Jive Software

“	The promise of the social business was, and still is, compelling. By connecting workers, businesses can unlock and distribute siloed worker knowledge and information, thereby increasing collaboration and achieving boosts in productivity, creativity and efficiency.	”
	— This year, standalone social business software will die

Jive Software is a social business software company claiming to be "the pioneer and world's leading provider of social business solutions." In 2010, the company is transferred its headquarters from Portland to Palo Alto, California. Founded in 2001, Jive maintains offices in Portland; Boulder, CO; Frankfurt, Germany; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Reading, UK.

Competitors

• Drupal Commons | Drupal Commons: Social Business Software | Drupal Commons 3.0
• IBM Connections
• The Efiia Group
• Chatter - Enterprise Social Network & Collaboration Software Solution - Salesforce.com
• Yammer
• Google+

External Links

• Jive Community

News & Commentary

• Social business apps' weakness: Being social
• Why Your Business May Need Internal Social Software
• The Stack: The Fifteen (now Sixteen) Classes of the Social Business Software Suite (Q4, 2010)