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DEFINITION: Six degrees of separation is the theory that anyone on the planet can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances that has no more than five intermediaries. The theory was first proposed in 1929 by the Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy in a short story called "Chains."

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Employee Web Use and Misuse: Companies, Their Employees and the Internet
sponsored by MessageLabs
WHITE PAPER: Web misuse can have serious implications for your business including security problems and legal risks. Read this whitepaper to learn more about services that give companies the ability to monitor and enforce their internet usage policies.
Posted: 04 Dec 2008 | Published: 04 Dec 2008
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Choosing a Solution for Web-Filtering: Software, Appliance, Managed Service?
sponsored by MessageLabs
WHITE PAPER: Read this whitepaper for a better look at managed web security services that enable businesses to set up and enforce acceptable usage policies that are flexible, fit-for-purpose and accommodate evolving needs and priorities.
Posted: 04 Dec 2008 | Published: 04 Dec 2008
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Email Marketing Goes Social
sponsored by Silverpop Systems Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to get tips about how to best implement a successful social email marketing campaign.
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 | Published: 26 Nov 2008
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Playing from the Same Score: Rational Clearcase, Rational Clearquest, and Rational Team Concert in Perfect Harmony
sponsored by IBM
WEBCAST: Often teams that code for heterogeneous environments of scale need to collaborate with smaller, more agile teams building modern applications like those for Web 2.0.
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Bringing Web 2.0 to the Enterprise: Leveraging Social Computing Technologies for ERP Applications
sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper details how Web 2.0 technologies support business strategies by improving efficiency and productivity as well as harnessing knowledge through collaboration.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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Clustered Storage
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
WHITE PAPER: This document explains about Primary Storage Optimization and targeted to reduce the amount of raw storage capacity required to store a given data set.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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FAQ: Corporate Web 2.0 Threats
sponsored by Websense, Inc.
VIDEO: Check out this expert videocast and learn about the benefits and security risks of Web 2.0 software.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Premiered: 19 Nov 2008
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Hackers Announce Open Season on Web 2.0 Users and Browsers
sponsored by Purewire
WHITE PAPER: This paper details how the emergence of Web 2.0 has created a fertile threat environment for malware writers and distributors to spread their wares and offers a solution.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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Fact or fiction: The security risks of cloud computing
sponsored by Websense, Inc.
PODCAST: Check out this expert podcast and learn about the benefits of cloud computing and SaaS and get tips for addressing the security challenges of these business options.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Premiered: 19 Nov 2008
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Messaging Security Solutions
sponsored by Websense, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this whitepaper to learn ways for your organization to institute a software-based gateway solution that incorporates multiple layers of real-time intelligence, providing protection against complex inbound and outbound threats.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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PODCAST: Creating a Competitive Edge: Extending the SharePoint Platform to meet Enterprise 2.0
sponsored by Vorsite Corporation
PODCAST: Listen to this podcast to learn how Vorsite has worked with the world's largest software company to implement an Enterprise 2.0 solution that provided a comprehensive business productivity platform.
Posted: 29 Oct 2008 | Premiered: 29 Oct 2008
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Creating a Competitive Edge: Extending the SharePoint Platform to meet Enterprise 2.0
sponsored by Vorsite Corporation
WEBCAST: Attend this session to learn how Vorsite has worked with the world's largest software company to implement an Enterprise 2.0 solution that provided a comprehensive business productivity platform.
Posted: 28 Oct 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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e-Book: Five Best Practices for Improving Customer Service through Community-Based Collaboration
sponsored by InQuira Inc
WHITE PAPER: This e-book offers insights that can help companies embrace social media, harvest knowledge from the conversations in user communities, and apply that knowledge to deliver better customer service.
Posted: 17 Oct 2008 | Published: 17 Oct 2008
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The Social Enterprise: Using Social Enterprise Applications to Enable the Next Wave of Knowledge Worker Productivity
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Enterprise social applications are the next generation of collaboration and productivity tools, capturing the interpersonal knowledge of workers and the implicit connections among people, systems, and data.
Posted: 16 Oct 2008 | Published: 16 Oct 2008
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Web 2.0 for the Enterprise: Setting the Foundation for Success
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Bringing Web 2.0 to the enterprise is more than just the latest technology; it's about changing the traditional business model and tapping into the creativity, intellect, and passion of every single employee.
Posted: 16 Oct 2008 | Published: 16 Oct 2008
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Rock Phishing: The Threat and Recommended Countermeasures
sponsored by MarkMonitor
WHITE PAPER: In this paper, we discuss the history of the Rock Phish Gang as well as their attack methodology and how it has evolved. We also review the actions that businesses can take to prevent and defeat an attack by the Rock Phish Gang.
Posted: 10 Oct 2008 | Published: 09 Oct 2008
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IBM System x iDataPlex - Enabling Web 2.0 with Internet-Scale Solutions
sponsored by IBM and Intel
PRODUCT LITERATURE: This document examines how the IBM System x iDataPlex offers enterprises a unique way to tap emerging market opportunities including Web 2.0.
Posted: 01 Oct 2008 | Published: 30 Sep 2008
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Sales 2.0: How Businesses Are Using Online Collaboration to Spark Sales
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper examines how Sales and Marketing professionals are beginning to see they can use social media applications such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and Jigsaw to do a better job of selling and marketing to their customers.
Posted: 19 Sep 2008 | Published: 19 Sep 2008
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It's All about the Salesperson: Taking Advantage of Web 2.0
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the challenges salespeople face, the growing Web 2.0 trend in the enterprise, and the drivers for a new breed of social applications that complement traditional CRM systems to help sales users close more deals quickly.
Posted: 19 Sep 2008 | Published: 19 Sep 2008
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Best Practices for Enabling Social Enterprise Collaboration
sponsored by MindTouch
WHITE PAPER: MindTouch Deki, a next-generation social enterprise collaboration platform, is the most sophisticated wiki collaboration platform on the market and enables the most comprehensive enterprise-level collaboration.
Posted: 09 Sep 2008 | Published: 09 Sep 2008
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Crimeware: The calm before the storm
sponsored by FireEye
VIDEOCAST: Check out this expert videocast and learn more about recognizing the early signs of attack surveillance and find out what you can do to keep your company's confidential data off the Web.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Premiered: 27 Aug 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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The High Performance Information Workplace: How Social Computing, Team Collaboration and Enterprise Content Management Drives Competitive Advantage
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Download this white paper to learn about a solution that allows businesses to be able to continuously access, capture, maintain and reuse the key information that improves business performance and creates a sustainable competitive advantage.
Posted: 21 Aug 2008 | Published: 15 Aug 2008
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The Gilbane Group Research Report: Social Media & Collaboration Trends - 2008
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this report to learn more about key industry tends for collaboration and social media, the best practices driving this emerging market segment, and how to identify the principle players in this market.
Posted: 20 Aug 2008 | Published: 15 Aug 2008
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Choose Your Collaboration Destiny
sponsored by IBM
VIDEOCAST: Test your skills real-time and learn how IBM collaboration solutions - backed by Web 2.0 technology - are greatly assisting businesses to take collaboration to the next level across employees customers, suppliers, and partners.
Posted: 13 Aug 2008 | Premiered: 13 Aug 2008
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Why Social Software & Mashups Matter to Your Business
sponsored by IBM
WEBCAST: Learn how to establish effective dynamic networks of coworkers, partners, customers, as well as how IBM Mashup Center, a lightweight mashup platform, allows users to quickly assemble new applications from existing enterprise.
Posted: 12 Aug 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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SOCIAL NETWORKING DEFINITION (continued): …  the 1950's, Ithiel de Sola Pool (MIT) and Manfred Kochen (IBM) set out to prove the theory mathematically. Although they were able to phrase the question (given a set N of people, what is the probability that each member of N is connected to another member via k_1, k_2, k_3...k_n links?), after twenty years they were still unable to solve the problem to their own satisfaction. In 1967, American sociologist Stanley Milgram devised a new way to test the theory, which he called "the small-world problem." … 
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