Leading analyst firm positions bluekiwi software in the visionaries quadrant in magic quadrant for social software in the workplace

PARIS, FRANCE OCTOBER 22, 2009 – blueKiwi Software, a leading provider of enterprise social software, announced today Gartner, Inc. positioned it in the Visionaries quadrant in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace.*

According to Gartner, “Visionaries in the market demonstrate a strong understanding of current and future market trends and directions, such as the importance of a flexible and transparent collaboration environment, as well as the value of mutual reinforcement between tools that encourage user contribution and tools that encourage bottom-up group and structure formation. Their products and product road maps display a penchant for innovation, especially in terms of architecture and lightweight integration, while their marketing and R&D efforts are boosted by their alignment with the open source "ecosystem." The Visionaries in this market have not exhibited the scope of delivery of the Challengers or Leaders, but have demonstrated vision across a range of capabilities”.

Carlos Diaz, CEO of blueKiwi Software declares « In my opinion, this positioning recognizes our very unique vision of « Social Innovation » in the market place. Businesses and organizations are confronted to a deep transformation of the way they work and interact with their employees, partners and clients. We are a privileged witness of such a big bang of Enterprise 2.0 stakes. During the last year, we have doubled our revenues and customer portfolio. I believe this is a clear recognition of our team effort and of our distinctive solution. From my perspective, the Gartner report confirms our capacity to take a global leadership position.”

* Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace, Nikos Drakos, Carol Rozwell, Anthony Bradley, Jeffrey Mann, 22 October 2009.

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About blueKiwi Software

blueKiwi Software is a Best-of-Breed Enterprise Social Software vendor. Our solution enables people-centric organizations to create powerful and secure professional networks where employees, partners and customers can share conversations, ideas, skills, resources and best practices. No matter what the size of the organization, blueKiwi promotes a culture of collaboration and openness, which helps boost productivity, foster new ideas and increase staff satisfaction and retention. blueKiwi has an extensive track record of successfully enabling social networking for well-known companies all over the world.