Jive Software News & Articles

Everyone has an opinion on who we all should be paying close attention to this year. IDC has their lists, Gartner and Forrester point our theirs in research reports. Even CIO Magazine has their top 20 and there are more than a few you might find interesting.

We've told you before that Jive Software (news, site) is on a mission, a mission to become the critical, go-to platform for enterprises. To achieve that goal, they spent some time in 2009 making some improvements to their Social Business Software platform including:

• Adding social media monitoring via the Filtrbox acquisition
• Adding support for both mobile devices and Microsoft Office
• Integrating with the Infamous SharePoint
• Integrating with SAP for Business Intelligence

An in addition to new services and integrations, they also picked up US$ 12 million in funding to do all that and more.

So has it paid off for the social software company? Apparantely it has.

Jive Software is reporting a record year for 2009 -- their best ever -- with full year revenue 85% over revenues in 2008. Their fourth quarter was their best with a number of new clients coming on board and a number of renewals. Add to that an increase in employees to 200 and a marketing focus that reached out across the pond and into government.

We entered 2009 against a strong economic headwind that impacted virtually every industry and saw technology investments pared or eliminated altogether,” said Dave Hersh, CEO of Jive Software. “In the face of uncertainty, Social Business Software emerged as a "must have" for enterprises looking to not only survive, but to thrive. As a result, by virtually any measure 2009 was a record year for Jive.

Their success is also demonstrated by industry recognition from the likes of Gartner, Forrester and IDC. IDC called them one of 10 Innovative Application Companies Under $100M to Watch. So that's what we will do -- watch.

The start of 2010 is bring news of acquisitions left and right in the social media world. Not to be left out, Jive Software (news, site) adds their name to the list of acquirers picking up social media monitoring provider Filtrbox.

Jive Software (news, site) continues to improved its Social Business Software Suite (SBS). Version 4.0 of SBS comes with a slew of new functionality and lots of improvements to existing features. 

The question becomes, as a company on a mission to become the critical, go-to platform for enterprises, is it enough to take on this existing challenger, SharePoint, and the upcoming SharePoint 2010?

Jive (news, site) has had some serious money pumped into it over the years, and recently it's bagged another US$ 12 million to bring its social enterprise platform to the fore.

When Jive Software (news, site) first announced their Social Business Software Suite, they called it the next big technology solution for the enterprise. Since that time, they have been steadily adding new services to prove that their solution is exactly what you need.

Their latest announcement is part of a new strategy designed to extend SBS across an organization's content silos. The plan? Take enterprise content stored in your Enterprise CMS and socialize it within SBS.

Jive Software (news, site) has announced Jive Market Engagement, a new service integrated into their Social Business Software, designed to help organizations not only monitor social activity related to them, but to also measure, share and engage with their communities based on that information.

It appears that Jive (news, site) may be making all the right moves with its Social Business Software. Today they announce solid growth for their platform for Q2 09 with an 80% increase in revenues year over year.

Along with strong revenue growth, they have recorded the largest booking quarter to date, having some significant customer wins.

It has been a busy time for Jive Software as social computing solutions have appeared to remain fairly popular during this down period. Here's a look at some of things that have helped Jive's momentum.

Yesterday's theme of integrating social software and business data (via application integration) was echoed by Jive Software (news, site). They have announced a new agreement that will see SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence onDemand solutions integrated into Jive's Social Business Software suite.

Clearspace has received some impressive upgrades thanks to Jive Software, a provider of enterprise collaboration and community software. Version 2.5 of Clearspace has some new features that might entice businesses to embrace social networking as a motivational and inspirational tool for employees.

Jive Software, a provider of enterprise collaboration and community software, can hardly stand it. They are just bursting at the seams with good news. With record growth, a new online community and a new CFO, who wouldn’t be excited?