Jive Software News Articles and Press Releases

Venture Firms Brace for Cash Crunch

2008-10-03T04:00:00Z

Building A Smarter Corporation

2008-09-15T04:00:00Z

Before There Was Web 2.0: These two entrepreneurs developed a way to connect employees and customers through community software.

2008-08-21T04:00:00Z

Jive Software Announces Clearspace 2.5, Providing Ubiquitous Access to Enterprise and Customer Communities

2008-08-19T04:00:00Z

Portland, OR - August 19, 2008 - Jive Software, the pure-play collaboration software leader, today announced the release of Clearspace 2.5. This release expands access options for the industry's most successful enterprise collaboration and customer communities, making connections and discussions easier and more powerful. Clearspace 2.5 makes collaboration and communities ubiquitous through Salesforce.com integration and the ability to begin or extend discussions via email and in external Web sites. It also introduces a groundbreaking WYSIWG editor and provides powerful, easy-to-use customization options.

"Our platform has become mission critical for many Enterprises, as they can now keep their fingers on the pulse of what's happening with their employees, partners and customers," said Dave Hersh, CEO at Jive Software. "Clearspace 2.5 makes this even more powerful by introducing new ways for users to access communities from external sites, applications, and platforms, making them able to participate wherever they may be."

Clearspace 2.5 makes it easy for users to begin or participate in discussions in new and powerful ways:

Salesforce.com Integration: Jive's seamless integration with salesforce.com makes critical business information, from contacts to details on recent meetings to insight into a person's likes and dislikes, available within Clearspace 2.5.
Email Integration: Deep email integration makes it possible for users to begin or participate in Clearspace discussions via email, extending access to mobile users and any user who wishes to communicate without leaving their email application.
"Community Everywhere" Integration: Clearspace administrators can now extend communities into other web pages simply by pasting a small Javascript snippet. This integration allows marketing and support departments to monitor and participate in additional customer discussions.

The new release also extends Jive's leadership in social networking by introducing these collaboration features:

Connections: Users can now connect and follow each others' activities with the click of a mouse, introducing Twitter-like functionality to the enterprise.
Enhanced Search: Users can easily find groups of people based on similar profile attributes.
Groups: Users can create or join social groups on the fly, based on areas of interest.

Clearspace 2.5 also introduces new features that provide new ease of use for users and administrators:

Rich Text Editor (RTE): This simple and straightforward editor was designed so that a novice could use it without any training, which greatly improves employee efficiency and speeds collaboration.
Global Renaming: Clearspace 2.5 provides a global find and replace of application terminology, so that companies can continue to operate within their own nomenclature and culture.
Customization and ‘skins': Site and community administrators can easily configure the look and feel of Clearspace by changing the color scheme and logo. Users can also download a more advanced developer kit to update the included images and deploy custom themes.

A full list of features available in Clearspace 2.5 can be found at www.jivesoftware.com.

In the second quarter of 2008, Jive increased its customer base by 25%, bringing the number of total customers to 2,500, including over 15% of the Fortune 500. In addition, the company also unveiled Clearstep, an online community for social and enterprise 2.0 professionals, and named Bryan LeBlanc as the company's new Chief Financial Officer.

Jive's flagship products, Clearspace and Clearspace Community, are the first enterprise-class collaboration applications that combine the latest content creation tools with community-driven intelligence. Jive is the only platform that can support both external customer communities and internal collaboration effectively and successfully. By presenting Web 2.0 and traditional communication tools in an intuitive and unified way, Clearspace is transforming the way companies work, resulting in better products, faster processes and a more connected workforce.

About Jive Software:
Jive Software believes work is broken and that people-driven software can fix it. Jive delivers social productivity software to bring together employees, partners and customers in a unified collaboration system, allowing them to create better products, faster processes and improved relationships. Its flagship products, Clearspace and Clearspace Community, are used by over 2,000 customers worldwide, including over 15% of the Fortune 500. Jive was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. For more information, visit Jive Software online at http://www.jivesoftware.com.

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Jive Software Recognizes Record Customer Growth, Debuts Customer Community and Appoints New CFO

2008-07-30T04:00:00Z

Customer Wins include Cisco and SAP

Bryan LeBlanc to Lead all Financial Operations for Jive

PORTLAND, OR, JULY 30, 2008 - Jive Software (www.jivesoftware.com), the pure-play collaboration software leader, today announced record customer growth, with major customer wins including Cisco, SAP, VMware, and NetApp. Jive increased its customer base by 25%, bringing the number of total customers to 2,500, including over 15% of the Fortune 500. In addition, the company unveils Clearstep, an online community for social and enterprise 2.0 professionals. Finally, Jive named Bryan LeBlanc as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. LeBlanc brings nearly 20 years of finance experience at public high-tech and software companies to Jive, and will be responsible for all finance and administrative functions of the business.

Clearstep is the first of its kind online community, powered by Jive's own Clearspace product, for social and enterprise 2.0 practitioners. Now these professionals have a place to interact, share best practices, and gain access to a much wider range of perspectives on common community and collaboration issues. Clearstep is intended for all social and enterprise 2.0-focused professionals, including Jive customers. For more information or to join the Clearstep community, go to http://www.jivesoftware.com/clearstep/index.jspa.

"There is a seismic shift in the way people are working, with a focus on people instead of just moving files back and forth; on conversation and openness instead of departmental silos and email. Clearstep is the first time the real drivers and practitioners behind this movement have a place to share ideas" said Dave Hersh, CEO, Jive Software. "Signing on 500 new customers is a testament to the fact that Jive is leading this charge and our people-centric approach is what today's enterprise needs."

Jive's flagship products, Clearspace and Clearspace Community, are the first enterprise-class collaboration applications that combine the latest content creation tools with community-driven intelligence - in essence, bringing consumer technologies like social networking to large organizations. By presenting Web 2.0 and traditional communication tools in an intuitive and unified way, Clearspace is transforming the way companies work, resulting in better products, faster processes and a more connected workforce. Clearspace Community is an edition of Clearspace that is specifically designed for collaboration with external audiences, such as customers, prospects, partners and suppliers. For a partial list of customers using Jive Software, please visit http://www.jivesoftware.com/customers.

"Jive Software has seen tremendous growth in the company's year over year sales as it continues to expand and emerge as a leader in the collaboration software industry," said Bryan LeBlanc, CFO Jive Software. "I am excited to join the Jive management team and apply my experience in software to such an innovative company," said LeBlanc.

Mr. LeBlanc comes to Jive Software from WebTrends Inc., a web analytics and Marketing Performance Management solutions company, where he was CFO and led the financial and operational teams. Prior to WebTrends, LeBlanc was a member of Mercury Interactive's executive team, where he helped drive substantial growth in both the size of the business and the company's market value. LeBlanc has also held management roles in finance and marketing for inSilicon, Documentum, Cadence Design Systems, and Fogdog Sports, where he successfully led the company's IPO team as the CFO.

Hersh added, "Bryan is an important addition to the Jive team as we continue our rapid expansion. His expertise and proven results in steering and scaling enterprise software companies is exactly what we need during this phase of our development."

About Jive Software:

Jive Software believes work is broken and that people-driven software can fix it. Jive delivers social productivity software to bring together employees, partners and customers in a unified collaboration system, allowing them to create better products, faster processes and improved relationships. Its flagship products, Clearspace and Clearspace Community, are used by over 2,000 customers worldwide, including over 15% of the Fortune 500. Jive was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. For more information, visit Jive Software online at http://www.jivesoftware.com.

Media Contact: Liz Clinkenbeard, OutCast Communications, liz@outcastpr.com

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Clearspace wins IT Week's Editor Choice Award 2008

2008-06-30T04:00:00Z

"Clearspace brings collaboration to the corporate level and it wins our Editor's Choice award for performance and value." IT Week, June 30, 2008. The full review can be found here on page 36.

Higher Office

2008-05-30T09:00:00Z

Claire Cain Miller of Forbes writes, "Upstart Jive Software aims to change the way people work by bringing social networking to the office. It's up against some firm called Microsoft." Read the full article here.

Jive Software expands to Europe and Silicon Valley

2008-05-29T04:00:00Z

The Portland Business Journal reports on Jive's growth. Please read the full article here

Clearspace Product Review

2008-05-14T04:00:00Z

Product review: Jive Software's social enterprise portal Clearspace 2.0 makes the business case for social software with SharePoint integration, workable project management, and document sharing with external users. read the complete review here.

Jive Software Named to the ICIC - Inc. Magazine Inner City 100 List

2008-05-01T04:00:00Z

For 10 years, the Inner City 100 program has served as a showcase for the nation’s top inner city entrepreneurs, honoring those urban gazelles who have succeeded in leaps and bounds. Read about Jive and this year's other winners here.