Socialtext Delivers Socialtext 3.0, Trio of Enterprise 2.0 Applications, Built on a Connected Collaboration Platform

Connected Microblogging for the Enterprise Unveiled in Socialtext Signals 


PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Socialtext, the leading
provider of Enterprise 2.0 Solutions, today announced and delivered Socialtext
3.0, a trio of applications including Socialtext People and Socialtext
Dashboard, as well as a major upgrade to its highly regarded Socialtext
Workspace enterprise wiki offering.  These products are built on a modular and
integrated platform that delivers connected collaboration with context to
individuals, workgroups, organizations and extranet communities.  People are
now able to discover, create, and utilize social networks, collaborate in
shared workspaces, and work productively, with personalized widget-based
dashboards.


The company also announced Socialtext Signals(TM), a Twitter-style
microblogging interface that goes beyond simple "tweets" by integrating both
automated and manual updates with social networking context, further expanding
the company's business communications offerings for the enterprise.


"We run all of our projects on Socialtext.  It enables my company to not
only release more CDs per year, but execute without things slipping through
the cracks," said Epitaph Records Founder and Bad Religion guitarist Brett
Gurewitz.  "Thanks to Socialtext, we're collaborating better than ever and 3.0
promises to make the experience even more fluid and fun."


"Today we have delivered the first phase of a connected collaboration
platform to enable our customers to put social networking to work," explains
CEO Eugene Lee.  "This is a major step forward that was the result of a
tremendous amount of customer and partner feedback.  End users, IT
administrators, developers and partners will all benefit from these new
innovations and enhancements."


As with its proven Workspace wiki and weblog product, Socialtext will make
all of its offerings available on a hosted ASP as well as an on-premise
appliance basis.  The entire Socialtext 3.0 trio of products is available
immediately on the hosted service, and will be made available to appliance
customers starting in October 2008.



-- Socialtext 3.0 -- integrated but modular architecture enables rapid
integration and customization -- to make other enterprise applications social.
Profile integration with LDAP or Microsoft Active Directory(R) systems enable
rapid population.  REST APIs for workspace and profile content are now
complemented with a standards-based Widget architecture and user interface for
the creation of enterprise mashups.  Productized Connectors are available with
Microsoft Sharepoint(R) and IBM Lotus Connections(R).  You can immediately
experience this new release in a free trial at http://socialtext.com.


-- Socialtext People (optional module available to platform
customers) -- social networking adapted for the enterprise.  Profiles and a
user directory make it easy for colleagues to describe themselves and discover
implicit and explicit expertise.  People can subscribe to the activity of
colleagues.  Tagging enables users to declare interest and expertise on their
profile and others' profiles, making group forming simple and powerful.
Throughout the Socialtext wiki, Profiles are made visible so at any time you
can pivot to the people behind the content.  Integration with LDAP and Active
Directory means companies will be able to make their corporate directories
social.


-- Socialtext Dashboard -- personalized and customized dashboards to
manage attention across internal and external social network updates,
conversations, data, and applications.  The alert feed of your colleagues'
activity provides attention management with work context and relevance.  Since
Socialtext Dashboard supports the OpenSocial gadget standard, users can select
widgets from a large library provided by Socialtext as well as from third
parties, and arrange them with a simple drag-and-drop interface.


-- Socialtext Workspace -- This significant upgrade, based on deep
engagement with and feedback from Socialtext's large customer base, delivers
dramatic usability enhancements, improved navigation, tight integration with
Socialtext Dashboard as well as Socialtext People, and continued advances for
IT administrative efficiency and directory integration.


-- Socialtext Signals -- provides safe and secure social messaging with
context.  Unlike standalone "Twitter-like" tools, Socialtext Signals delivers
unique value based on its integration with the rest of the Socialtext
platform.  Integration with Socialtext People provides context around who is
signaling, while integration with Socialtext Workspace provides context around
what and why they are signaling.  Integration with Socialtext Dashboard
provides context around activity updates and the rest of a user's
conversations.  Finally, planned integration with email in and out of
Socialtext Signals (as Socialtext has supported in its wiki offering for
years) enables on- and off-ramps to the tools people already use.  Socialtext
Signals is currently available in controlled pre-release to a select number of
customers.




"Over the past several months we have used Signals internally as a
standalone prototype and we've learned just how different enterprise usage is
to the more public microblogging sites like Twitter," said Ross Mayfield. "Our
next release will include microblogging built on an integrated platform,
combining Signals and Updates for connected collaboration with context.  This
is a major milestone towards fulfilling the vision laid out less than half a
year ago -- to be a full Enterprise 2.0 platform."



Further information is available on the press wiki
http://www.socialtext.net/st-press/



About Socialtext


As the Enterprise 2.0 leader, Socialtext applies Web 2.0 technologies to
the critical challenges facing businesses.  Enterprise 2.0 holds the promise
of dramatically increasing business productivity, stimulating greater
innovation, and creating tighter connections between employees, partners, and
customers.  Socialtext provides hosted and appliance-based solutions to more
than 4,000 customers world-wide, including BASF, Boston College, CondeNet,
Epitaph Records, IKEA, Intel, MicroStrategy, MWW Group, Nokia, SAP, Sunguard,
Symantec, and USA Today.


Socialtext's flagship product, Socialtext Workspace, is the first
enterprise wiki and the foundation of the connected collaboration platform.
Socialtext People enables enterprise social networking.  Socialtext Dashboard
provides personalized and customizable widget-based interface for people and
teams to manage attention.  SocialCalc is the social spreadsheet for
distributed teams.  These products deliver connected collaboration with
context.  Learn more about Socialtext at http://www.socialtext.com.

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