Ross Mayfield, head of SocialText and all round good guy, sent me an invite to preview their new micro-blogging tool on 22 July. It’s a secure Twitter-type product for team use. I like the fact that its integrated in with profiles, which makes it sound more powerful than the likes of Yammer.

• CIO article: “It lets enterprise employees communicate in a real-time stream about projects, documents and other items. Think of it as Twitter for just your team. It also lets companies build their intranet using social networking profiles that employees maintain.” Full article >>

• eWeek article: “A potential salve for corporate IT administrators wrestling with security concerns over tools that don’t let IT control membership, content or company policy.” Full article >>

Free Webinar – Socialtext Microblogging Appliance Wed July 22nd, 9am PDT Register>>