Novell prepares enterprise social networking suite.Byline: jeevan@cpidubai.com (Staff) Novell has unveiled an enterprise social networking See social networking site. social networking - social network suite that is integrated with Google's new Wave application and lets co-workers collaborate on documents. <p>Called Pulse, the Novell suite will also let employees set up profiles where they can publish information about their areas of expertise and share status updates and other real-time notifications of recent actions with their peers. <p>Novell, which will give a demo of Pulse at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , expects to launch it in limited beta phase in early 2010. Pulse will be released in general availability in a Web-hosted, SaaS (software-as-a-service) version before the first half of the year, and as on-premise software On-premise software refers to the use of an executable computer program (software) installed on the premises (in the building) of the person or organisation using such software. later on. <p>Pulse is among a new wave of enterprise collaboration suites that aim to bring features from popular consumer social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter A Web site and service that lets users send short text messages from their cellphones to a group of friends. Launched in 2006, Twitter (www.twitter.com) was designed for people to broadcast their current activities and thoughts. to the workplace, with the added security and IT management that organizations require. <p>Some players in this space include IBM's Lotus, Socialtext, Jive Software and NewsGator, which provides an enterprise social networking component to Microsoft's SharePoint. <p>The Novell suite will also be integrated with Wave, a new Google application still in limited release that combines features from e-mail, instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or and document collaboration. <p>Pulse will recognize and enforce access permissions and security policies previously established for end users by IT departments in directories and other such management systems. <p>The suite will also have what Novell calls a "unified inbox" where messages from a user's various systems will flow into and be consolidated. <p>Copyright 2009 IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) Middle East. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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