Monthly Archives: January 2010

Knexus has been in the social software and communities space for almost eight years now, starting back when the spirit of social had yet to enter the mainstream. Today, Knexus is the social software partner of choice for the worlds’ leading brands, providing enterprise-scale solutions to extract maximum business value.

Graeme Foux, Knexus CEO commented,” As the business use of social media has matured over the last 12 months, companies have begun to take a more holistic and radical approach, considering how to connect external social network engagement with their own social-enabled sites to increase commerce, trust and loyalty and generate better, faster insights and ideas for future success.”

Knexus is a social software pioneer, combining a platform developed and relentlessly hones by creating effective collaboration, sharing and networking with customers, colleagues and partners, with a passion for helping companies through planning, deployment and harvesting success.

The key areas where Knexus has stepped in to help customers to integrate social into their businesses are:

– Social Commerce, one of the most direct routes to demonstrate a return for companies with ecommerce operations, by applying the concept of word of mouth to ecommerce
– Social CRM, the integration of CRM systems with social media to stimulate conversations between customers and build relationships in order to manage a pipeline of opportunities more effectively
– Customer Loyalty, using online social-enabled sites and communities to encourage and reward loyal customers
– Product Innovation, looking beyond the enterprise, to customers and partners for active participation in product development and innovation as a way of capturing market share

“Integrating Social into business is a must have for today’s enterprise – companies that hesitate will fall behind their competitors,” said Graham Honeywill, formerly global head of digital marketing at Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks and now Director of Amberbuzz.

If you are interested in how Knexus can help you successfully integrate social into your business, contact us at +1 646 401 0147 (New York); +44 (0) 845 838 5316 (London). Current Knexus customers include BUPA, Dell, GlaxoSmithKline, Ingram Micro, Johnson & Johnson, Nokia and Shell.

About Knexus

Knexus is the leader in social software solutions, used by companies globally to build trusted relationships, create profitable conversations and drive monetization through enhanced engagement. The company was founded in March 2002 by a management team with deep expertise of digital technology and social media, headquartered in New York with offices in London. For more information, go to www.knexusgroup.com or follow the blog at www.knexusblog.com

NewsGator (www.newsgator.com) today announced that it had reached a final agreement for the acquisition of Tomoye (www.tomoye.com), a long-time innovator in enterprise social computing, creating a single source for intranet, extranet and Internet social computing solutions built on Microsoft technologies.

The combined entity delivers Enterprise 2.0’s most comprehensive product solution, the largest and most experienced R&D team, and the deepest integration with Microsoft SharePoint – the most popular business collaboration tool with more than 100 million seats.

NewsGator now has more than 2.1 million paid enterprise social computing users overall – more than any other social computing vendor. NewsGator also has the largest implementations in private-sector enterprise social computing. Via Tomoye, NewsGator adds the largest market share in Government 2.0, supporting many substantial installations, including the single largest government social computing community, the United States Army with 150,000 users.

“This strategic move expands our market reach and gives us a broader portfolio of solutions for current and future customers,” said J.B. Holston, NewsGator CEO. “Tomoye has an excellent product, deep experience in the government sector, and a complementary vision that is focused on delighting the largest organizations in the world. This transaction immediately follows a 2009 in which NewsGator performed well beyond all of our targets. With the world of work evolving so rapidly, the Tomoye acquisition, combined with our phenomenal momentum through 2009, positions NewsGator as the trusted Enterprise 2.0 partner for the world’s most significant organizations.”

Although terms of the deal were not disclosed, Tomoye customers will continue to receive full product support from the combined company. Tomoye customers include the Federal Reserve Bank, The United States Army, Defense Acquisition University, The United States Air Force, Jacobs Engineering, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Agency for International Development and more.

“Our sale to NewsGator is the right move for our customers since our combined R&D team will rapidly build out our vision for social computing,” said Tomoye CEO and co-founder Eric Sauve. “We can now more quickly react to advances in the industry, enabling our customers to reap the benefits of social computing that much sooner.” Sauve will remain responsible for Tomoye’s Ecco software and will be a senior member of the NewsGator management team.

Tomoye has pioneered enterprise social computing, communities of practice, and cross-enterprise learning and collaboration since its inception in 2000, and has a strong base of loyal customers, particularly in the government sector. Like NewsGator Social Sites, Tomoye’s Ecco social computing software enhances Microsoft SharePoint by adding a wide range of capabilities, including social media, social networking and communities. Ecco also provides an extremely rich feature set running in a standalone mode.

The acquisition enriches NewsGator’s already broad support of SharePoint to encompass the Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Windows SharePoint Server (WSS), Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. This combination of product offerings covers every conceivable customer scenario from a quickly deployed standalone platform to a well-integrated SharePoint WSS solution to a deeply customized MOSS 2007 deployment; and from intranet collaboration and expertise discovery to extranet customer and partner interactions to Internet communities for customers. NewsGator is a depth-managed Certified Gold partner of Microsoft, and Tomoye is a Certified Gold Partner.

Forrester Research has predicted Enterprise 2.0 will become a $4.6 billion industry by 2013 and that social networking tools will garner the bulk of that sum.

For more information on the acquisition, see our blog post http://blogs.newsgator.com/daily/.

About NewsGator Technologies, Inc.
NewsGator Technologies helps enterprises leverage social computing to deliver real business value. The company’s enterprise social networking products are used by the world’s most recognized brands, including Novartis, Biogen Idec, Edelman, Federal Reserve Bank, The United States Army, and The United States Air Force. NewsGator Social Sites and Tomoye Ecco give organizations better ways to innovate, collaborate, manage knowledge, develop new employees and improve productivity. For more information, visit www.newsgator.com

In 2009, Q1 Productions hosted the First Health Care New Media Marketing Conference. The event featured lively discussions on emerging social media trends and explored issues such as the future implications of electronic health records, as well as the value of content management systems.

Building on the success of 2009, The 2nd Annual Healthcare New Media Marketing conference will address how the recent social media boom and new communication innovations have affected marketing strategies for healthcare professionals. Attendees will have the unique opportunity to hear case study presentations from foremost healthcare executives who have successfully implemented new media campaigns and developed quality metrics for measuring success.

From overcoming issues related to HIPPA compliance, to gaining leadership approval for untested new media efforts, healthcare professionals with marketing, communications and public relations responsibilities are facing a vast array of new challenges. Sessions will illustrate how to effectively utilize popular sites such as Twitter and YouTube, as well the emerging possibilities with unique tools such as, Second life and GoogleWave.

This exciting two-day conference will be held in Downtown Chicago, IL on June 14-15, 2010. Currently, registration is available at the early bird rate of $695 until the end of January.

For more information visit: www.q1productions.com/healthcarenewmedia

When: June 14-15th, 2010

Where: Downtown Chicago

Who: The conference is designed for healthcare professionals interested in learning the latest in New Media and web 2.0 techniques. Presenting organizations include: Aurora Healthcare, Cedars-Sinai Health System, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Danbury Hospital, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Henry Ford Health System, Jackson Walker, LLP, Lehigh Valley Health Network, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Norman Regional Health System, Ohio State University Medical Center, Rush University Medical Center, Yelp

The Organizer
Q1 Productions has over 25 years of combined event management experience, with previous roles in international Sales Management, Productions and Operations. Focusing on new or pending legislative issues, enhanced business processes or technologies that will drive efficiency and customer service, our conference programs provide solutions to the urgent needs of our attendees.

Mozat announced today it has been chosen as a finalist for the Red Herring’s Global 100 award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from around the world.

The Red Herring editorial team has selected the most innovative companies from a pool of over 1,200. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.

“We are delighted for our nomination as a finalist of the Red Herring Global Awards. The advancement of technology in every company makes the competition more competitive each year. To standout from the rest represents the recognition of the innovative technology and value of Mozat. We are very grateful to the committee for the selection of Mozat and our prospective insight on the future of mobile social networks with our technologies.” said Michael Yin, CEO of Mozat.

“This year was especially difficult” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “Despite the global economic situation, there were many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products that we had a difficult time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. Now we’re faced with the arduous task of selecting the final 100 winners of the award. We know that this year’s crop will grow into some amazing companies that are sure to go far”

Mozat is a social networking platform tailored for the most popular mobile phones in the market. For consumers, Mozat serves as a mobile social community that allows users to connect and interact with each other as well as providing access to their favorite email, instant messaging, photo sharing and social gaming. For operators, Mozat provides an extensible, market-ready Mobile SNS platform that drives data usage and builds customer loyalty. It is available for free at www.mozat.com or in a premium version through selected mobile operators in Asia, Middle East and Latin America including Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Orange.

The Mozat community currently has more than 10 million registered users, pre-dominantly in the emerging markets of Asia and the Middle East

Finalists for the 2009 edition of the Red Herring Global 100 award are selected from the regional recipients or finalists of the Red Herring 100 awards in 2007, 2008, or 2009 ranging from Asia, Europe, and North America. For the past three years, the award has been given to the top 100 global technology companies based upon their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health. During the several months leading up to the announcement, hundreds of companies in the telecommunications, security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, biotech, and clean tech industries sent in their submissions to qualify for the award.

The CEOs of the 200 finalists are invited to present their winning strategies at the Red Herring Global Conference in Laguna Niguel, California, January 12-14, 2010. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony at the event.