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What does it mean: "Enterprise social network"?

by romanovcode 12y ago

callahad 12y ago
Probably something like Yammer, but for your own intranet.
- vitorfs 12y ago
  yup!
  - webmaven 12y ago
    So, none of the features that mindcrime mentioned upthread?
    - mindcrime 12y ago
      To be fair, our definition isn't necessarily the definition either. And there are degrees of "enterpriseyness*. We, at Fogbeam, try to distinguish products by really emphasizing the integration aspect. But a tool without all those features could absolutely still be a useful tool, depending on the situation. We're angling towards really large organizations with our offering - the kinds of companies that are using BPM / Workflow engines, a SOA architecture, LDAP/AD, etc. But many firms, especially smaller ones, might not want or need those integrations.
      - webmaven 12y ago
        #1 and #3 came to mind for me immediately, even before I read your comment. Although SSO integration is displacing LDAP/AD. And smaller firms generally view 'Enterprise' solutions as bloated consulting-ware, so if that's their market, they need to work on their messaging.
vitorfs 12y ago
it means that the network is meant to be used inside a company, to our developer team/systems analysts/testers interact about things that have to do with our work like sharing an interesting link, a new library, sharing nice solutions, writing an article about how to use some new stuff on primefaces for example and so on
throwaway393592 12y ago
"Enterprise" can mean a lot of things, but I would expect: support for LDAP authentication and paid on-call technical support at a minimum. This project doesn't look "Enterprise" to me (yet).
mindcrime 12y ago
I can tell you what it means to us at Fogbeam: It's just a Social Network that is tailored to included features that make it specifically useful inside an enterprise, as a way of sharing information / links / knowledge / whatever. In our opinion, what distinguishes an "enterprise" social network from a "non enterprise" social network are things like: 1. LDAP/Active Directory support 2. Programmatic provisioning with an API 3. Support for integration with other enterprise applications via standard protocols. iCal / CalDAV for integration with calendaring servers / groupware, for example. 4. Etc.

What does it mean: "Enterprise social network"?

callahad 12y ago

Probably something like Yammer, but for your own intranet.

vitorfs 12y ago
yup!
- webmaven 12y ago
  So, none of the features that mindcrime mentioned upthread?
  - mindcrime 12y ago
    To be fair, our definition isn't necessarily the definition either. And there are degrees of "enterpriseyness*. We, at Fogbeam, try to distinguish products by really emphasizing the integration aspect. But a tool without all those features could absolutely still be a useful tool, depending on the situation. We're angling towards really large organizations with our offering - the kinds of companies that are using BPM / Workflow engines, a SOA architecture, LDAP/AD, etc. But many firms, especially smaller ones, might not want or need those integrations.
    - webmaven 12y ago
      #1 and #3 came to mind for me immediately, even before I read your comment. Although SSO integration is displacing LDAP/AD. And smaller firms generally view 'Enterprise' solutions as bloated consulting-ware, so if that's their market, they need to work on their messaging.

vitorfs 12y ago

it means that the network is meant to be used inside a company, to our developer team/systems analysts/testers interact about things that have to do with our work like sharing an interesting link, a new library, sharing nice solutions, writing an article about how to use some new stuff on primefaces for example and so on

throwaway393592 12y ago

"Enterprise" can mean a lot of things, but I would expect: support for LDAP authentication and paid on-call technical support at a minimum. This project doesn't look "Enterprise" to me (yet).

mindcrime 12y ago

I can tell you what it means to us at Fogbeam: It's just a Social Network that is tailored to included features that make it specifically useful inside an enterprise, as a way of sharing information / links / knowledge / whatever. In our opinion, what distinguishes an "enterprise" social network from a "non enterprise" social network are things like: 1. LDAP/Active Directory support 2. Programmatic provisioning with an API 3. Support for integration with other enterprise applications via standard protocols. iCal / CalDAV for integration with calendaring servers / groupware, for example. 4. Etc.