Collaboration Platform promotes enterprise productivity.

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Supporting external communities and internal collaboration, Clearspace v2.0 presents Web 2.0 and traditional communication tools in unified manner. Enterprise collaboration is enhanced via Microsoft SharePoint integration, project management tools, cloud-based document sharing features, and social networking. Solution also offers ability to securely share documents with users outside firewall via hybrid on-premise/SaaS technology powered by XMPP.



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Jive Software Furthers Market Leadership with New Version of Collaboration Platform



Clearspace 2.0 Adds Social Networking, Projects, SharePoint Integration, Blended On-Premise/Cloud-based Features

Jive Acquires Jotlet, Integrates Web 2.0-based Calendaring Technology

PORTLAND, Ore., April 7, 2008 -- Jive Software, the pure-play collaboration software leader, today announced the launch of Clearspace 2.0, a milestone release of the industry's most successfully deployed social productivity platform. Clearspace 2.0 adds Microsoft SharePoint integration, project management, cloud-based document sharing features and social networking to enterprise collaboration. In addition, today Jive announced the acquisition of Texas-based Jotlet to enable future integration of Jotlet's Web 2.0 calendaring technology with the Clearspace platform.

"We're getting substantial business value from our Clearspace environment," says Chuck Hollis, Global Marketing CTO for EMC Corporation. "Clearspace's focus on conversational collaboration complements our existing investments in file-oriented tools, and takes social productivity to a new level."

Clearspace 2.0 Highlights

Clearspace 2.0 includes dozens of new features, all driven by customer demand. Highlights and customer benefits include:

-- Project management tools improve cross-team collaboration by centralizing conversations, milestones, tasks, and output

-- Every employee can have their own view of the company via a 100% widgetized UI

-- Users can securely share documents with partners and customers outside the firewall via unique hybrid on-premise/SaaS technology powered by the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)

-- Expanded user profiles make it easy to connect with colleagues, understand organizational relationships, and discover untapped talent

-- Microsoft SharePoint integration allows users to publish content to and access files from SharePoint servers

"We continue to lead the market through innovation and customer adoption," said Dave Hersh, CEO, Jive Software. "Clearspace 2.0 is about people, focus and work -- a product that simplifies communications across an enterprise by increasing collaboration and reducing dependence on traditional, impersonal file-centric and email-dependent systems."

In 2007, Jive added nearly 800 customers and saw an increase of 325% in annual sales as enterprises worldwide continue to adopt the company's social productivity software. Today, Jive serves over 2,000 customers, including over 15% of the Fortune 500. Jive's flagship products, Clearspace and ClearspaceCommunities, are the first enterprise-class collaboration applications that combine the latest content creation tools with community-driven intelligence.

Jive is the only platform that can support both external customer communities and internal collaboration effectively and successfully. By presenting Web 2.0 and traditional communication tools in an intuitive and unified way, Clearspace is transforming the way companies work, resulting in better products, faster processes and a more connected workforce.

About Jive Software:

Jive Software believes work is broken and that people-driven software can fix it. Jive delivers social productivity software to bring together employees, partners and customers in a unified collaboration system, allowing them to create better products, faster processes and improved relationships. Its flagship products, Clearspace and ClearspaceCommunity, are used by over 2,000 customers worldwide, including over 15% of the Fortune 500. Jive was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. For more information, visit Jive Software online at http://www.jivesoftware.com/.

CONTACT: Rachel Petersen of OutCast Communications, +1-415-345-4720, rachel@outcastpr.com, for Jive Software

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