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Enterprise Social Networking v Unified Communications

I’m waiting for a couple of vendors to get back to me regarding their perspectives on enterprise social networking versus unified communications. I’ve contacted vendors from both sides of this equation so I can provide you with the different perspectives.

I have to concede that enterprise social networking has been around for a very long time. In fact, it has been around so long that it has only recently been identified as social networking. In the not so distant past eSN was called unified communications and collaboration.

Apple doesn't need Jobs, analyst says

Early on Friday, Apple shares slid below US$100 for the first time since May 2007 after a false report circulated that Apple's 53-year-old CEO had suffered a major heart attack. The report, posted on iReport.com, a "citizen journalist" Web site operated by CNN, was quickly denied by Apple, but not before the share price had slid nearly 11%. The panic was unwarranted, said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research Inc.

Wall Street's collapse puts IT spending in (some) peril

The overall economic cost of Wall Street's collapse has yet to be totaled. But it's clear that IT departments will be laboring under some changed conditions in the months ahead.

SAP warns on Q3 earnings, cites economy

Turmoil in the world's stock markets over the past several weeks and resulting concern among customers caused "a very sudden and unexpected drop in business activity" at the end of SAP's third fiscal quarter, the company said Monday.