Is there a Twitter-like application that can be mounted for a company intranet?

Yammer which makes use of Yams as opposed to Tweets here

You can take into consideration StatusNet

37 Signal has actually an item called knapsack that is a little bit greater than twitter yet is primarily what you are seeking. I think their Basecamp item additionally has it constructed in task details to make sure that each task has its very own feed.

You can take into consideration TeamBox (which is in fact a task cooperation device).

Yammer is primarily Twitter for Business (' yams' of details) where just staff members of a firm have the ability to access the shut setting (limited by e-mail domain name). Conversations are feasible as you can watch all replys listed below the initial message. You can adhere to job participants and also set up teams for usual interests/job features. There are currently additionally areas:

Communities are different Yammer networks made use of to connect with exterior teams, like consumers, companions, service providers, and also followers of your firm.

You can have a desktop computer application to check your 'yams' in a comparable means to Tweetdeck benefits Twitter and also there are Firefox expansions.

You can possibly use/customize the Jaiku Engine.

Yet I'm not exactly sure if it can be run outside GoogleAppEngine

If you've obtained WordPress mounted, you can attempt the P2 theme. It's cool : inline remarks, inline editing and enhancing, actual - time updates, etc

My group is making use of Co-op now for this. It's functioning actually well, specifically due to the fact that it incorporates with our time - radar, Harvest.

http://www.hipchat.com/ could be preferable in such a setting. The individuals behind it is rather handy and also pay attention to their customers too.

Campfire is additionally a choice.