Podio vs TIBCO tibbr

2012. Podio - Social intranet + App buider + App store


Podio - is yet another service to create enterprise social network (like Yammer, Chatter, SocialCast, etc). May be even the definition "yet another" - is not quite correct in this case, because Podio is already one of the most successful representatives of this class. Two months ago Podio was acquired by Citrix, which competes with Microsoft, Google and Salesforce for the enterprise collaboration market. And among Podio's customers are such companies as Alcatel-Lucent, BMW, BBC, Twitter and SubWay. Podio is popular in many countries and available in 10 languages: Russian, Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Danish and English. So how is Podio different from its strong competitors? ***


2012. Citrix acquires cloud-based social business collaboration platform Podio



Citrix has completed the acquisition of Podio, a Danish social business collaboration platform. Podio serves as a social network for businesses, empowering its users to create apps that enhance the functionality of the service. It can be likened to "Yammer with apps." Podio provides an App store, where users can incorporate App bundles designed for specific workflow purposes, such as CRM Management tools, Project Management tools, or individual Apps like Candidates (an app for managing job candidates), Twitter (an app for monitoring tweets), and Bugs (an app for internal bug reporting). With Podio, you can handle a wide range of tasks, from expense reports to hiring processes. Instead of following other users, the focus is on following "Spaces" where these activities take place. On the right-hand side, you can access Frequently Used Spaces, Contacts, and Calendar, while the left-hand side displays an activity stream showcasing all actions. This interface provides convenient access to all features, including the ability to add or create your own app tailored to specific tasks.


2012. tibbr GEO - Augmented reality in enterprise social network


Tibbr - is one of the enterprise twitter-clones, created by Tibco. And it has to compete with such services as Yammer, Salesforce Chatter, IBM Connections, NewsGator and dozens of others. In these circumstances - it's not enough to make a quality product - you need to jump over your head. That's what Tibco is doing. The new feature - Tibbr GEO - is an enterprise geo-location service with augmented reality elements. How does it work? Imagine doctor coming to patient's room - he takes out his smartphone, opens Tibbr and sees the history of messages about this patient, posted by his colleagues. Or airport agent coming to a gate sees that it's closed - he opens Tibbr, and finds out that the flight was moved to another gate. Or engineer comes into the work shop, looks at the machines through his smartphone and sees that one machine has low oil, and another has broken part. ***


2011. TIBCO tibbr - social network as a center of IT infrastructure



More and more large IT vendors engage into social software business. According to the rumors, Microsoft will soon release its microblogging tool OfficeTalk that has been under development for a year. And another big software company Tibco today has launched its social intranet solution tibbr. It's another Facebook for Enterprise clone, but with unique features that make tibbr, perhaps, the most complete solution for large companies. First, tibbr is the most powerful social aggregator. It allows you to follow not only co-workers messages, but also any updates in enterprise IT systems (e.g. ERP, CRM ...), in RSS-flows and external social networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn ...) . ***