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ARMONK, N.Y., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that for the fourth consecutive year, IDC ranked IBM number one in worldwide market share for enterprise social software.*

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Social networking adoption continues to soar as businesses look to transform their organization into a smarter enterprise that is capable of empowering a global workforce and transforming client experiences.

According to IDC, the worldwide enterprise social market segment reached 1.0 billion in 2012, representing growth of 25 percent over 2011.*

"Businesses today are operating in the social age where innovation, speed, and exceptional client experiences are critical." said Alistair Rennie, general manager, social business, IBM. "Our social business platform is accelerating that transformation and helping change the way leaders are working."

As this demand grows, organizations are looking to introduce social capabilities into all key areas, from marketing and research innovation to sales and human resources. The challenge is that many lack the ability to capture and share the unique insights from each employee and use it to help drive real value to the business.

IBM's social business software and services pair powerful social networking capabilities with analytics that help companies engage all key stakeholders whether an employee, customer or partners in order to accelerate innovation and deliver results. Today, more than 60 percent of Fortune 100 companies have licensed IBM's solutions for social business, including eight of the top 10 retailers and banks.

IBM's social networking platform, IBM Connections, allows for instant collaboration with one simple click and the ability to build social communities both inside and outside the organization. As a result Connections helps organizations increase customer loyalty and speed business results. IBM Connections is available both on premise and in the IBM SmartCloud for Social Business. IBM currently has three IBM SmartCloud for Social Business facilities based in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Leading IBM social business clients include Prudential Insurance, Fluor Corporation, Lowe's Home Improvement, LeasePlan and Electrolux.

For more information, visit http://www.ibm.com/socialbusiness.

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Enterprise social networking software, which offers social media capabilities adapted for workplace collaboration like employee profiles, activity streams, microblogging and document sharing, has evolved from a "nice to have" to a "should have" status in enterprises.

Picking up on that shift, Microsoft plunked down more than $1 billion last summer to buy Yammer -- at the time a leading independent provider of ESN software -- in order to boost ESN capabilities primarily in its collaboration server SharePoint and also in other products like Office, Lync, Outlook and Dynamics.

While Microsoft has been busy working on integrating Yammer with SharePoint behind the scenes, it's now clear that the effort is complex and that a fusion of the products will take at least two more years to complete.

For now, the integration deliverables will be modest. Microsoft said in March that Office 365 customers will get the option this summer to replace SharePoint Online's activity-stream component with Yammer's activity stream.

In this basic integration, when users click on the Yammer link, it'll open up a new browser window and ask them to sign into Yammer. In the same timeframe, Microsoft will deliver a Yammer application that will let users embed a Yammer group feed into a SharePoint site, both with SharePoint Online and with SharePoint 2013 servers installed on customer premises. Microsoft will also make it possible for customers to replace the newsfeed in SharePoint 2013 servers installed on premise.

Later in the year, the integration will deepen with a single sign-on and the inclusion of Yammer in the Office 365 interface. Yammer will also gain integration with Office Web Apps, the browser-based version of the Office productivity suite, before the end of the year.

In 2014, Office 365 customers can expect integration between Yammer and other Office 365 components beyond SharePoint, such as Lync and Exchange. Yammer is also being integrated with Microsoft Dynamics enterprise software.

SharePoint, first launched about a dozen years ago, has been the 800 pound gorilla of collaboration servers for a long time, but it has struggled to keep up on the enterprise social networking front.

Microsoft increased SharePoint's native ESN features in the 2010 and in the latest 2013 version of the product, but as its acquisition of Yammer shows, even the company recognizes it needs to do more.

"The issue with SharePoint has been that enterprise social moves very fast and SharePoint doesn't, because it's a big, complex product" that does many other things, says Forrester Research analyst Rob Koplowitz.

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Social networking sites render businesses the unique ability to share news about their product and service offerings with audiences that were once out of reach. By leveraging social media, organizations can instantly share their business with consumers worldwide. To enable organizations harness the power of social media to further their brands impact and reach, the New York based tech firm has formally launched Elgg social engine development services in New York.

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Elgg is one such renowned social framework that can be used to create a full fledged social networking website to be run publicly or within an enterprise .It is an open source networking tool that provides businesses the exclusive functionality to create fully-featured social networking sites and applications. And to enable organizations to collaborate, share and communicate both internally and externally, the New York based tech firm has announced Elgg development services in New York.

Elgg provides a host of powerful functionalities and features needed to create a great online social environment. With features like blogging, microblogging, activity streams, file sharing, networking, social bookmarking and a number of other core components, Elgg is designed to build socially aware applications effortlessly. Designed to run at the heart of any socially-aware application, Elgg can not only be used as an internal social networking site for enterprise usage, but can also be used by firms with e-commerce websites. Adding a social networking facility to the existing websites will enable business concerns to have a platform for building user communities and to interact with them. By providing an underlying structure for a personalized learning environment, Elgg allows users to write blogs, store and share files, share and network and set up RSS feeds. It enables users to easily set up public or private groups and get working together around particular topics or interests.

At Asahi Technologies, the expert developers focus on implementing customized web solutions with real-time social networking dimensions. Right from planning phase to the maintenance phase, the NY based firm offers Elgg consulting, training and development services that are on par with the clients expectations. By leveraging Elgg, our developers enable businesses to create an outstanding social hub to boost up their bottom line growth, stated Mr.Vinod Subbaiah, the CEO and Founder of Asahi Technologies.

To help firms learn more about Elgg Social Network Development, Asahi Technologies provides a free online consultation to clients letting them understand their Elgg development options.

About Asahi Technologies

Asahi Technologies is a New York based web design and development firm that provides software consulting and Web solutions to small and medium level businesses all across North America. Asahi Technologies specializes in responsive design, cloud computing, online marketing, mobile application development and open source technologies. Under the leadership of Mr. Vinod Subbaiah, who himself started his career as a software programmer, Asahi Technologies team comprises of experienced software professionals having extensive knowledge of technology with B2C and B2B operations. The firms headquarters is located in New York City, NY.

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Dozens of dolphin carcasses counted on west coast of Italy Dolphins thought to have died from virus that causes measles in humans Found on beaches from Tuscany to Sicily since turn of the year

By Sam Adams

PUBLISHED: 08:30 EST, 22 April 2013 | UPDATED: 08:33 EST, 22 April 2013

Scientists believe that more than 100 dolphins washed up dead along the Italian coast were struck down by a killer strain of measles.

A total of 101 dolphin carcasses have been counted on the west coast of Italy since the beginning of the year.

All are the same species - striped dolphins which have a distinctive blue and white pattern and grow to about eight feet long. They usually live for 50 or 60 years.

Concerns: More than 100 striped dolphins have washed up on the west coast of Italy during the last three months

The bodies have appeared on beaches spanning more than half the western coastline of Italy, from Tuscany to Calabria, as well as the island of Sicily - which suggests that the problem is not caused by humans pollutants such as oil.

Instead the deaths are being attributed to a possible outbreak of Morbillivirus, the virus that causes measles in humans, which scientists believe created a gateway for other illnesses among the animals.

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