Broadvision's Clearvale Express Offers Free Social Media Capabilities 2
Broadvision has introduced Clearvale Express, a SaaS-based social networking/enterprise 2.0 application that makes it possible for a company to provide workers with a Twitter-like activity stream that lets you know what your colleagues are working on, collaborate on files and tasks, and build collaborative communities. Workers can follow other users and view a simple Facebook-like profile wall on each user of the company network within Clearvale Express. The application is a stripped down versio
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Like most social networking applications designed for business use, Clearvale Express bears more than a passing resemblance to Facebook. A main activity stream down the middle of the page lets users post status updates and do microblogging, while also seeing posts from other users that they follow along with comments on posts. The action items tab shows information on invitations and other tasks needing attention, and the message tab lets users privately contact other users of the system. Users can do basic customization of their profile on Clearvale Express, such as through the use of a profile image. However, Clearvale Express does not have all of the functionality of the full enterprise version of Broadvision's Clearvale, and there are limitations on storage (1GB) and the number of communities (20) for each free network account.
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Signing up for the free Clearvale Express service is a simple task -- but two things need to be kept in mind. A valid email domain is required to sign-up with (no Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo addresses allowed for sign-up) and users should be aware that the default sign-up is for a closed intranet account that will only work for users with the same email domain.
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Following the link for Clearvale Express for Membership Organizations makes it possible to create a network that can have members with diverse email domains.
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Once a network has been created on Clearvale Express, members of the social network can be invited through a bulk email file or by entering email addresses into a form field.
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A nice feature of the Clearvale Express is its ability to integrate directly with Google Apps such as Gmail and Google Docs.
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Clearvale Express allows for simple file collaboration and files can be uploaded directly to the network or, if content already exists online, can be embedded into Clearvale Express content.
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The Communities feature in Clearvale Express lets organizations create topic or task specific areas for collaboration and discussion.
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Not all conversations in Clearvale Express need to be public. Like most social networking systems, it is possible to directly message other members from within Clearvale Express.
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Not all conversations in Clearvale Express need to be public. Like most social networking systems, it is possible to directly message other members from within Clearvale Express.
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Like most social networking applications designed for business use, Clearvale Express bears more than a passing resemblance to Facebook. A main activity stream down the middle of the page lets users post status updates and do microblogging, while also seeing posts from other users that they follow along with comments on posts. The action items tab shows information on invitations and other tasks needing attention, and the message tab lets users privately contact other users of the system. Users can do basic customization of their profile on Clearvale Express, such as through the use of a profile image. However, Clearvale Express does not have all of the functionality of the full enterprise version of Broadvision's Clearvale, and there are limitations on storage (1GB) and the number of communities (20) for each free network account.
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