Jive Software News Articles and Press Releases

Jive Congratulates Customer Claire Flanagan of CSC, Recipient of 2.0 Adoption Council's 'Internal Evangelist of the Year' Award

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

San Francisco, CA - Enterprise 2.0 Conference - November 4, 2009

Company News

Jive, the Social Business Software leader, today congratulated Jive customer Claire Flanagan, Senior Manager, Knowledge Program and Enterprise Social Collaboration, at Computer Sciences Corporation for being awarded the 2.0 Adoption Council's "Internal Evangelist of the Year."
The 2.0 Adoption Council awarded its inaugural, prestigious "Internal Evangelist of the Year" award on November 3 at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. According to the 2.0 Adoption Council, the award winner exemplifies, "the tenacity, courage, and sheer energy it takes to inspire a large enterprise to embrace the principles and practices of Enterprise 2.0." The award was presented to Flanagan by Andrew McAfee, widely regarded as the "father" of the enterprise 2.0 movement.
Last week at the JiveWorld Conference in San Francisco, Flanagan accepted a Jive Social Business Software (SBS) Award on behalf of CSC, a global leader in providing technology-enabled solutions and services. CSC received the Community Adoption Award for the launch of its internal community "C3: Connect. Communicate. Collaborate." Under Flanagan's leadership, C3 enjoyed viral success in only 20 weeks, achieving 25,000 registered users, creating over 2,000 new groups, and generating over 1 million page views a month.

Jive Commentary

"Internal Evangelists are the true heroes of the Enterprise 2.0 revolution, preaching the principles of the 2.0 movement, building the C-level business cases, and driving adoption across large enterprises," said Susan Scrupski, founder of the 2.0 Adoption Council. "Claire embodies the spirit of the Internal Evangelist and will help inspire other evangelists who are looking to drive seismic change in their enterprises. To quote one of her colleagues, ‘I believe Claire's program marks a clear line in the sand, a before and after point in time for CSC.'"
"Claire has been a tireless advocate of Social Business Software within her organization and within the greater Enterprise 2.0 community. She is very deserving of this accolade," said Dave Hersh, CEO of Jive Software. "I speak for all of Jive in congratulating Claire on being recognized by her peers to receive the Internal Evangelist of the Year award. She has set an example of what Social Business Software can accomplish within large enterprise settings, and she continues to help guide Jive on expanding that vision through future innovation."

Additional Resources

About 2.0 Adoption Council

The 2.0 Adoption Council was founded by SoCo Partners. Susan Scrupski, founder of SoCo Partners, has been tracking Enterprise 2.0 since its inception in 2006. She brings a unique insight into the adoption curve for large enterprises and has firsthand knowledge of the myriad of barriers between desire and full-scale adoption. More information on the Council can be found at http://www.20adoptioncouncil.com

About Jive Software

Jive frees people to engage in open, natural business conversations and workflows that typically are trapped inside of emails, phone calls or meetings. As the leading enterprise-class suite of SBS applications for Global 2000 companies and governments, Jive combines social networking software, collaboration software,and community software into the first solution to effectively manage employees, customers, and partners on a unified platform built for tens of thousands of users and millions of page views.

Media Contacts

Aaron Wessels
Reidy Communications for Jive
415-643-8090
aaronw@reidycommunications.com

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Jive hits SBS 4: SharePoint in Rear View Mirror

2009-10-30T21:15:00Z

Jive SBS 4.0 Offers Office Integration and an iPhone App

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

Jive Brings Workgroup Collaboration to Microsoft Office

2009-10-29T02:30:00Z

Jive Updates SBS, Adds Support for Mobile, MS Office

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

Jive Builds Social Software Bridges to Microsoft Office, Apple iPhone

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

Jive Awards Customers at JiveWorld09

2009-10-28T21:00:00Z

Jive Social Business Software Awards Recognize Six Outstanding Customers

Portland, OR - October 29, 2009

Company News

Jive, the Social Business Software leader, today announced its first Annual Jive Social Business Software (SBS) Awards at JiveWorld09. Six customers: United Business Media (UBM), NIKE Inc., National Journal Group, CSC, Kaiser Permanente, and Swiss Re were awarded for their outstanding achievements exemplifying the business outcomes that Social Business Software can generate. The award categories included Business Impact, Community Innovation, Community Adoption, User Experience and the Social Business Software Champion Award.
Business Impact - UBM was selected for its community deployment of Jive SBS, and its role in the strategic vision of the company. UBM's wiki platform has the support and attention of the company's senior leadership. Within the first year of deploying the UBM wiki, its community has grown to over 5,000 users, working in 35 countries. UBM's wiki users have created around 25,000 pages and generated around 3 million page views - delivering significant efficiencies, cost reductions and revenue increases to the organization.
User Experience - NIKE Inc. was selected for its innovative use of Jive to better connect its global network of marketers with the digital assets they need to drive the brand forward. Although NIKE has a sophisticated Content Management System (CMS) in place, it was difficult to navigate for marketers who weren't yet trained on the CMS application. By using Jive as a social layer above the CMS, NIKE marketers around the world can quickly access and share approved media assets in a single location.
Community Innovation - National Journal Group, the leading source of nonpartisan reporting on the current political environment and emerging policy trends, was selected for its ground breaking "3121" platform, powered by Jive. 3121 - which combines a dynamic directory, collaboration tools and customizable news feeds - is the first professional networking tool designed exclusively for members of Congress and their staff.
Community Adoption - CSC, a global leader in providing technology-enabled solutions and services, was selected for the launch of its internal community "C3: Connect. Communicate. Collaborate." Through the tenacity, credibility and trustworthiness of those involved, the CSC team secured a phenomenal level of executive endorsement from the onset and established a clear linkage between its "enterprise 2.0" initiatives to the company's core business strategic objectives. Through enabling a strong global advocate network and allowing collaboration patterns to emerge, C3 enjoyed viral success in only 20 weeks, achieving 25,000 registered users, over 2000 new groups and generating over 1 million page views a month.
Social Business Software Champion(s) - Two winners were selected in this category: Kaiser Permanente and Swiss Re.
- Kaiser Permanente's IdeaBook, powered by Jive, is an internal online community aimed at capitalizing on the strength of its 165,000 employees and 14,000 physicians by facilitating knowledge sharing and increasing collaboration and productivity. IdeaBook's rising adoption among employees -- it's adding more than 2,000 users per month -- has been made possible by the efforts of a dedicated and thoughtful communication and technology planning team, key leader participation and advocacy efforts such as real life case studies and user anecdotes.
- Swiss Re operates in more than 20 countries and provides its expertise and services as an reinsurer for property and casualty as well as life and health business. Traditional reinsurance products are complemented by insurance-based corporate finance solutions. Swiss Re took a community centric approach to collaboration and provided a business platform for virtual teams, expert networks, projects, learning groups and other communities. More than 10,000 employees got access to the tool and within two weeks after the launch, more than 130 new groups were created.

Commentary

David Levin, United Business Media Limited, Chief Executive Officer said, "The social media movement is important to UBM and to many of our customers. UBM runs the Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 events that showcase the transformative power of social media. Social media technology is also at the heart of how UBM's business operates. We are fusing social media with most of our live events as well as building virtual environments and communities on social media platforms. Internally the UBM wiki is now a key resource that helps more than 5,000 of our people, working in our 15 businesses in more than 30 countries: 'Connect, Communicate and Collaborate' is the tagline we have adopted for the UBM wiki."
"We continue to be inspired by the work our customers are doing," said Dave Hersh, CEO of Jive Software. "Their creativity, enthusiasm and partnership is the cornerstone of our success as a company."

Additional Resources

About Jive Software
Jive frees people to engage in open, natural business conversations and workflows that typically are trapped inside of emails, phone calls or meetings. As the leading enterprise-class suite of SBS applications for Global 2000 companies and governments, Jive combines social networking software, collaboration software, and community software into the first solution to effectively manage employees, customers, and partners on a unified platform built for tens of thousands of users and millions of page views.

Media Contacts
Bronwyn Saglimbeni
Reidy Communications for Jive
408-414-7250
bronwyn@reidycommunications.com

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Socially mobile: Jive releases Social Business Software 4.0, iPhone app, and BlackBerry and smart phone functionality

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

Jive Screenshot Slideshow

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

Access Jive Anywhere with Jive Mobile for iPhone and BlackBerry

2009-10-27T21:30:00Z

Jive Delivers New Native Application for iPhone and Enhanced Capabilities for Smartphones

Portland, OR - October 28, 2009

Company News

Jive, the Social Business Software leader, today announced Jive Mobile, a new module for Jive Social Business Software (SBS) that enables mobile workers to easily connect with people and resources while they are out of the office. Jive Mobile provides a native application for Apple's iPhone and a significantly enhanced experience for the BlackBerry and any other email enabled mobile devices.
The Jive Mobile iPhone App provides Apple iPhone or Apple iPod Touch users full access to Jive SBS for online networking and collaboration. Jive Mobile also lets users leverage the unique properties of the iPhone, including integration with mobile contacts, geolocation updates, and the built-in camera.
Jive Mobile extends the basic core email functionality of Jive SBS - reply via mail to discussion threads - to allow users of any mobile device with e-mail access to create and post Jive community content via email.
Jive Mobile is available as an add-on module to Jive SBS Version 4, also announced today. For more information on Jive SBS 4.0, see today's news release.

Product Highlights: Jive SBS Mobile for the iPhone

With Jive SBS Mobile, iPhone users can work inside Jive essentially the same way they do on their desktop:
- Find the people you need by tapping into rich profiles and one-touch call information
- Find and share the content you need with full search, link, and send capabilities
- Engage with others on specific projects or business issues through discussion threads, blogs, documents, comments, and replies
- Stay up to date with what people are saying and doing by following activity based on your colleagues and connections
iPhone or iPod Touch users can download Jive SBS Mobile directly from the iTunes App Store to connect with their enterprise's license of Jive Mobile.

Product Highlights: Jive SBS Mobile for Smart-phones

In its core functionality, Jive SBS enables users to reply to email notifications generated from content users follow. With Jive SBS Mobile, users can now create content via email as well, such as creating new blogs, discussions, documents, and status updates.
Leveraging vCard technology, Jive associates profile data of each Jive community space to an email address. Jive SBS users simply download the vCard for a particular space or group to their BlackBerry contacts list to participate in or create a discussion, document, or blog within that space. Email notifications from particular spaces and groups provide links to reply to the content as well as links to create new content to facilitate direct authoring capabilities.

Jive Commentary

"The explosion of social networking onto the mobile phone scene has demonstrated what is possible when you allow people to stay connected, regardless of where they are," said Christopher Morace, SVP Products of Jive Software. "Now, mobile workers can connect and collaborate with colleagues participating in critical business conversations, anytime, anywhere."
"For the past two years, Jive has been critical for Knowledge Infusion in delivering on-demand consulting services, extending our value proposition to clients, and creating a new revenue stream for the company," said Jason Corsello, Vice President, Knowledge Infusion, a leading human resource consulting firm. "Our services are designed to help HR, IT, and business leaders maximize their HR and talent management technology investments on a holistic level. The introduction of Jive Mobile will provide firms like ours with the opportunity to engage via mobile, with our community of customers, partners, employees, and influencers. Not only does Jive Mobile's access for the iPhone, Blackberry and other devices solve one of the largest challenges we face, but we also see this as an accelerator to driving the introduction of new on-demand business models and offerings built off of the Jive platform."

Product Availability

The Jive Mobile module is generally available as an add-on to Jive SBS 4.0.

Additional Resources

Media Contacts
Bronwyn Saglimbeni
Reidy Communications for Jive
408-414-7250
bronwyn@reidycommunications.com

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