Connected Microblogging for the Enterprise Unveiled in Socialtext Signals
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Socialtext, the leading
provider of Enterprise 2.0 Solutions, today announced and delivered
Socialtext 3.0, a trio of applications including Socialtext People and
Socialtext Dashboard, as well as a major upgrade to its highly regarded
Socialtext Workspace enterprise wiki offering. These products are built on
a modular and integrated platform that delivers connected collaboration
with context to individuals, workgroups, organizations and extranet
communities. People are now able to discover, create, and utilize social
networks, collaborate in shared workspaces, and work productively, with
personalized widget-based dashboards.
The company also announced Socialtext Signals(TM), a Twitter-style
microblogging interface that goes beyond simple "tweets" by integrating
both automated and manual updates with social networking context, further
expanding the company's business communications offerings for the
enterprise.
"We run all of our projects on Socialtext. It enables my company to not
only release more CDs per year, but execute without things slipping through
the cracks," said Epitaph Records Founder and Bad Religion guitarist Brett
Gurewitz. "Thanks to Socialtext, we're collaborating better than ever and
3.0 promises to make the experience even more fluid and fun."
"Today we have delivered the first phase of a connected collaboration
platform to enable our customers to put social networking to work,"
explains CEO Eugene Lee. "This is a major step forward that was the result
of a tremendous amount of customer and partner feedback. End users, IT
administrators, developers and partners will all benefit from these new
innovations and enhancements."
As with its proven Workspace wiki and weblog product, Socialtext will
make all of its offerings available on a hosted ASP as well as an
on-premise appliance basis. The entire Socialtext 3.0 trio of products is
available immediately on the hosted service, and will be made available to
appliance customers starting in October 2008.
-- Socialtext 3.0 -- integrated but modular architecture enables rapid
integration and customization -- to make other enterprise applications
social. Profile integration with LDAP or Microsoft Active Directory(R)
systems enable rapid population. REST APIs for workspace and profile
content are now complemented with a standards-based Widget architecture and
user interface for the creation of enterprise mashups. Productized
Connectors are available with Microsoft Sharepoint(R) and IBM Lotus
Connections(R). You can immediately experience this new release in a free
trial at http://socialtext.com.
-- Socialtext People (optional module available to platform customers)
-- social networking adapted for the enterprise. Profiles and a user
directory make it easy for colleagues to describe themselves and discover
implicit and explicit expertise. People can subscribe to the activity of
colleagues. Tagging enables users to declare interest and expertise on
their profile and others' profiles, making group forming simple and
powerful. Throughout the Socialtext wiki, Profiles are made visible so at
any time you can pivot to the people behind the content. Integration with
LDAP and Active Directory means companies will be able to make their
corporate directories social.
-- Socialtext Dashboard -- personalized and customized dashboards to
manage attention across internal and external social network updates,
conversations, data, and applications. The alert feed of your colleagues'
activity provides attention management with work context and relevance.
Since Socialtext Dashboard supports the OpenSocial gadget standard, users
can select widgets from a large library provided by Socialtext as well as
from third parties, and arrange them with a simple drag-and-drop interface.
-- Socialtext Workspace -- This significant upgrade, based on deep
engagement with and feedback from Socialtext's large customer base,
delivers dramatic usability enhancements, improved navigation, tight
integration with Socialtext Dashboard as well as Socialtext People, and
continued advances for IT administrative efficiency and directory
integration.
-- Socialtext Signals -- provides safe and secure social messaging with
context. Unlike standalone "Twitter-like" tools, Socialtext Signals
delivers unique value based on its integration with the rest of the
Socialtext platform. Integration with Socialtext People provides context
around who is signaling, while integration with Socialtext Workspace
provides context around what and why they are signaling. Integration with
Socialtext Dashboard provides context around activity updates and the rest
of a user's conversations. Finally, planned integration with email in and
out of Socialtext Signals (as Socialtext has supported in its wiki offering
for years) enables on- and off-ramps to the tools people already use.
Socialtext Signals is currently available in controlled pre-release to a
select number of customers.
"Over the past several months we have used Signals internally as a
standalone prototype and we've learned just how different enterprise usage
is to the more public microblogging sites like Twitter," said Ross
Mayfield. "Our next release will include microblogging built on an
integrated platform, combining Signals and Updates for connected
collaboration with context. This is a major milestone towards fulfilling
the vision laid out less than half a year ago -- to be a full Enterprise
2.0 platform."
Further information is available on the press wiki
http://www.socialtext.net/st-press/
About Socialtext
As the Enterprise 2.0 leader, Socialtext applies Web 2.0 technologies
to the critical challenges facing businesses. Enterprise 2.0 holds the
promise of dramatically increasing business productivity, stimulating
greater innovation, and creating tighter connections between employees,
partners, and customers. Socialtext provides hosted and appliance-based
solutions to more than 4,000 customers world-wide, including BASF, Boston
College, CondeNet, Epitaph Records, IKEA, Intel, MicroStrategy, MWW Group,
Nokia, SAP, Sunguard, Symantec, and USA Today.
Socialtext's flagship product, Socialtext Workspace, is the first
enterprise wiki and the foundation of the connected collaboration platform.
Socialtext People enables enterprise social networking. Socialtext
Dashboard provides personalized and customizable widget-based interface for
people and teams to manage attention. SocialCalc is the social spreadsheet
for distributed teams. These products deliver connected collaboration with
context. Learn more about Socialtext at http://www.socialtext.com.
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CONTACT:
Gina von Esmarch, +1-415-203-4660,
gvon@vocecomm.com, or Yasemin Krause, +1-415-848-2579,
ykrause@vocecomm.com, both of Voce Communications, for Socialtext
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