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Jive Named a Leader in Community Platforms Market
Jive was among the select companies that Forrester invited to participate in the Forrester Wave: Community Platforms, Q1 2009* report that was released on January 9, 2009. In this evaluation, Jive was cited as a market Leader. This analysis was based on vendors' current product offerings, company strategy, and market presence. Here is what Forrester had to say about Jive:
"Enterprise-ready and mature, Jive Software offers a readymade platform. Jive has earned a large customer base with more than 2,500 customers, including brands like Intel, Kraft Foods, and Nike. The vendor offers a true community platform for brands to use for external marketing and internally focused communities. Forged from a strong background in engineering, the platform allows customers to quickly launch communities with the easy-to-use software. Offering the most refined interface out of the pack, Jive's platform provides drag-and-drop configuration for community features."
Jive Positioned as a Visionary in Social Software Market
Gartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for Social Software* was released in October 2008, including analysis on over 40 vendors in the space. Here is what Gartner had to say about the the market:
"The social software market is evolving in response to the demand for a coherent way to support information creation and sharing, team communication and coordination, and communities and informal social interactions. Buyers are looking for flexible environments where participants can find and interact with one another, and create, organize and share information. The promise is one of improved "connectedness" as well as the capture and dissemination of informal knowledge. One of the major goals is to capitalize on community involvement to drive higher leverage and productivity. The idea is to delegate to the community what the community can do more quickly and effectively. The promise is one of improved "connectedness" among participants as well as the capture of informal knowledge. This is particularly relevant in improving business processes that rely on access to people or in sharing best practices, in accelerating innovation, in driving change and in exploiting external networks."
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*Wave Report Disclaimer:
The Forrester Wave is copyrighted January 2009 by Forrester Research, Inc. Forrester and Forrester Wave are trademarks of Forrester Research, Inc. The Forrester Wave is a graphical representation of Forrester's call on a market and is plotted using a detailed spreadsheet with exposed scores, weightings, and comments. Forrester does not endorse any vendor, product, or service depicted in the Forrester Wave. Information is based on best available resources. Opinions reflect judgment at the time and are subject to change.
*Magic Quadrant Disclaimer:
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted October 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.