Enterprise social networking

What is it?

Enterprise social networking tools enable communication within a group of individuals working within an organisation (either for-profit or non-profit).

Popular sites

• chatter (by Salesforce)
• status.net
• Sitrion
• yammer (yammer is widely used at UCL)
• Zimbra
• tibbr
• socialcast

Cost

Most sites are paid for services that are aimed at enterprises, but some are FREE to use, or offer a free-use option.