[Reposting this from the Media Hub]

Corante Hubs and the Corante Network are, as we've spoken to here and here, an attempt to extend Corante beyond its walls, meet media where it's increasingly at (the edge), draw attention to the insights, intelligence, and analysis of talented thinkers and writers across the blogosphere, and serve readers and users with editorial and tools that help them track and understand industry developments and emerging trends as well as save time.

In our hubs, e.g. , that's expressing itself through the editorial coverage and commentary you see on that page - again, intended to distill, explain, and synthesize the writings of our contributors and others about the respective field - and its marriage with tools, either homegrown or in partnership with technology partners, that add value.

Among those we've added to date: the merged "raw" feed from MySyndicaat you see at the bottom of that page (it's got more functionality coming), the related posts feature from Waypath you see attached to blog posts, and the category cloud in the right column that was developed for us by Bud Gibson and his company, The Community Engine.

The new widget, as of yesterday: search, powered by Rollyo, that allows you to search just the blogs of our contributors. We've been working with Dave Pell, the brains behind Rollyo (Davenetics too), to customize it to our needs. Its intent: to reduce the load of having to search the entire Web for relevant coverage by limiting it to trusted sources. Check it out and let us know what you think - we're still tweaking a few things and would love your input on how to make it most useful.

And in general... we've got lots of ideas about how best to serve readers both in the hubs and out on the partner blogs and are currently working on other features we'll be adding to the mix. But we also want to hear from you - please send us your ideas and suggestions - you can do so by leaving a comment here or sending an email to us at -UPDATED - hubfeedback@gmail.com.