We are pleased to present a new release of Communote – Enterprise Microblogging – to you. A lot of interesting new features are waiting for you. The highlight of our new version is the Communote integration for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Atlassian Confluence. In addition, we have redesigned the service area. Furthermore, we are now offering access to our brand ne Communote Support portal. In the administration we have improved the management features for external users. Besides our proven support of open source databases MySQL and PostgreSQL, Communote now also supports Oracle and Microsoft SQL databases.

Tags for People profils
In Communote there are tags (keywords) in messages and topics (blogs) and now also in user profiles. By this means you can find experts in your organisation even better. Now, users can enter tags in their own user profiles to describe their interst and skills.

Trending Tags and Authors
From now on, Communote shows in the tagcloud trend tags and authors from the last 1,000 messages. This provides a better overview of current trends and active users.

iPad and Tablet Support
The use of tablets gets more and more important in companies these days. Now Communote not only supports tablets through the available app for iPhone, iPad and Android. Also, the complete Communote web interface is compatible for iPad and other tablets.
Thus, you have complete mobile access to all Communote functionalities.

Renaming
In the new Communote version, we have done some renaming to clearify functionality. Blogs are renamed into ‘topics’. This suits very well, since Communote is all about topics. ’Bookmark’ also expresses ‘favor’ in a more clear way.

New Integration for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Atlassian Confluence
The Communote integration enables a direct link from Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Atlassian Confluence to Communote.
With parameter settings different representations of the Communote widget (e.g. display of individual topics and Communote filtering) can be selected.

By using the Communote Widget, the missing social communication is added to your SharePoint or wiki page. Users can read and write messages about Communote topics. Another use case is the creation of dashboards with e.g. spezial filtered messages .
Thus Communote can be used as a continuous communication channel. This makes it easy to communicate and collaborate within your company.

Communote Supportportal

We have redesigned our ‘service area’  in Communote. Here you can find Communote tools such as bookmarklet, desktop client, mobile access, documentation, terms of use and contact information.

On our new Communote support portal you have full access to documentation including quick-start guides and video tutorials. Support requests can now be sent directly to us. With the appropriate registration, you have access to our ticket system JIRA and an actual overview of support requests.

New administrative configuration

In our administration area there are new configuration options for administrators of Communote.

With the new version you have the option to configure  the standard view.  This setting allows the Administrator to choose between the ‘All Notes’ or the ‘Following’  tab as standard view for all users.

The public topic (blog) is now treated as a ‘normal’ topic just like any other.  Any topic can now be selected as the ‘standard topic’.
With the default topic Communote user can directly write Notes into the preselected topic.

It is becoming more and more important to include external user like customers or partners in the communication flow. Communote now offers enhanced opportunities to handle ‘external’ users. In the new version the simultaneous use of different authentification types including LDAP, MS Sharepoint, Atlassian Confluence and Communote are supported. That allows to connect users appropriate to Communote.

Other technical enhancements are the support of Oracle and Microsoft SQL databases and the connection of external tag stores. Actually, we are working on a single-sign-on solution for the upcoming Communote version 2.2.

The release of the new version will take place in a few days. Customers of our Online Service will be informed by e-mail. An update for our licence customers will be available shortly as Download for Inhouse Installation.

Enjoy our new Communote version 2.1. We look forward to your feedback.

Today, we are proud to present you today the new release of Communote. It has never been easier to share status reports, to follow topics, network with co-workers and to communicate securely.

Communote is much more than just an Enterprise “Facebook” or “Twitter.” Beyond the known functions of the social networks, Communote is the ideal means of communication in teams and distributed enterprises. Information can be shared in closed groups and provided with tags. So the message reaches the right audience and because of extensive filtering options, such as themes, tags , people and content types, such as documents, images, links and videos, it quickly found again.

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Communote – the communcation solution for project and teamoriented businesses

Communote offers a wide range of applications in the enterprise. We ourselves are always thrilled by what scenarios customers come to us, and how Communote is used by our customers.

We want to introduce the use of Communote in the following areas:

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We are pleased to provide Communote with an updated version today. In particular, this includes the possibility to follow blogs authors and tags, as well as to send direct messages. The release 1.2 simplifies the communication in the company. In the following article we would like to introduce you the most important changes and enhancements:

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Last Monday, Communote online system was updated to the brand new version 1.1. This release also marks the end of our beta-phase. Communote is available for commercial production use from now on. At this point, we would like to thank all of our users that used and testet Communote as online service or inhouse installation since autumn last year. Your feedback has helped us tremendeously to improve our product. Many of your hints and tips have been integrated in this new release, others are still on the list of planned features.

This article aims to introduce you to the new features. Briefly summarized the new features in release 1.1 are:

• redesign of the web interface
• tabbed navigation (all notes, blog and @replies)
• new note editor
• inline replies and threaded discussions
• posting public notes that are not assigned to a blog
• permalinks for blogs, notes and users
• user profiles
• download page for mobile clients and widgets

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