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Connectbeam announces major upgrade to its social networking application for businesses
Mountain View, CA (September 23, 2008) -- Connectbeam, a leading provider of enterprise social networking applications, today announced the immediate availability of its Connectbeam SpotlightT version 3.0 application.
"Release 3.0 represents a major upgrade for Connectbeam Spotlight. This release makes it easier for coworkers to find and share information and connect with each other around projects, research, and interests." said Farsheed Tari, Senior Director of Product Management at Connectbeam. "With Spotlight 3.0 we gather the enterprise collective intelligence from across various data sources and deliver it right to the users wherever they turn to search or look for information."
Connectbeam Spotlight 3.0 makes it easy for users to see information as it is being generated and connect with others using tools they are already familiar with:
- MS Outlook Integration: See your social network's activity right from inside Microsoft Outlook.
MS Sharepoint Integration: Seamlessly add social networking features and display user generated content collected from all Enterprise 2.0 sources on your company portal.
See a quick demonstration of Microsoft SharePoint MOSS 2007 integration at: http://www.connectbeam.com/demo/sharepoint_integration/sharepoint_integration.html
- Connect all Enterprise 2.0 applications: Automatically aggregate user generated information from blogs, wikis, and other enterprise applications into a single consolidated view.
The new release also extends Spotlight's social networking features:
- New User Interface: Human factors designed and Web 2.0 styled new user interface that makes it easy to interact with the application.
- Enhanced Social Search and Expertise Finder: Discover information and experts based on users social activity across the enterprise.
- Enhanced Notifications: Integrated RSS and Email notifications can be set at multiple levels to track users' activity as it happens or information as it is generated
A quick product tour of Spotlight is available at: http://www.connectbeam.com/demo/tour/connectbeam_tour.html
About Connectbeam
Founded in 2006, Connectbeam is the first and leading provider of an integrated set of enterprise social software applications. Connectbeam is the first company to successfully combine the features of social bookmarking, tagging, and social networking to deliver an integrated information access and discovery application. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Connectbeam is privately held and venture backed. For more information visit www.connectbeam.com.
Connectbeam's major awards include:
- “Top Five Enterprise 2.0 Companies to Watch in 2007” (InformationWeek)
- “Rising Star of 2007” (InfoWorld)
- “Cool Vendor for 2007” (Gartner)
- “Trend Setter Product of the Year 2007” (KMWorld)
Contact
Connectbeam, Inc.
605 Ellis Street
Mountain View, CA 94043
Main: (650) 980-5080
http://www.connectbeam.com
