Research

Summer 2010 — Microstreams In Business

Under development: an investigation on the use of microstreams in the business context, leading to a research report to be called Microstreams In Business. Our work will be directed toward the promise and actual benefits of streaming applications in the business context, based on direct analysis and interviews with developers and business users.

The report will provide in-depth review and analysis of general purpose technologies such as Twitter and Facebook in the business setting, but will dig deep into offerings intended specifically for the business, such as Yammer, Salesforce.com Chatter, IBM Connections, Socialcast, Socialwok, Newsgator, Threadbox, SocialText Signals, Workstreamer, Present.ly, Shareflow, BantamLive, and any others we unearth.

The research team’s goal is to determine key factors that these applications are focused on, and what the important differences are between them, to help business users make the best choice when considering a microstreaming (or microblogging) tool.

Subscribers to the Microstreams In Business research will receive

  • a copy of the final report, planned for September 2010 release; and
  • a half-day web briefing discussing the findings and their application to the specific company’s needs.

The full research sponsorship is $500.

Those interested in the report only can purchase a prepublication copy for $195 up to the time of publication; the full price report will be $250 after release.

Please contact me to discuss these options or to discuss the research project in general: stowe DOT boyd AT gmail DOT com.

Other information about the study will be posted with the tag MIB. Important posts: