Software developer Six Apart introduced a blogging product in the United States designed for enterprise use, the company announced on Wednesday. Six Apart expects Movable Type Enterprise to offer an attractive way for companies to improve internal communications and knowledge sharing. Its low cost means the offering could replace other software tools designed to deliver similar collaboration and content-management benefits, Six Apart said. At the low end, a license costs $4,000 with the option of an additional $2,000 yearly fee for customer support. The support fee includes product updates and a two-hour response time to questions. The software includes support for lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) authentication, Oracle 10g database support, user interface customization, and feeds that notify administrators and authors of blog activity. Movable Type Enterprise also includes new features that Six Apart introduced on Wednesday as part of Movable Type 3.3, the latest version of the software for bloggers. The new capabilities include tag support, a widget manager, activity logs for administrators and customizable search results pages. Administrators can also choose from hundreds of page designs. Six Apart announced in March that it would begin more aggressively targeting business customers. At the time, it introduced TypePad Business Class, a hosted service for companies that want to use blogs to communicate with their audience or customers. Six Apart began offering Movable Type Enterprise in Japan in March. Wednesday’s announcement delivers the software and support to U.S. companies. Enterprises are just beginning to use blogs to enable worker collaboration and project management. Other developers that offer blog tools for enterprises include iUpload and Near-Time. Both companies combine blogging and wiki capabilities into an enterprise product.-Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service (Dublin Bureau)Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content BrandPost Why CISOs Are Looking to Lateral Security to Mitigate Ransomware How to fight ransomeware attacks with lateral security By VMware Mar 27, 2023 2 mins VMware Feature State of the CIO, 2023: Building business strategy Despite a focus on core modernization and transformation work, 2023 State of the CIO respondents say CIOs are playing a strategic leadership role with impact that transcends IT. By Beth Stackpole Mar 27, 2023 11 mins CIO Business IT Alignment Digital Transformation Analysis Why data leaders struggle to produce strategic results A recent Gartner survey of data and analytics leaders found that fewer than half think their teams are effective at providing value to their organizations. Here’s how to change that equation. By Thor Olavsrud Mar 27, 2023 8 mins Chief Data Officer Data Management IT Leadership BrandPost How Infosys and Tennis Australia are harnessing technology for good By Veronica Lew Mar 26, 2023 6 mins Infosys Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe