• Jive's Producteev task management app now free for unlimited users

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 22 May, 2013 03:25

  Jive Software has eliminated the limit on the number of people who can use its social task management application Producteev for free within a company.

• No big-bang Apps news at I/O, but some announcements merit attention

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 17 May, 2013 23:57

  Apps, Google's flagship product for enterprise IT, had a minor presence at this week's I/O developer conference, but some announcements at the show and in prior weeks deserve attention from customers of the cloud email and collaboration suite.

• Jive Software adds integration tool for its enterprise social platform

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 16 May, 2013 20:37

  Jive Software has released an add-on to its enterprise social networking (ESN) software that automates and simplifies the process of integrating Jive's suite with third-party systems.

• Salesforce.com adds central file view to Chatter mobile app

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 14 May, 2013 23:42

  Salesforce.com wants to simplify the way mobile users find, access and share files from its Chatter enterprise social networking (ESN) application.

• Microsoft improves photo management in SkyDrive

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 13 May, 2013 19:28

  Microsoft is rolling out changes to SkyDrive to enhance management of photos in the cloud storage service, including more efficient viewing and uploading of files.

• Social Media Certifications Prepare Students, Employees for Social Business

  By Kristin Burnham | 02 April, 2013 16:22

  Using social media to market your business or collaborate internally means more than having a presence on Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and Facebook. To teach college students that lesson, Syracuse University adopted HootSuite University's certification program. Syracuse isn't alone: Social media certifications are a growing trend, but is a training course right for you?

• Social networking drives business processes at Pandora and Rosetta Stone

  By Kristin Burnham | 26 March, 2013 20:09

  Pandora and Rosetta Stone have embraced social business tools and the Cloud to cut costs, increase productivity and improve collaboration. Learn how these two companies overcame security concerns, gained executive buy-in and more.

• Yahoo's telecommuting problem is management, not collaboration

  By Kristin Burnham | 06 March, 2013 18:08

  Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's controversial decision to ban employees from working from home led some to question the value of social business tools. Two executives from social business providers say Yahoo's problem isn't about collaborating. It just needs to manage better.

• At IBM Connect, IT execs talk about betting on enterprise social

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 01 February, 2013 21:48

  Unused intranets. Siloed departmental portals. Excessive email use.

• Opinion: How do you manage your social networks?

  By Mark Gibbs | 28 January, 2013 15:18

  I recently decided, somewhat randomly, to experiment a bit more with social networking. I was on LinkedIn and at some point the service asked me if it could access my Gmail contact list.

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