SAN FRANCISCO: Salesforce.com has launched a new version of its Chatter social networking tool for businesses, which will let non-Salesforce users access the service at no cost.
Salesforce unveiled the update at its Dreamforce user event in San Francisco. The latest edition will let Salesforce users already signed up toChatter extend invitations to colleagues across the company,which means that all employees can join the corporate Chatter network for free. The previous version was available only to Salesforce paid-for users. Chatter was launched in the summer, and has already been rolled out at more than 60,000 companies, according to Salesforce, including Dell and Caesars Entertainment.
Chatter Free users do not get access to the full functionality of the tool. They can share files, post status updates, join groups and access feeds, but they do not have access to data held in paid-for applications such as Salesforce’s CRM product.
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