Socialtext Appliance Selected as 2008 KMWorld Trend-Setting Product
Palo Alto, CA – August 26, 2008 – Socialtext, the leading provider of enterprise wiki and social software solutions, today announced its Socialtext Appliance was named a "2008 Trend-Setting Product of the Year" by KMWorld magazine. The annual award highlights innovative products that have a noteworthy impact on the knowledge management marketplace. KMWorld assembled its sixth annual list based on feedback from editorial colleagues, analysts, integrators, and users about products that represent the best research and development of solutions for nearly every organization and industry. KMWorld is the leading information provider serving the Knowledge Management systems market. "This year's edition of the KMWorld Trend-Setting Product list has been compiled through briefings with vendors themselves, along with conversations with analysts, users and system integrators," said Hugh McKellar, KMWorld editor-in-chief. "Our mission selecting this year's products has been deceptively simple: select those that deliver robust customer value." “This KM Award punctuates the great momentum at Socialtext over the past nine months, having rolled out four new product offerings that map to the company’s four core customer solution areas,” remarks Ross Mayfield, Socialtext, Chairman and President. “We value this award as it demonstrates our commitment to our customers.” For more information on this year's trend-setting products, please see KMWorld's September 2008 issue in print or online at www.kmworld.com. About KMWorld KMWorld (www.kmworld.com) is the leading information provider serving the Knowledge Management systems market and covers the latest in Content, Document and Knowledge Management, informing more than 50,000 subscribers about the components and processes -and subsequent success stories -- that together offer solutions for improving business performance. KMWorld is a publishing unit of Information Today, Inc. (www.infotoday.com). About Socialtext As the Enterprise Social Software 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, Humana, IKEA, Intel, MicroStrategy, MWW Group, Nokia, Ogilvy, SAP, Sunguard, Symantec, USA Today and Washington Post. Socialtext's flagship product, Socialtext Workspace, is the first enterprise wiki and the foundation of the social software platform. Socialtext People enables enterprise social networking. Socialtext Dashboard provides personalized and customizable widget-based interface for people and teams to manage activities. SocialCalc is the social spreadsheet for distributed teams. Learn more about Socialtext and how these innovative products are turned into solutions at www.socialtext.com.
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