Engage is a smart set of employee communication and social collaboration tools to boost daily productivity. By smart, we mean Engage infuses intelligence in communication systems and day to day processes; creating a vibrant, open company. Effective communication is vital to every business. Over the last 15 years, businesses have relied on email, IM, intranets, blogs, newsletters and web-casts to talk to each other, share news and information and collaborate on projects. Enter Engage – The natural evolution of these communication solutions. The current tools used to accomplish daily tasks are simply outdated and inefficient for business in this decade of open and immediate communication. More than a tool, Engage is a way of working, a way of collaborating and a way of creating an informed, productive workforce.

Website:  EngageSmart.com
On Twitter:  @engagesmart

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Enterprise microblogging and IM that includes integration with public microblogging and IM.   We provide businesses with reliable, secure and compliant messaging solutions via a product set that encompasses managed email security, email continuity, email, IM and micro-blogging hosting & archiving.

Website: Cleartext.com
On Twitter: @cleartext

SMOB is a Semantic MicroBlogging framework that enables an open, distributed and semantic microblogging experience based on state-of-the-art Semantic Web and Linked Data technologies.

It relies on distributed hubs that communicate each other to exchange microblog posts and subscriptions (i.e. following / followers). Anyone can install his own hub and start following other users, while SMOB also allows cross-posting on other platforms such as Twitter.

Website:  smob.me

Google announced today that it will begin integrating real-time search results into its search engine.   The search giant, which had previously announced a search deal with Twitter, will now add search results from Facebook, Myspace, and other microblogging services such as Identi.ca and Jaiku.  The new features will gradually roll out to users over the next few weeks, but will be limited to English-only results for the time being.  A mobile version of Real-time search will be available immediately for iPhone and Android users.  For a demo of the new service, have a look at the video below.

Communote is a microblogging service specifically designed for enterprise use.  Short messages can be shared easily and quickly within teams and projects.  Also hyperlinks and files can be shared.  Microblogs can be open to all users or confidental – just as needed.

Communote is available as online-service or software license for inhouse installations.

Interview with Communardo CEO Dirk Röhrborn

Website: Communote.com
On Twitter: @communote

Socialtext Signals provides microblogging integrated with Socialtext’s enterprise collaboration platform. While it provides a lot of the same great benefits of other microblogging tools like Twitter, it provides many additional benefits as colleagues in a company use it to work towards common goals.

If you want to quickly gather collective insight from a broader group within your organization, without interrupting people, and without multiple threads of long responses, Socialtext Signals is the answer. It amplifies, clarifies and complements other collaboration and gives you fast and widespread information sharing. It is available as part of the Socialtext collaboration platform and is also available in a standalone microblogging appliance.

Website: Socialtext Signals
On Twitter: @Socialtext