As a handful of you know, this blog has been gearing up over the past week or two as we prep for its launch. Well, as of yesterday we’re live and looking forward to what should be a compelling and wide-ranging discussion of Enterprise 2.0 applications and issues over the next eight weeks.

(A little context: this blog, which is sponsored by FAST Search & Transfer, was conceived and developed as a companion blog to FASTforward 07, which will take place in San Diego from February 7-9. The conference, like this blog, aims to explore how a new generation of enterprise appilcations and capabilities are enabling companies to better capture, harness, analyze, and search data, foster communication and collaboration, and connect individuals and ideas within companies. More info on the event, at which Ray Lane, John Battelle, Tim O’Reilly and others will be speaking, can be found here.)

Here in the blog we’ve convened an outstanding crew of blogging contributors who will be exploring the broad range of ideas and applications that are falling under the Enterprise 2.0 umbrella. They’re all longtime observers and players in the space, have authored numerous books and articles as well as speak frequently on related topics, and collectively are uniquely qualified to be hosts for what will surely be an informed and spirited discussion over the coming weeks.

In a subsequent post I’ll introduce the respective contributors. For now we encourage you to jump in and join the conversation - leaving comments or emailing our contributors with questions or topics you’d like to see them tackle. They are a tremendous resource and we encourage you to take advantage of their collective expertise, experience, and perspective. Also, if you have friends, colleagues, customers or other contacts that would be interested in this blog, please let them know about it.