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Status Streams in Commons

Isaac Sukin's picture

At Enterprise 2.0 this week, Acquia demoed new status stream functionality that will be in the next version of Commons. The ability for users to post short updates to groups and users encourages new users to jump in and participate, provides a centralized space for ambient communication that doesn't need to crowd your inbox, and keeps users connected and engaged.

Drupal Commons is now Commons

Amanda Wilson's picture

Acquia’s social business software distribution, Drupal Commons has allowed many developers to build community sites easily with Drupal. This has always been one of the major goals of Drupal Commons – to help Drupal adoption by making it easy for people to create great community sites quickly without having to build from scratch.

Commons product info

Commons’ collaborative environment brings together blogs, wikis, and calendars, and much more to create productive interactions among employees, customers, and the web — at a much lower cost than other solutions.

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Over 20 Exhibitors Make New Product & Service Announcements at Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston [6/13/11]

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Monday, June 13, 2011
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PR Newswire

The Enterprise 2.0 Conference, produced by UBM TechWeb, today previews exhibitor news and announcements that will be happening at next week's event, taking place June 20-23, 2011 at the Hynes Convention Center. Enterprise 2.0 Conference is the leading event for companies looking to transform their business through social business tools and application platforms and is a unique setting for exhibitors to showcase their latest products and services to a targeted E2 audience. More information available at: http://www.e2conf.com/.

"We're thrilled with the announcements being made by those at the forefront of Enterprise 2.0," said Steve Wylie, Enterprise 2.0 Conference General Manager. "This impressive preview into exhibitor news happening at Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston attests to the strength of the event and the innovation occurring in today's market. We are excited to learn more about these new technologies and social business products next week and to have the opportunity to interact with them first-hand."

The list of companies making announcements leading up to or at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference currently includes:

Acquia is revealing the newest version of its "open alternative" social business software, giving enterprises the freedom to create communities matching their desired social style and design. Commons 2.0 offers the most complete and flexible enterprise-class solution for building communities at a lower cost than proprietary solutions.

Stop Thinking Open Source Can’t Be Full Service

Anonymous's picture

STILL there is confusion out there around open source solutions. I was reading today’s great post by Caroline Dangson from the Dachis Group on “Building a Business Case for Customer Community," when one line derailed my concentration on the topic enough to make me write this. Caroline was outlining a great plan for building a detailed business case for customer communities, when I read this line in step 10:

What differentiates social business software platforms?

Anonymous's picture

Frequently I hear people say the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Social Software is ‘overcrowded’ and very little separates the vendors from each other. One reason is because the core capabilities of social business software, namely blogs, discussions, social networking, file sharing, etc. are becoming ‘commoditized’ (sorry Tony, I used B.S. word #4).

The Wisdom of the Commons [6/7/11]

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011
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KM World

Acquia has announced Drupal Commons 1.6, which is said to offer a complete set of social software tools. The new version of Commons allows companies to get all of their social tools in one integrated package .

Drupal Commons brightens up with new themes and user experience changes in release 1.6

Jay Batson's picture

This morning is an exciting moment: Drupal Commons version 1.6 is released! This release brings some really exciting new advancements:

  • Two new themes. (Yay!)
  • Usability improvements
  • A collection of smaller, yet important feature advances

2011 Launch Pad Finalists Announced for UBM TechWeb's Enterprise 2.0 Conference

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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The Enterprise 2.0 Conference, produced by UBM TechWeb, today announced Acquia as a finalist selected to participate in this year's Launch Pad program. The Launch Pad contest provides a unique public forum for unveiling new social tools within the enterprise, and takes place during the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston on Wednesday, June 22 at the Hynes Convention Center. The Enterprise 2.0 Conference is the largest and most important event focused on the growing market for enterprise social software, and dedicated to exploring how Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies are changing business today. For more information visit: http://launchpad.e2conf.com/.

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