Twitter messaging comes to the enterprise

Evidence of enterprise adoption of consumer Web 2.0 apps--like social networking and blogs--continues to build. The most recent development revolves around something called the Twitter micromessaging system. According to CIOInsight magazine, Twitter lets users send short messages, free, via SMS, IM, email or the Twitter Web site. It is a platform independent group messaging system that lets users send messages that are a maximum of 140 characters long and can be read by anyone who is subscribed to the sender's account. Twitter Co-founder Biz Stone told CIOInsight that the service was not intended for businesses, but possible uses have emerged, particularly when dealing with distributed teams, in conference environments or in emergency situations.

For all the Twitter details:
- read the article in CIOInsight