Here is some potentially welcome news for any individual training departments out there (or small businesses) who have considered diving into enterprise social software for social and collaborative learning or otherwise, but have held off so far due to financial contraints.  SocialText - a leading enterprise social software platform provider - just announced last week that they would now be offering fully SaaS access to their platform (up to 50 users) for free.   No strings attached.   Their hope is that giving away access at this level will let departments within organizations feel comfortable experimenting with their platform. When and if adoption catches on, it will be easier to prove a business case for either purchasing a larger SaaS account or transitioning to an on-premise appliance.
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