Enterprise social computing makes sense even in a down market given the hard cost reductions associated with even a modest investment, says NewsGator.

NewsGator’s first-hand experience working with Fortune 500 executives on Enterprise 2.0 projects has revealed seven ways, many far from obvious, to more than recoup the cost of a social computing initiative. They include reducing the costs of email storage, content, printing, enterprise software, travel, employee on-boarding and enterprise application integration.

1. Reducing email volume.

2. Reducing premium content costs.

3. Lower printing budgets.

4. Reducing expensive seats of enterprise software.

5. Trimming travel budgets.

6. Increasing talent management ROI.

7. Reducing enterprise application integration costs.

For more information, including other social computing benefits, download the white paper “Delivering ROI with Enterprise Social Computing.”