Here is a new report on 2011 enterprise search trends from Forrester, Enterprise Search: Six Key Trends to Watch by Leslie Owens with Stephen Powers and Anjali Yakkundi. It will be become increasingly recognized that the knowledge and insight revealed on social platforms and enterprise 2.0 What is the source of optimism?  MORE >>

Yesterday I wrote about social search and the Web. Forrester has provided an interesting new report, Enterprise Search: Six Key Trends to Watch by Leslie Owens with Stephen Powers and Anjali Yakkundi, and social is more positive here. Social media, especially activity streams through enterprise micro-blogging, is on the rise. MORE >>

I recently received a review copy of the Forrester report, The CIO’s Guide to Establishing a Social Media Policy.   While Forrester’s Nigel Fenwick does explicitly take a position on this, his report does not use the words “best practices” or any similar term. There were a number of things I like about this report.  MORE >>

Forrester has released a useful report, The Enterprise 2.0 In their recent survey of 4,985 US information workers, they found that we’re still at a very stage in social software use in business. The employees currently using social business software are early adopters with high incomes and positive attitudes about technology. MORE >>

According to a recent report by emarketer , business-to-business (B2B) spending on social media is set to increase dramatically over the next few years. Outsell , a company who provides business intelligence for publishers and information providers, estimates that B2B marketing on social networks will grow by 43.3% in 2010. MORE >>