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Several industry analysts have stated that 2008 is the year for enterprise social networks to make a significant impact on big business.

Back in January of this year, Dion Hinchcliffe, blogger for ZDNET, shared his "12 Predictions for Enterprise Web 2.0 in 2008." In his Web log, he surmises that the reason we'll see an increase in enterprise Web 2.0 investments is due to a "large scale shift of control to users, lightweight new application types proven in efficacy and scale on the Web, and social computing with Web technologies."

We're proud to report that Community Server 2008 has trumped Mr. Hinchcliffe's predictions by providing a proven social computing platform that is secure, scalable, and includes numerous built-in enterprise applications.

Here are a few of his predictions and how Community Server comes out on top:

1. Enterprise search will remain a unrealized dream due to the amount of effort necessary to make the application work properly.

--> One of the reasons people love Community Server is due to the integrated search across blogs, forums, photos, and files in one consistent UI.

2. Security will become a major concern as Web 2.0 apps and SaaS make the edge of enterprises increasingly porous.

--> Community Server comes ready with a rich security & permissions model based on industry-leading best practices.

3. A large number of enterprise intranets will get social networking capabilities.

--> As we work with Microsoft to integrate Microsoft Office SharePoint Server with Community Server 2008 (read about it here), we enable enterprise social computing inside the firewall.

4. New rich user experience platforms will see widespread use in the enterprise in 2008.

--> Not only do we include a flexible UI to maintain your brand fidelity, but we’ve also taken the time to design our proven platform so that you can easily add robust applications to any existing site—including sites that use authentication—with our Single Sign-On (SSO) modules.

5. Enterprise 2.0 will become a standard feature in most organizations.

--> As enterprises continue to see the value that a social computing platform can add to their brand, Community Server will be there to empower collaboration, extend brand impressions online, and allow employees, customers, prospects, and partners to communicate in a borderless network.

Read other reasons Community Server 2008 trumps "Predictions for Enterprise Web 2.0 in 2008" and why people love our proven social networking platform . And then browse our Showcase to see how some of the largest brands in the world are using our proven social software to apply the value of enterprise social media to their brand.