Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Please Update Your Status at Work - Technology Review

Somehow I suspect the EMC CenterStage product team isn’t thrilled to see this

Three years ago, the information management company EMC began encouraging employees to spend time on internal social networks discussing their extracurricular interests. "We have people talking about photography, and art, rock climbing—you name it," says Jamie Pappas, whose title speaks volumes: she is manager of enterprise social-media engagement strategy.

EMC had something in mind beyond connecting all its motorcycle enthusiasts. The management wanted to test new "social business software" from Jive, a company that runs online forums and social-networking and collaboration software for businesses.

Please Update Your Status at Work - Technology Review

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