-- Enhances Employees Interaction and
Internal Communications While Increasing Productivity for Corporations --
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Socialcast, a leading provider of on-demand corporate social networks,
today announced additional features to their Software-as-a-Service
collaboration platform, further providing a way for corporations to
harness and retain the knowledge of employees. The new software release
contains several unique features, such as worklog and bookmarklet tools,
redefining standards and expectations for enterprise social networks.
Socialcast provides companies of any size with a way to consistently
engage employees and capture the creativity and intellect of their
workforce. With this launch, Socialcast brings many powerful, first-time
features, offering a simple and quick way for colleagues to learn about
each other and share knowledge. The platform enables project managers to
monitor work in progress, regardless of geographic boundaries, and
document milestones and day-to-day achievements of employees. Specific
features include:
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Mini user profiles highlights name, latest
status post, connection, links to external services and co-workers
contacts
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Worklog feature enables users to keep
track of specific tasks and project steps in a public manner using a
micro-blogging format
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Bookmarklet tool allows employees
to share status updates and Web site hyperlinks while browsing the
Internet, even while not logged into the Socialcast network
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Suggested contact directory provides
members with a way to locate other employees with common interests
based on community contributions and interactions
In todays office
environment, more employees are working remotely and collaborating with
co-workers in different locations across the globe,
said Tim Young, CEO of Socialcast. Our
corporate social-networking platform is very robust and provides unique
and useful ways for users to communicate with each other, further
enhancing our offerings to customers.
Socialcast has deployed customized social networking sites for companies
including Hot Topic and Guitar Center. To learn more about Socialcast or
for a free demo, please go to http://demo.socialcast.com.
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About Socialcast
As a proven, successful leader in the corporate knowledge management
arena, Socialcast puts an entire companys
brain to work with its on-demand corporate social networks. Socialcast
technology unites traditional intranet features with social networking
functionality to solve the problems of knowledge silos, generation gaps
in the workplace and collaboration across geographic boundaries.
Socialcast is based in Irvine, CA and can be found online at www.socialcast.com.
Contacts
Socialcast
Amy Robinson/Wanda Soler, 619-677-2700
socialcast@lewispr.com