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Cyn.in is a group collaboration software created by Cynapse, that inter-connects your people with each other and their collective knowledge, seamlessly. Cyn.in helps teams to build collaborative knowledge by sharing and discussing various forms of digital content within a secure, unified application that is accessible using a web based interface or a rich desktop client. Cyn.in combines the capabilities of collaboration tools like wikis, blogs, file repositories, micro blogs, instant discussions and other social applications into a seamless platform. The cyn.in desktop client keeps users updated with its unique activity stream while enabling instant discussions within any document, file or content.

Are you thinking of deploying something like Facebook as a business tool in your enterprise? Many companies are: Enterprise spending on Web 2.0 technologies will surge over the next five years to reach $4.6 billion globally, predicts Forrester Research.

Today we talk about Strategic Value. Strategic value includes great benefits like better decision making, data exploration & discovery, user empowerment, and visually integrating disparate information. These benefits are very real to an organization but often difficult to quantify; these are sometimes referred to as "soft ROI" benefits.

Enterprise 2.0 has this figured out. Ideas are easily created and shared. Proponents and opponents can develop analyses of ideas. Simple commenting is very powerful, while longer form blogging can lay down foundational elements. Proposed ideas and discussions live longer than the one hour everyone is together in a conference room.

Within 20 minutes of my first Twitter message I got a call from a Comcast executive in Philadelphia who wanted to know how he could help. He said he monitors Twitter and blogs to get an understanding of what people are saying about Comcast, and so he saw the discussion break out around my messages.