Jive’s Social Business Software gets another $12M from Sequoia
Jive Software, which uses social networking to help businesses collaborate internally and externally, has raised another $12 million from Sequoia Capital.
Portland, Ore.-based Jive’s products include sites where employees can collaborate, customer discussion forums, and company social networks. Despite being part of the flood of companies… Continue Reading
Jive brings its business software to the Internet cloud
Jive Software, a company that offers collaboration and social networking tools for businesses, is announcing its new product, Jive Express, which is a version of its core product running on the Internet cloud. The goal, says Jive’s Senior Vice President of Products Chris Morace, is… Continue Reading
File-sharing service Drop.io jumps into the streaming game, adds chat
It’s all about things happening in real-time these days. Facebook just announced its new streaming newsfeeds, and Twitter is the media’s darling. It only makes sense for other services to get in on the act while the getting’s good. One such company is online collaboration… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
DEMO: How new technology makes us more productive
More companies are catching on to the ways that technologies like the Internet, smartphones, and social networking can help people work with others and get more done.
These ideas become even more compelling in the current economic climate, when it’s a truism that everyone needs to… Continue Reading
Awareness launches “best practice” templates for social marketing
“Social media marketing” is one of those catchphrases that sets off every right-thinking person’s jargon alarm, but the concept of engaging customers directly and interactively is becoming increasingly important to brand survival. Dave Carter, founder and chief technology officer of a marketing company called Awareness,… Continue Reading
Roundup: First signs of a credit thaw, Google’s search share down, Jive Software layoffs and more
Here’s the latest action:
Credit beginning to thaw? — Bank borrowing costs fell slightly on Tuesday, a possible first sign that credit is beginning to flow between institutions again. Analysis at Calculated Risk.
Google’s search market share dips — The latest ComScore numbers show that Google gained more users… Continue Reading
Jive’s collaborative software Clearspace 2.5 pushes for ubiquity
Jive Software, one of the more successful startups offering collaborative software to large corporations, says it has a big goal for the latest version of its product — to bring its Clearspace software “everywhere.” That doesn’t just mean wooing more customers, but allowing existing customers… Continue Reading
Lithium scores money to grow corporate social networks
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Lithium Technologies, which builds and operates social networks for enterprises, has raised $12 million in venture capital today.
The company’s clients include Dell, AT&T, Sony PlayStation, Univision, and PayPal — all businesses with large user communities and heavy customer service and product support needs. Lithium’s community… Continue Reading
Collaborative software company Jive acquires Jotlet, gets better project management
We’re already pretty impressed with Jive Software, a startup that integrates collaborative tools like blogging, wikis and forums into office applications through a single interface, and the Portland, Ore.-based company is still building momentum. Jive has acquired a web calendar startup called Jotlet, and it’s… Continue Reading
Jive Software raises $15M, takes on Microsoft in Web 2.0 office
Microsoft Office, the popular office software, works great for most purposes, but it lacks good software for employees to collaborate on products — co-writing documents simultaneously, for example, or letting them archive online conversations.
Sharepoint, Microsoft’s offering, started as a simple file-sharing system, but its features… Continue Reading