Coverage & Awards: 2008
View of the economy from Palo Alto’s Socialtext
Scobleizer, December 31, 2008
"Socialtext started as a company that sold wikis to enterprises, but has expanded that into a social collaboration and productivity suite that’s doing very well. While I was in the office two sizeable sales came in from two big companies."
Wikis That Work In The Real World
Information Week, December 13, 2008
“Angel.com, a subsidiary of Micro Strategies that provides interactive voice response software, has more than 10,000 internal- and external-facing Socialtext wiki pages. One customer-facing wiki acts as a knowledge base for Angel products, while others for employees include video tutorials, training quizzes, and space for collaboration efforts, from developing marketing ideas to planning company picnics."
Socialtext provides collaborative side of social networking. Winner: Best Emerging Collaboration Solution
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, December 5, 2008
"Socialtext’s Enterprise 2.0 software was designed specifically to encourage, enhance and accelerate communication, collaboration and knowledge-sharing within companies."
Socialtext and A Theory of Collaboration and Networks
Gigaom Web Worker Daily: Rebooting the Worforce, December 1, 2008
EContent 100—our list of companies that matter most in the digital content industry
EContent, December 1, 2008
“Collaboration tools enable teamwork, web-style, which emphasizes shared knowledge and member contribution, regardless of proximity.”
More Information, Less Overload
CIO Insight, November 24, 2008
According to Sam Aparicio, CIO of Angel.com "The #1 job of a CIO is employee productivity." Ed Cone of CIO Insight spoke with Sam about his strategies for remaining productive in the face of the information overload. He learned: One, a lot of the info-tsunami comes in the form of email. Two, with the right tools and presentation, an exec can have access to more information without being overwhelmed.
Social networking sites help companies boost productivity
USA Today, October 7, 2008
"The spread of the workforce has put a premium on tech tools that let people collaborate, learn and share info from different parts of the world," says Ross Mayfield, co-founder of business-software maker Socialtext. He cites studies that show 85% of all employees work on projects with colleagues in other offices."
Products of the Week
NetworkWorld, October 6, 2008
"The new version includes Socialtext People, a Facebook-like tool for enterprises, and other enhancements to improve usability and integration of social networking tools. Socialtext is also developing a Twitter-like application called Signals, which is in a limited beta trial."
Socialtext 3.0 unveiled
InfoWorld, October 1, 2008
"The new version includes Socialtext People, a Facebook-like tool for enterprises, and other enhancements to improve usability and integration of social networking tools. Socialtext is also developing a Twitter-like application called Signals, which is in a limited beta trial."
Building a Better (and Useful) Corporate Intranet Starts With a Wiki
Intranet Journal, October 1, 2008
Exclusive video: SocialText brings enterprise Facebook and Twitter to wikis
Scobleizer, September 30, 2008
Socialtext Signals Marks Wiki Provider's Entry into Enterprise Microblogging
eWeek, September 30, 2008
Socialtext 3.0: Bringing Facebook, Twitter and iGoogle to the Enterprise
CIO, September 30, 2008
Also Appeared in The New York Times, PC World, Network World, and The Industry Standard.
Socialtext enters Twitter for the enterprise sweepstakes
Ferris Research, August 1, 2008
"Leading commercial wiki vendor Socialtext has just added spreadsheet support. This is the only full-function-spreadsheet-in-a-wiki of which we are aware."
Web 2.0 Tools Transform Osborne's Management Strategies
Industry Week, July 1, 2008
"Strategic planning around the sales process, or metrics around quote tracking -- using the wiki takes these abstract management concepts out of your private work and makes them more part of the everyday shared life of the company. The result has been the gradual creation of a culture of empowerment and accountability."
—Jeff Osborne, President, Osborne Transformer
Socializing the Spreadsheet
OVUM, July 1, 2008
"Spreadsheet users also get access to the broader capabilities of Socialtext's wiki platform, like including a wiki page as a cell in the spreadsheet or dynamically displaying a picture and name that links to someone's profile (via the Socialtext People module) to add the notion of identity and accountability to a line item."
"The net result for business users is a familiar spreadsheet formatting and calculation environment that's now been tightly coupled with all the free-form flexibility that people love about wikis."
How a Marketing Firm Implemented an Enterprise Wiki
CIO, June 26, 2008
"We wanted to look at a new way of sharing." – Neil Callahan, President, 'mktg'
Enterprise 2.0: Take the Plunge!
Patricia Seybold Group: Outside Innovation, June 23, 2008
"Most Compelling Application - Socialtext's new wiki-based, collaborative spreadsheet, SocialCalc."
Socialtext Dashboard and Socialtext People Advance the State of Business Social Software
Businesswire, April 17, 2008
Socialtext Dashboard and Socialtext People Advance the State of Business Social Software
Businesswire, April 17, 2008
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