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What's the impact of emerging collaboration and social networking tools on the enterprise? Hear what Jason Maynard, software analyst for Credit Suisse, John Soat, executive editor for InformationWeek, and Frank Lee, SVP and chief systems architect at Wells Fargo have to say.

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