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December 10, 2009 | Building43
New enterprise social network push no problem for veteran player Jive (video)
Dave Hersh, Jive chief executive officer, says business is seeing a major change in how it operates because of the way social media is moving into corporate offices.
"What Jive believes is that there is becoming a social layer within the enterprise, a way to connect customers, partners and employees into one integrated conversation," he explains in this building43 interview. The additional competition is "wonderful," says Hersh, because "...it's really fueling the wave this space represents."
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December 10, 2009 | OhMyGov!
Microsoft SharePoint: Still underappreciated by feds?
But according to Halstead, in areas where SharePoint may not be the leader, it makes up by working with "best-of-breed" solutions like Jive Software, which combines broad support for structured collaboration with tasks, projects and limited workflow, via rich profiles, tagging, blogs, wikis and social network analytics.
"Platforms like Jive can easily run on a SharePoint platform and are less expensive than even some open source competition," Halstead expanded.
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December 8, 2009 | ReadWrite Web
Top 10 Enterprise Products of 2009
This Portland-based company continues to make strides into the enterprise. Earlier this Fall, the company unveiled Jive SBS 4.0, its most significant update to date. SBS 4.0 is Jive's latest version of its enterprise collaboration technology. Jive may be the most threatening competitor to Microsoft Sharepoint. Its platform integrates with Microsoft Office and the iPhone, and provides a social layer that users find compelling.
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December 1, 2009 | Wall Street Journal
Squeezing Web Sites Onto Cellphones
Jive Software Inc., which powers communities for companies like Nike Inc., SAP AG, and National Instruments, has opted to go with a program specifically designed for the iPhone [...] noting that sites specifically designed for the devices can do more. "We think the magic happens really when you're able to go deep with functionality," said Ben Kiker, Jive's marketing chief.
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November 27, 2009 | Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal
Social software maker Jive is jumping in Palo Alto
The company on Nov. 13 closed a $12 million, Series B round of funding led by previous investor Sequoia Capital. Now it has launched the hiring portion of its aggressive growth strategy, listing 20 open jobs in Palo Alto and looking to hire more than 70 additional people next year. Hersh said at least half of all new hires will be in Palo Alto.
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November 20, 2009 | Government Computer News
A-Space melds social media and intelligence gathering
The DIA built much of A-Space from commercial technologies. Much of it is built around software called SBS (formerly Clearspace), from Jive Software.
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November 6, 2009 | Enterprise Irregulars
Swiss Re - One of the Smart Companies
The platform, based on Jive, is available to all 11,500 employees. As of today 55% of all Swiss Re employees have logged in at least once, and they are seeing a steady increase in creation and viewing of content. There are currently 347 groups created for collaboration on business topics with both global and local themes. The participation is cross-functional and comes from all regions and countries. They had used data from an existing internal user directory, called "Who is", as a starting point and IT had been amongst the first regular users, but eventually they've even got their account managers involved.
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October 30, 2009 | ZDNet
Jive hits SBS 4: SharePoint in Rear View Mirror
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October 30, 2009 | ReadWriteWeb
Jive SBS 4.0 Offers Office Integration and an iPhone App
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October 29, 2009 | InfoWorld
Jive Brings Workgroup Collaboration to Microsoft Office
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October 29, 2009 | CMSWire
Jive Updates SBS, Adds Support for Mobile, MS Office
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October 29, 2009 | eWeek
Jive Builds Social Software Bridges to Microsoft Office, Apple iPhone
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October 28, 2009 | Silicon Florist
Socially mobile: Jive releases Social Business Software 4.0, iPhone app, and BlackBerry and smart phone functionality
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October 28, 2009 | eWeek
Jive Screenshot Slideshow
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October 27, 2009 | ITSinsider
Jive: Keepin? it Real
It takes a startup like Jive to inject innovation, creativity, passion, and excitement to this sector. Jive is releasing a ground-breaking set of features that will set a new high bar for excellence in the category. [...] In brief, Jive is announcing an iPhone app (plus an email-driven enriched BlackBerry experience), very slick MS Office integration, and a bridging capability that will unite internal and external communities. All this in addition to the series of announcements Jive made previously that include social media monitoring and a SharePoint connector.
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October 20, 2009 | TechCrunch
Jive Raises $12 Million For Social Enterprise Software
Jive, the maker of a all-in-one social enterprise software, has raised $12 million in Series B funding from Sequoia Capital. Jive previously raised $15 million in Series A funding from Sequoia in August of 2007.
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October 20, 2009 | Oregonian
With fresh backing, Jive plans acquisitions and more jobs
Jive has lined up $12 million in additional funding. He explained why Jive wanted the money, and what it plans to spend it on. "This is definitely all about growth," he said.
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October 20, 2009 | Silicon Florist
Portland's Jive Software secures another $12 million in venture capital from Sequoia
Portland-based Jive Software certainly has a little more ammo in the old war chest. And it's all thanks to another investment from Sequoia Capital—to the tune of $12 million.
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October 20, 2009 | Private Equity Hub
Jive Software - a Sequoia Survivor
Jive is profitable and cash-flow positive and has just raised an up round from Sequoia of $12 million, a Series B. Sequoia is Jive’s only investor. Revenue has grown more than 100%.
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October 6, 2009 | CIO.com
Jive Links Enterprise Social-Networking Product, CMS Tools
Jive Software will begin to deliver later this quarter new modules to link its flagship Social Business Software (SBS) enterprise social-networking product with leading content management systems (CMS) from other vendors.
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October 6, 2009 | ReadWriteWeb Enterprise
What a Contrast - Jive Software Connects with Sharepoint
Does Sharepoint match the best of breed social enterprise applications that keep entering the market? Probably not. More so, the future more likely will be a mix of Sharepoint technology fitted with applications from companies like Jive Software.
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October 6, 2009 | Silicon Florist
In the strange bedfellows department, Jive hooks up with Microsoft SharePoint
Portland-based Jive—known for its Social Business Software that opens the power of social features to business communications—has begun a tempestuous relationship with Microsoft SharePoint—the classically unwieldy "Intranet" solution.
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October 6, 2009 | http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-20/jive-wants-to-socialize-your-sharepoint-enterprise-content-005691.php
Jive Wants to Socialize Your SharePoint Enterprise Content
When Jive Software first announced their Social Business Software Suite, they called it the next big technology solution for the enterprise. Since that time, they have been steadily adding new services to prove that their solution is exactly what you need.
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October 6, 2009 | TechCrunch
Social Enterprise Software Jive Launches Integration With Microsoft SharePoint
Jive, the maker of a all-in-one social enterprise software, is launching integration with Microsoft SharePoint, letting Jive users easily access data and content from the CMS into Jive's software.
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September 22, 2009 | Adotas
Harnessing the Power of a Social Media Tsunami
For marketers today, social media is both a blessing and a curse. We all wonder what will trigger our brand's next public "disconnect" and but we also wonder how we can harness social conversations to influence a positive flow of communication.
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September 17, 2009 | 01net
Jive, le réseau social qui surveille aussi le buzz
Avec Market Engagement, Jive ajoute des fonctionnalités de veille à son réseau social d’entreprise. Les sociétés devraient être en mesure de réagir en temps réel au buzz dont elles font l'objet sur Twitter ou Facebook.
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September 15, 2009 | MediaPost
National Instruments Gets its Jive On
National Instruments (NI), an electronics test-and-measurement company, will deploy later this week the latest version of Jive Software to help monitor and respond to buzz. Engineers now cling to Twitter, Facebook and other social network sites to discuss NI's products and services.
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September 15, 2009 | ZDNet's Enterprise 2.0
Kanye West Influences Enterprise Social Business Strategy
Entertainment personality Kanye West's outburst over the weekend at the MTV Video Music Awards ceremony has implications for the enterprise business world.
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September 15, 2009 | ReadWriteWeb
Jive Extends its Reach into Social Media
There are plenty of companies who've recognized the importance of Twitter and Facebook for business. But Jive is offering the first complete line of communication from social networks to customer communities and collaborative software behind the firewall.
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September 15, 2009 | IDG (via CIO)
Jive Tool Aims to Help Companies Track Social Media Chatter
With consumers venting opinions about vendors left and right on blogs, social networks, discussion forums and news sites, Jive Software has developed a tool to help companies monitor and analyze relevant online chatter
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September 15, 2009 | eWeek
Jive Market Engagement Filters Out White Noise in Social Media
Jive Software releases Jive Market Engagement, a messaging and collaboration solution that blends Jive's Social Business Software platform with social media monitoring tools from Radian6.
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September 15, 2009 | CMS Wire
Jive Adds Social Web Monitoring into Social Business Software
Jive Software has announced Jive Market Engagement, a new service integrated into their Social Business Software, designed to help organizations not only monitor social activity related to them, but to also measure, share and engage with their communities based on that information.
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September 15, 2009 | Sys-Con?s Web 2.0 Desk
Social Business Software + Social Media Monitoring = JME
"We're thrilled with the initial response to Jive Market Engagement from Jive customers, prospective customers and partners," said JIve Software's Ben Kiker (pictured) as Jive Market Engagement was announced - a new solution that combines the power of social media monitoring with Social Business Software (SBS) for the first time.
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September 15, 2009 | ClickZ
Execs & Accounts: Promotions at Razorfish; Fathom Work for Navistar
National Instruments will use a new social media engagement product from Jive Software.
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September 4, 2009 | Enterprise 2.0 Blog
Miles Appel, Kaiser Permanente and Gia Lions, Jive Software Invited to Speak at Enterprise 2.0 Conference
The agenda for the San Francisco Conference will include a heavy dose of cases studies and customer perspectives that will get right to the heart of the value of Enterprise 2.0 in hard business terms.
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September 1, 2009 | Destination CRM
Collaboration Software Vendors Come Together on Forrester Wave
Jive brings a strong community aspect to the vendor pool. The report states: "Jive is one of several vendors in this evaluation that warrants strong consideration when social tool sets are top of mind and traditional document- or email-based collaboration is secondary."
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August 31, 2009 | Northwest Innovation
Jive Targets Federal Government With New Reseller
Portland-based Jive Software is targeting its enterprise social networking software toward the Federal Government, saying today that it has inked a deal with Carahsoft Technology Corp., a GSA schedule IT solutions provider.
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August 24, 2009 | Silicon Florist
Toshiba gets more connected with Jive Social Business Software
I know, I know. It seems like I'm falling into a bit of Jive fanboi-ism. But man oh man, if these folks aren't rolling out one impressive announcement after another these days...
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August 19, 2009 | TechVibes
Jive flying high: Lufthansa gets on board with social business software
"Currently, a tremendous amount of information and thus, knowledge, is stored on individual’s desktops, network shares or in their email inboxes," said Klaus Lukas, Director Enterprise Portal, Deutsche Lufthansa AG in a press release. "We hope to break up these silos of information making it extremely simple for people to share and find the information they need and use in their everyday work."
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July 8, 2009 | The Wall Street Journal
Google's Web-Based Operating System Could Benefit Start-Ups
Google Inc.'s announcement of a new operating system based on its Chrome Web browser could give a boost to start-ups that are working to develop browser-based challenges to existing desktop based software.
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June 23, 2009 | CIO
Jive, SAP Partner on 'social BI'
SAP and enterprise social-networking vendor Jive said Tuesday they have formed an agreement that will see SAP's BusinessObjects BI OnDemand software integrated with Jive's community and collaboration platform.
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June 22, 2009 | CIO
Microsoft Sharepoint vs. Enterprise 2.0 Start-ups: Day of Reckoning Arrives
For several years, Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration software has looked dysfunctional and pricey compared to innovative packages from start-ups. But in a new version en route, Microsoft has improved on some gripes, particularly its social software. It represents a deciding moment for the Enterprise 2.0 market, as the start-ups must win over business buyers, or be eaten alive by Microsoft's "good enough" strategy.
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May 4, 2009 | InfoWorld
Jive talking with Matt Tucker
The CTO of Jive Software explains how his cloud-based social business software differs from consumer plays and suits enterprise users
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May 4, 2009 | PCWorld
Jive Intros Simpler SaaS Version of Collaboration Suite
Jive Software launched on Monday a SaaS (software-as-a-service) version of its enterprise collaboration suite designed to be easier and faster for organizations to set up.
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May 4, 2009 | ZDNet
Jive Introduce 'Software as a Service' Social Business Express
Jive Software are launching a free for 90 days cloud version of their ‘Social Business Software' (SBS) today - a lighter weight hosted solution for those who are grappling with internal infrastructure and resources challenges but need to get up and running with a collaboration environment.
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May 4, 2009 | VentureBeat
Jive brings its business software to the Internet cloud
Jive Software, a company that offers collaboration and social networking tools for businesses, is announcing is new product called Jive Express, which is a version of its core product running on the Internet cloud.
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May 4, 2009 | SiliconFlorist
Forecast for Jive Social Business Software? Cloudy (and that?s a good thing)
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May 4, 2009 | ebizQ
Jive Unveils its Enterprise Cloud Computing Strategy with the Launch of Jive Express
Today, Jive, the Social Business Software leader, unveiled its Enterprise Cloud Computing Strategy.
ebizQ received the following: In addition, Jive introduced Jive Express, a platform for businesses to get enterprise-class Social Business Software (SBS) up and running with zero upfront investment and no specialized skills needed for deployment.
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May 4, 2009 | InformationWeek
Jive's Temporary Cloud Offering
Jive Express is collaboration software that runs as a virtualized instance running on Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) platform. Jive Express offers most of the feature and functions of Jive's Social Business Software package, including wikis, blogs, document sharing, user profiles, groups, bookmarks and more.
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May 1, 2009 | Gil Yehuda's Enterprise 2.0 Blog
Talking Jive with Jive
This week I had the opportunity to speak with Jive Software. I’ll share some notes with you. Let me preface this reminding you that Jive “scored” on or near the top of both Forrester’s Wave report and Gartner’s Magic Quadrant reports (both rather recent). This alone is not the way to make a software selection. It does indicate that very good things are happening there. I’ll preface my post with a short commentary on these reports — and use this to set up the discussion about Jive.
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April 23, 2009 | CIO
Four Tips for Getting Good ROI from Web 2.0 Projects
Telecom company Embarq has seen early success making Web 2.0 technologies part of its innovation strategy. Here are four lessons they've learned on how to make social networking or collaboration software work.
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March 21, 2009 | Internet Evolution
Can Enterprise Social Networking Pay Off?
The dearth of hard ROI metrics should give CIOs pause. But at the same time, business leaders fear falling behind the technology curve, which is when employees start finding their own solutions. Don’t let caution or fear overwhelm good sense. It’s possible to construct scenarios where social tools benefit workers. If these scenarios resonate, a low-cost pilot is a good first step.
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March 20, 2009 | Investor's Business Daily
Social Networking Is Fast Migrating To Business World
More companies now are adopting social networking tools to help streamline collaboration among employees, customers and partners.
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March 11, 2009 | CustomerThink
Now We're (Jive) Talking! Real Social Business Applications to Engage with Customers
Jive Software is the real deal. Jive's CEO Dave Hersch says that the Sequoa-backed firm sells enterprise-class solutions, and has installations in 15% of the Fortune 500, including some big brands like Electronic Arts, Intel and Nike.
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March 11, 2009 | InsideCRM
Jive changes the context of community
You see a lot of recycled trends in technology when you cover several areas like I have over my career, and it's always painful to see entire sectors making the same mistakes another huge sector of technology inflicted upon itself just a few years earlier. Many technology companies focus intently on what's going on right now with themselves and their competitors while never bothering to look at the larger business environment for hard lessons being learned by others.
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March 10, 2009 | ZDNet
All that Jive: Putting the 'social' into business software
Jive Software announced the latest iteration of their Clearspace product today, and it has expanded significantly in size and scope.
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March 10, 2009 | ZDNet
Weasels in the Woodwork
Dennis Howlett makes some terrific points in comparing the new Jive Software ‘Social Business Software’ that refreshes the Clearspace 2.5 product line today with existing enterprise incumbents.
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March 10, 2009 | CNET
No Jive: New move to wed social software and the enterprise
On the surface, there's not an immediately apparent link between social-networking software and enterprise computing. But in what it describes as its "biggest launch ever," collaboration software company Jive Software will take a stab with a new suite of social-business applications called Jive SBS 3.0.
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March 10, 2009 | ebizQ
Jive Unveils Strategy For Social Business Software Market
During the last year Jive has made a multi-million dollar investment in a new strategy designed to extend its leadership in the rapidly growing market for Social Business Software.
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March 10, 2009 | NetPresence.us
Jive targets social business software Jive targets social business software
As the popularity of social networking software penetrates the workplace, Jive Software revealed a strategic plan on March 10 to lead deployment of social business software in the enterprise market. Citing 70 percent growth and use by more than 200 big named companies, the software firm claims it is in a unique position to thrive during difficult economic times.
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March 10, 2009 | ZDNet
The battle for the social enterprise: Jive makes its move
Jive launched Social Business Software (SBS) 3.0, a suite it calls an enterprise class armada of collaborative apps. Jive SBS 3.0, available by the end of the first quarter, is designed to focus on employee engagement, marketing and sales, customer support and innovation and foster collaboration internally and externally.
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March 10, 2009 | NetworkWorld
Jive refining corporate social networking tools
Jive Social Business Software (SBS) 3.0, is the latest iteration - and renaming - of the company’s well-known Clearspace social networking tools. Jive, however, has sharpened the focus by crafting the tools around four "centers" - employee engagement; marketing and sales; customer support; and innovation.
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March 10, 2009 | ZDNet
Jive talking: Easy to underestimate effort required to get people engaged
On the one hand this is unquestionably a brave move. Carving out a new category, complete with TLA is not something you’d expect to see in a recession. But Jive thinks it’s got enough development and marketing runway to take a tilt at the enterprise market. Looking at the stack, SBS 3 definitely has that ‘enterprisey’ feel.
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March 10, 2009 | eWeek
Jive Updates Enterprise Social Networking
IBM's Lotus Connections, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other players are approaching enterprise social-networking, but Jive Software wants to take some market-share of its own with its Social Business Software (SBS) platform. Jive claims that its software's collaboration and profile features could make it "Facebook for the enterprise."
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March 10, 2009 | CMSWire
Next For the Enterprise: Social Business Software Suites
Jive has been in the communities/social software space for over eight years now, starting back when the spirit of reaching out and collaborating hadn't started to take hold. Today they claim they have the next big techology solution for the enterprise and they have staked their communities software name on it. Say goodbye to Clearspace and hello to the Social Business Software Application Suite - Jive SBS 3.0.
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March 10, 2009 | InformationWeek
Jive Tweaks Its Social Platform
Clearspace tools merge to include wiki, social networking, and other tools including BI in Jive's new Social Business Software 3.0.
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March 10, 2009 | Xconomy
Jive Rolls Out New Product, Takes on Microsoft and IBM in Social Business Software
In the burgeoning software hub of Portland, OR, one company is breaking new ground today. Jive Software, a maker of "social business software" that helps employees communicate with each other and manage their work information, is releasing a new product called SBS 3.0. The software is targeted to businesses, and its goal is to let corporate teams from inside and outside a given enterprise connect and collaborate more easily and effectively.
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March 10, 2009 | Aberdeen Group
Jive Talkin: Provider Unveils Unified Social Business Software Platform
Market Alert: By providing organizations with a centralized view across employee, customer, and partner interactions, Jive 3.0 is an integrated social business software platform that collects and delivers robust content in an intuitive interface.
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March 10, 2009 | Information Technology News
Jive Launches Social Business Software Suite
Jive Software announces the launch of their enterprise-class, Social Business Software application suite - Jive SBS 3.0. Jive SBS 3.0 is a suite of social business applications that is purpose-built for Global 2000 enterprises.
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March 9, 2009 | VentureBeat
Jive's Social Business Software makes collaboration easier
Jive Software is announcing the latest release of its collaborative, “social” software for businesses. The Portland, Ore. company says version 3.0 of its application package, now called “Social Business Software,” marks the first time someone can combine internal and external collaboration (i.e., collaboration with the rest of the company, versus collaboration with partners and customers) by managing them in a single environment.
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March 9, 2009 | TechCrunchIT
Jive Launches All-In-One Social Enterprise Software
Jive Software has launched a comprehensive Social Business Software application suite, Jive SBS 3.0, which includes the company’s previous social computing applications, Clearspace and Clearspace Community. The Clearspace applications, whose names will cease to exist but functionalities will remain the same, will be integrated into one social enterprise platform.
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March 9, 2009 | The Oregonian
Jive unveils new social media business tools
Spent a morning last week visiting with Jive Software at their new Portland offices near Burnside (actually, not so new anymore -- I just hadn't been yet) and checking out their new Social Business Software - v. 3.0 gets its release tomorrow. SBS becomes Jive's main product, replacing Clearspace and incorporating many of its features.
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March 9, 2009 | ITSinsider
Jive Goes Bigger (Than Ever)
I’m not sure you can announce your leadership in a category, but that’s what Jive has done with the announcement of its Social Business Software application suite — Jive SBS 3.0. The product does bring a deliberate focus to the logical organizational interests of a social enterprise– namely, Employee Engagement, Marketing & Sales, Customer Support, and Innovation.
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March 9, 2009 | Silicon Florist
Jive: Goodbye Clearspace, Hello Social Business Software
Jive has announced that—for their newest release—they have abandoned the distinct Clearspace products in favor of launching a suite of tools entitled "Social Business Software." And I’m sure it’s no accident that it just happens to be "version 3.0."
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January 20, 2009 | Social Computing Magazine
Enterprise 2.0 CEOs Speak Out
Defining collaboration in 2009 - interviews with visionary CEO's leading the E2.0 charge.
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January 9, 2009 | ReadWriteWeb
Report: Community Platforms Market
Indeed Jeremiah Owyang says that "the technology is a commodity." The top providers, according to Forrester, "not only offer a strong technology platform but also provide services, support, and analytics offerings."