Major release is designed to make Jive more competitive as a platform with products from Microsoft, Google, Socialtext and others in both collaboration and digital publishing.Jive Software launched a new version of its social collaboration
platform, fortifying its social
networking tools, adding
project
management utilities and blending on-premise with software as a service
features.
Released April 7, Clearspace 2.0 features expanded user profiles to
make it easier to connect with colleagues and understand organizational
relationships. The Portland, Ore., company said it created the tools
because customers mentioned that they love the connectivity presence in
Facebook.
Clearspace 1.0 had profiles, but version 2.0 adds the ability to
learn about members of the service just by mousing over anyone's
profile, anywhere at any time with the application, said Sam Lawrence,
chief marketing and strategy officer for Jive. Users can see the
member's name, affiliation, location and their status without clicking
the mouse.
IDC analyst Rachel Happe said such features show Jive's evolution
from being a social application to a social networking application.
This adds immense value in that only through social networking that can
people use trusted relationships to filter and prioritize the
information they consume, a crucial detail in a world of information
overload.
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