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By Tom Sanders
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07/18/05 2:45 PM PT

Blogging applications have so far catered to individuals who make postings without any support or management from a larger entity. Big Blue's Domino collaboration suite already allows users to publish blogs, and the company claims that more than 100 public blogs are being powered by the software.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) Latest News about IBM has previewed a new set of tools that allows enterprises to use blogs for collaboration, bringing enterprise class management tools to the world of Web logs.

Blogging applications have so far catered to individuals who make postings without any support or management from a larger entity.

The test version of the software offers a single management console to maintain multiple blogs, integrated search and security Security, strength, a lower TCO: find out about all the advantages of IBM Middleware on Linux., along with predefined user roles and templates.

The new tools integrate with IBM's Workplace collaboration platform, and will be included in the software in August.

The preview can be downloaded for free at IBM's Alphaworks website.

Big Blue's Domino collaboration suite already allows users to publish blogs, and the company claims that more than 100 public blogs are being powered by the software.

corporate blogging...it sounds so,,,so,,,dirty and yucky    ...but it does seem to be a trend.

Quote:Investment banking intranet blogs

"Some companies, uncomfortable with the openness of public blogs, use them as an internal communications tool. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, the German investment bank, has set up about 120 internal blogs to promote discussion and distribute information, including some that encourage users to share ideas, requests and criticisms of in-house information technology systems.

that's from a blog called "Corporate Blogging"
http://www.corporateblogging.info/

Corporate blogging survery 2005:

Quote: We discovered that corporate blogs are giving established corporations and obscure brands the ability to connect with their audiences on a personal level, build trust, collect valuable feedback and foster strengthened relationships while and at the same time benefiting in ways that are tangible to the sales and marketing side of the business.

http://www.backbonemedia.com/blogsurvey/