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Weblogs in the Enterprise?

Posted by Cliff on from the stuff-to-think-about dept.

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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  1. Enterprise blogging whitepaper by prostoalex · · Score: 4, Informative

    People from TechDirt, who earn their living by creating corporate blogs, have a white paper on enterprise blogging available. And then there is this InfoWorld article.

  2. PHPbb Allows for that kind of Admin.... by thecampbeln · · Score: 3, Informative

    Check out PHPbb, it allows for multiple admins and groups, not sure if it's exactly what you need, but if not I'm sure with a few extra lines of PHP you could get it to do what you need! Good luck!

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  3. Not a good Idea. by mageben · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm gonna call this one now. No enterprise can endure the openness that weblogs usually have. The closest thing that you can have and get your discussion and security is either a plain old web message board, or a mailing list of some sort. But security is still an issue.

    -Code

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  4. Very ture, but all you need to do is... by thecampbeln · · Score: 3, Informative

    ...have it under a password protected directory or only available to an Intranet. Then the users can still use it as they wish/need and the ass end of the company is at least mostly covered =)

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  5. y It's called NNTP by DrSkwid · · Score: 3, Insightful

    and a web based interface.

    get an NNTP server that can be configured to control posting via authentication and you are away

    of course no-one thinks IRC and NNTP are cool enough these days. They need to have shmancy names.

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  6. True Story, re: not getting it by dmorin · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was once in a meeting where I watched 2 managers agree that when a post was made to a team newsgroup (this was years ago before blog was the popular buzzword), the posting person would be expected to send an email to everybody he thought would be interested in his post letting them know that he had posted something.

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  7. Weblogs in the Enterprise by redtail1 · · Score: 3, Funny
    6:04 pm
    Scotty took my name off the warp drive's list of cool captains. That's it. I'm taking him off my list of favorite Scottish engineers.

    6:28 pm
    What type of tribble are you? I'm a fluffy one. (link snarfed from the Klingons)

    7:12 pm
    Had dream where I was in bed with Spock. What do you think that means?
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