Cloud Computing: Jive deepens integration with Cisco’s WebEx and Jabber

Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: Juan Carlos Perez.

Jive Software has pushed out updates for the cloud versions of both its enterprise social networking (ESN) suite and its JiveX software for building external online communities. The main enhancement for the Jive ESN suite is what the company is touting as native integration with Cisco’s WebEx and Jabber, following a partnership the vendors announced in May.

Back then, Cisco said it was axing its WebEx Social ESN suite, formerly called Quad, and that it would resell the Jive suite instead. The bundle includes WebEx Meetings and Jabber for online meetings, Web conferencing, IM and audio/video communications, and Jive’s ESN software…

ESN lets employees build individual profiles with activity streams and do things like post status updates, blog, share and comment on documents, set up group workspaces and participate in discussion forums. The Jive-Cisco bundle was already live with some customers, like Thomson Reuters, but the vendors said they would better integrate their products…

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