Gartner 2008 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies

The Gartner 2008 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies identifies 27 emerging technologies and predicts that eight of these will have a transformational business impact. Predictions include Social Computing Platforms, Cloud Computing and MicroBlogging. CMSWire and Martin Koser (of Frogpond) comment on the findings.

University of Massachusetts: Social Media in the Inc. 500: The First Longitudinal Study

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research recently conducted one of the first statistically significant, longitudinal studies on the usage of social media in corporations. The new study compares corporate adoption of social media between 2007 and 2008. ReadWriteWeb provide analysis of the findings, Attila Gárdos also provides comments

Jive Software announce Clearspace v2.5

Jive's Sam Lawrence provides details of Clearspace v2.5. New features include Salesforce.com integration, a more powerful people directory and the "Easiest Rich Text Editor on the Market". Oliver Marks provides a useful summary of the new version at ZDNet describing it as "a very solid release".

EMC Documentum v6.5 embraces Enterprise 2.0

EMC announced version 6.5 of their documentum ECM suite. which "introduces a number of innovations to support and secure Web 2.0 technology and collaborative work:" Bill Ives provides a comprehensive summary of the new release describing it as "a suite of products that embraces Web 2.0 concepts and applies them to the enterprise".

Atlassian announce Confluence v2.9 + Office and SharePoint Connectors

Atlassian announce version 2.9 of their Confluence enterprise wiki which includes connectors for Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Office Products - which enables wiki editing using Microsoft Word (also Excel and Powerpoint). Susan Scrupski and ReadWriteWeb both discuss the new features and include videos and screenshots.

Six Apart announce Movable Type v4.2

Six Apart announced version 4.2 of their Movable Type blogging platform, which now includes Movable Type Pro: an "integrated social publishing platform" with "blogging, content management and social networking". InfomationWeek and CNET both comment on Movable Type's shift towards a "social platform".

Enterprise 2.0 for Information Professionals, Sydney

James Dellow reported on this conference at his CheifTech blog and also posted his follow-up thoughts and conclusions. Trevor Cook also shares his note on 'Using social media to alleviate pressure on email' and other sessions at his Corporate Engagement blog.

8th Annual Strategic Intranets Summit, Wellington

Dorje McKinnon provides a useful sessions summary with links to further reports and comments. Michael Sampson shared his notes on the conference and has also posted his presentation: "The Future of Collaborative Work".

Office 2.0 2008, San Francisco

Look out for E20portal.com coverage of this event coming soon, including comments, analysis and links to video recordings of all sessions.

Web 2.0 University Executive Bootcamp , London

Dion Hinchcliffe, the enterprise technology guru, has been running highly successful one day briefings on web 2.0 for business in the USA for some time. This Executive Bootcamp is now going global with briefings in the UK and Australia. Visit our Events Section to find out more

Defrag Conference 2008 , Denver

The Defrag Conference gathering place for the growing community of implementers, users, builders and thinkers that are working on the next wave of software innovation.
A $100 discount is available to E20portal.com readers. Visit our Events Section to find out more.