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Righpoint Strengthens SharePoint Practice with NewsGator Social Computing Solutions
Partnership Leverages Leading Edge Technology to Provide Social Networking Technology Within The Enterprise
CHICAGO, IL - July 25, 2009 - Rightpoint, a national IT consulting and digital marketing firm, announced today a strategic partnership with NewsGator, a Denver-based social computing company that creates Facebook-style networks for businesses. Under the terms of the agreement, Rightpoint will implement NewsGator’s social networking computing software for various clients to create dynamic corporate communities and enhance collaboration across geographic boundaries, brands and departments.
“Partnering with NewsGator enables us to enhance our SharePoint service offerings with what we consider to be the best corporate social networking platform out there,” said Ross Freedman, Director at Rightpoint. “We believe that NewsGator has created the leading edge technology platform that will change the face of corporate enterprise social networking – similarly to how Facebook has impacted the world of personal social networking. With the addition of NewsGator’s software to our repertoire, we can design extraordinary custom enterprise solutions for our SharePoint clients using this very successful tool.”
NewsGator’s Social Networking Platform integrates with Microsoft SharePoint to provide capabilities similar to consumer-based social networks but tailored to business purposes. NewsGator Social Sites integrated into the SharePoint environment provides makes it easier for employees to find colleagues and subject matter experts, enhance collaboration, and facilitate information sharing within the context of a business, while also following corporate security protocols and keeping internal information within the protected environment of the firewall. Features include: Profile Pages, Groups & Communities, Social Network Graphs, News & Activity Feeds, RSS, Social Bookmarking and Clipping/Sharing.
With several projects already underway, the partnership between Rightpoint and NewsGator has already begun to take off. Currently Rightpoint and NewsGator are working together to implement social communities that encompass every brand at a major Pharmaceutical company, bringing together thousands of people within the company to share knowledge, ideas and information. Rightpoint is also implementing this technology for software company and a medical device company.
Rightpoint’s broad experience with SharePoint and social networking implementations combined with NewsGator’s advanced software solution creates a win-win for our companies and more importantly for our customers. Together the two companies will work with our customers and to help them understand how they can leverage the use of social networking technology to drive business value within the Enterprise.
About Rightpoint
Rightpoint is an IT consulting and digital marketing firm whose sole purpose is to help organizations increase revenue, reduce cost and gain competitive advantage by delivering solutions that combine technology, process improvements and deep industry expertise. Rightpoint's business solutions group is comprised of experienced business and technology architects that help organizations simplify and automate business processes with portal, workflow, business intelligence and CRM solutions to achieve profitable growth. Rightpoint's interactive solutions group provides web development and interactive marketing expertise to create world class revenue-generating websites and Intranets for clients. For more information, visit www.rightpoint.com.
About NewsGator Technologies, Inc.
NewsGator Technologies helps enterprises and media companies leverage social computing solutions to deliver real business value. The company’s enterprise social networking and widget services are in use by hundreds of the world’s most recognized brands, including Biogen Idec, CBS, CNN, Discovery, National Geographic, Procter & Gamble and USA Today. NewsGator Social Sites and Enterprise Server give enterprises better ways to collaborate, share content, expand employee knowledge and improve productivity. NewsGator’s Widget Services and iPhone applications enable media and brand companies to better engage their audiences and extend the value of their brands through viral syndication of content. NewsGator also offers free, award-winning RSS aggregators for the Web, desktop, mobile devices and e-mail clients. For more information, visit www.newsgator.com.
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