Forrester Groundswell Award Submission

The Forrester Groundswell Awards are powered by, uh, a groundswell. Soon you will be able to vote for Socialtext, and for now here is our formal transparent submission.

The Socialtext wiki is a collaborative tool which offers advanced tagging, granular RSS feeds, offline and mobile support, and enterprise integration with platforms such as Microsoft Sharepoint and Lotus Connections. The Socialtext platform is inclusive of a full set of features that allow for users to collaborate with one another across all tiers. These features include Socialtext Dashboard, Socialtext People and SocialCalc. Dashboard allows for personalization. Customize the dashboard according to your work stream, bringing in social news feeds to help manage attention and incorporate standards-based widgets.People is social networking adapted for the enterprise that provides you access to discover the profiles of the people within your organization that have produced content, enable discovery and allow you to subscribe to their activity. SocialCalc is a multi-user wiki-based spreadsheet program that simplifies version control, reduces errors and increases productivity. giv ing users the option to include other wiki pages and functions directly into the spreadsheet.

How does this entry accomplish business or non-profit goals

As the Business Social Software leader, Socialtext applies next-generation Web 2.0 technologies to the critical challenges facing businesses. Socialtext enables companies to collaboratively author and edit information, share best practices, leverage business insight, locate subject matter experts, improve business processes, and form stronger relationships amongst colleagues, customers, and partners. With the most flexible deployment options in the industry – including appliances, hosted services, software and open-source. Socialtext wikis can be deployed in minutes with minimal ongoing administration and IT staffing, and can be implemented behind your company’s firewall. The proven business benefits of the Socialtext wiki include accelerated project cycle times, reduction in email overload and drastic cuts in search costs. By centralizing collaborative knowledge and discussion within the wiki, businesses are able to better share expertise across the organization, create opportunities for broader participation through the positive feedback loops that will now exist within the company, and provide transparency while stimulating innovation.

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