Weblogs in the Enterprise?

Lushmore asks: "Some of our firmware teams have asked for a discussion forum tool similar to the many web bulletin boards or weblogs on the Internet. One missing feature common to most of the boards I've seen is, understandably, lack of finely grained security--the user/group structure is not sufficient for the enterprise. Is there a bulletin board/weblog tool out where users can be part of multiple groups and each group can have their own administrators?" I think the issue of Weblogs in the Enterprise extends far beyond the type of software used, so as an aside for this question, I'd like folks to think about one other issue: can the usual culture found in most firms support the type of open discourse common to successful weblogs? What extra advantages would weblogs provide over the already tried and true technologies like email, instant messaging and cellphones?

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Enterprise-wide Freedom of Speech

[eibhear]

Some organisations in some companies could have a reasonable policy about what can or cannot be said in an internal web log environment. I would be interesting to see what boundaries can be stretched and by how much. It's one thing to disagree lucidly with your manager, another altogether to flamebait the LOB director who was thinking of promoting you. (The Beware-The-Voices ad campaign from Monster springs to mind.)

On security, can a slashcode administrator restrict the sections a user can (read) access?

Éibhear

Re:y It's called NNTP

[Big Sean O]

That's right...

In 1996 my company ran a news server the entire firm (with over 50 offices nationwide).

Sheesh, has it been over six years already!

Anyhow, it worked like a champ.