterprise, or will it be a hit?

Friday, February 1st, 2008

In Trends to Watch: Twitter in the Enterprise, Jevon MacDonald asks an important question “Will Twitter be a disaster in the Enterprise, or will it be a hit?”

Me:

Twitter-as-it-is will not be a hit!

But a twitter-like (easy to use) system or WordPress+PrologueTheme-like system that supports Andrew McAfee’s imagination in How to Hit the Enterprise Bullseye will be a BIG hit :-)

“I imagine that successful enterprise Facebook equivalents will have much more advanced tools to allow members to actively exploit their networks by asking them for assistance, pumping them for information, etc. I also imagine that they’ll let users post answers to their most frequently-asked questions, then simply point seekers to this resource.”

Am working on such a eFe (enterprise Facebook equivalent) – Please use NextBestAction.com

Your feedback is greatly appreciated!

enterprise Facebook equivalents

Friday, February 1st, 2008

SAP’s alternative Twitter Project

Andrew McAfee in How to Hit the Enterprise 2.0 Bullseye

I imagine that successful enterprise Facebook equivalents will have much more advanced tools to allow members to actively exploit their networks by asking them for assistance, pumping them for information, etc. I also imagine that they’ll let users post answers to their most frequently-asked questions, then simply point seekers to this resource.

NextBestAction.com is an eFe (enterprise Facebook equivalent)

“Confluence + Collarank” is another :-)

Do you know of any other eFe ?