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Jive Software recently unveiled Fathom, a social media monitoring tool that lets organizations monitor and analyze social media conversations. The service comes in a free and premium variant, and is aimed at helping enterprises make the most out of their social media activities.

Though Jive's initial stock price was $12, the company opened trading today at $15.12 per share. A total of 13.4 million shares were sold, exceeding the 11.7 million shares originally planned.

If you didn't think there was money in social enterprise, then think again as Jive heads toward a public listing that could value it at over a half-billion dollars.

As in previous years, this week's SAP Sapphire conference has generated a number of interesting releases this week in the GRC space. Jive offered enterprises a way of keeping their social media compliant, while Krolls provided them the tools to DIY e-Discovery and C2C has simplified email archiving.

Adhering to electronic communications laws in the realm of social business can be tricky. Hoping to ease the process, Jive has partnered with Actiance, a company bent on improving the security, management and compliance of unified communications. 

There has been chatter since summer about enterprise social software vendor Jive Software having an initial public offering (IPO). It didn’t happen this summer, but it looks like the company will be getting some cash to keep it warm over the winter.

 The JiveWorld 11 Conference brings several new tie-ups. Jive is getting together with Bunchball to add game mechanics to its offering, while Wrike will add its project management tool to Jive's store.

Heads up, people. High-definition video is about to hit the world of Social Business, thanks to a strategic partnership between Polycom Inc. and Jive Software. 

Gartner has kicked out another report covering the the who's who of social enterprise software. This year's Social Software in the Workplace Magic Quadrant revealed a very familiar pattern, as well as some surprising changes. 

You've probably heard the news by now: Jive Software has filed to go public for US$ 100 million. On the up side, this means the IPO window for speculative technology companies is open even wider. On the down side, it revealed Jive's financials which, as it turns out, aren't exactly inspirational. 

While SharePoint has been a leader in the document and content sharing category for some time, it has remained admittedly weak on the social media front. A number of companies from the third-party ecosystem are trying fill the gaps between the portal's strong points and shortcomings with infusions of popular functions, and we thought it would be useful to highlight a few of the top dogs:

Unhappy with Skype? Worried about what's going to happen now that it's been sold? This week we've got a list of alternative tools as well as some thoughts on the Jive/OffiSync deal that promises to socialize Microsoft environments. 

In a move that promises to instantly socialize Microsoft environments, enterprise collaboration company Jive Software (news, site) has acquired OffiSync. 

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• "Dislike Button" Scam Circulating on Facebook
• Online Firms Join Forces to Battle Privacy Law
• Jive Software Enables Greater Interactivity with Facebook
• Twitter Surpasses 300 Million Users, Perhaps