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Connectbeam Spotlight Named Trend-Setting Product of 2008 by KMWorld
For second consecutive year, KMWorld recognizes Connectbeam's innovation and market leadership in social software for businesses.
Mountain View, CA (September 23, 2008) - Connectbeam, Inc., a leading provider of an integrated suite of enterprise social software applications, today announced it has been named to the KMWorld "Trend-Setting Products of 2008". This is the second consecutive year Connectbeam has been recognized by KM World. The KMWorld list of trend-setters is compiled by a team of editorial staff members and analysts through a year-long process of gathering and vetting information from vendors and users.
Hugh McKellar, editor in chief of KMWorld said, "Connectbeam continues to excel in product innovation and market leadership. We recognize Connectbeam as an industry leader, and trend setter. Its products are distinguished and well received in the marketplace, and the company continues to demonstrate its strong ability to lead the market in new product innovation."
Connectbeam SpotlightTM 3.0 delivers an out of the box, easy to use, social search and social networking application to business users. In addition, it is the first product on the market that aggregates all user generated content spread across company intranets, in blogs, wikis, and more, into a single, user accessible, social workstream.
"Right from the start we have recognized the unique requirements of businesses and enterprises for deployment and adoption of social software. Our product stands differentiated in the marketplace in the way we understand and cater to these requirements." said Connectbeam founder and CEO Puneet Gupta. "Connectbeam Spotlight 3.0 demonstrates this view in abundance."
About KMWorld
The leading information provider serving the knowledge, document and content management systems market, KMWorld informs more than 50,000 subscribers about the components and processes - and subsequent success stories - that together offer solutions for improving business performance. KMWorld is a publishing unit of Information Today, Inc.
About Connectbeam
Founded in 2006, Connectbeam is the first and leading provider of an integrated set of enterprise social software applications. Connectbeam is the first company to successfully combine the features of social bookmarking, tagging, and social networking to deliver an integrated information access and discovery application. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Connectbeam is privately held and venture backed. For more information visit www.connectbeam.com.
Connectbeam's major awards include:
- “Top Five Enterprise 2.0 Companies to Watch in 2007” (InformationWeek)
- “Rising Star of 2007” (InfoWorld)
- “Cool Vendor for 2007” (Gartner)
- “Trend Setter Product of the Year 2007” (KMWorld)
Contact
Connectbeam, Inc.
605 Ellis Street
Mountain View, CA 94043
Main: (650) 980-5080
http://www.connectbeam.com
