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I guess it depends on what you mean by collaboration vendors.

I see an awful lot of collaboration getting done on Lotus Notes / Domino. Are you looking at the items on your lists as out of the box solutions or as collaboration platforms ?

I see Notes / Domino as a collaboration platform. I can see that sharepoint could be seen more as an out of the box solution in that sense - but that also means it is more limited.

There would be those that would shout Quickr but I am not as familiar with it.

If Notes was from a new startup ( rather than being 20 years old ) and IRIS had never developed it would it not be on your list ?

>Code once for web and disconnected browser ( how many times has that been promised )

>Relatively quick application development

>Good frameworks fo mobilizing apps ( admittedly not as native apps )

>A strong Open Source community

>Rapidly developing APIs for integration to cloud stuff

>Robust Security

>Strong integration of mail, applications, IM and in some cases telephony

>Strong backward compatibility and version - version robustness

>NoSQL

>Distributed data

>Runs on most operating systems

>Clients for mac, windows and linux

I'm not sure what your criteria is or where this particular product may fit in but there's a local startup called Speechbobble. { Link }

I stumbled across this one when looking for the Unison sync tool. { Link }

You have a good list up there, but here is an Ontario based startup gaining momentum with productivity, collaboration & knowledge management for SMEs - Tabillo - www.tabillo.com

Kurt/Amit, thank you for the additions. Especially since they are Canadian.

Michael, thank you for the suggestion. There are hundreds of vendors doing stream/twitter clones but I've tried to restrict my list to ones that I believe are truly enterprise contenders. That means they have a large development team, experienced senior leadership, a capable support infrastructure in place, a knowledgeable sales team, a good list of large customer references, a marketing presence at events/online, they are asked about by potential customers, etc.

I would include Exact Software's Synergy in 'Getting Work Done' category. Debate? ;-P

Sean, Notes is pretty hard thing for me to pitch these days, but I will mention it in my section on IBM.

Kelly, I've never had them come up in a conversation. They appear to be an entire suite of business applications for SMB.

Alan, I wan't thinking you were pitching any of them !

Seriously though, you have a perspective on the outside world and a knowledge of the yellow bubble that is pretty unusual. You also seem to call a spade a spade.

There are many people that would be interested in your views on where Notes / XPages sits and why people find it hard to pitch or maybe just think of as a modern solution.

I wouldn't dispute that Notes is a "hard pitch" and has an image as "old" but recently in particular it does feel ( from inside the yellow bubble ) that it has a lot to offer - I am honestly intrigued as to how it compares with its peers - perhaps that's a good place to start - what are its peers ? I would love to know how other people are developing and delivering collaborative solutions - my own particular interest being structured collaboration ( holiday requests, management of change etc.. ) rather than unstructured or spontaneous collaboration via Google docs etc..

You were recently asking for examples for people ( I felt bad about not getting around to responding ) - did you get much response and how did it break out ?

Cheers, Sean

Enterprise Social Software Platforms : Jamespot.

Can have a free try : { Link }

Alan - sent you a tweet about iQ Technologies. We provide a business social media platform (and widgets) for internal and external solutions. You can check us out at: www.iq-technologies.com

Cheers,

Jim

Hey Alan,

I wasn't able to figure out the parameters you used for "Enterprise Social Software Platforms" and "Getting Work Done". I wanted to draw your attention to Qontext - www.qontext.com - that has functionalities to qualify it for both headers.

It would be great if you could include Qontext to your list. They meet all your criteria re:experienced senior leadership team, a capable support infrastructure, a knowledgeable sales team et al. I would be happy to take you through its features so that you know where to slot us.

Best regards

Aditya

A similar list was put together here { Link } - you might see some additions to your list there ... not least ourselves who I believe fulfil the criteria you described in the opening paragraph.

Regards

Kevin

Alan, adding Jam from SuccessFactors to your list. Jam is a combination of CubeTree and Jambok, both purchased by SFSF last year. With Jam we focus on social learning/collaboration, accelerating ee time to productivity with a smooth onboarding process, and providing access to experts through private, public, and cross-company communities. Easy video and screen captures are a big feature of Jam.

Quick YouTube video here -->> { Link }

Since SFSF is now an SAP company, there is also StreamWork, which as you know has a great set of "getting work done" tools. Will be interesting to see how/if/when the two products come together. Thanks.

Alan, impressive list ! Guess that some fights will go on there ...

Missing: what innovation platform and more specific ideation is concerned, there is one missing: CogniStreamer (www.cognistreamer.com ).

Regards,

Ronald

Hello,

I work for Knowledge Plaza, specialized in Social KM, and talkSpirit. I think you should take a look at both of them. But of course I'm not objective :-)

Visimi....just made offer by IBM..should be listed.

A few others: { Link } { Link }

Another one for Enterprise social software is Senexx (www.senexx.com) we are new and play a big game in this industry.