Tacit Unveils illumio 2.0: Introduces Collaborative Social Networking for Online Communities and Enterprises
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Free Download Automatically Delivers the Content and Conversations Each User Cares About
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 7 /- Tacit Software, Inc. today announced the availability of illumio 2.0, a web service and free download for online and enterprise groups that delivers a new kind of social networking experience. illumio brings intelligence to the way people engage with each other and with their groups, automatically tailoring itself to each person's needs and interests. illumio also includes a unique intelligent matching process that privately creates new connections between people, giving them an opportunity to explore shared interests, exchange information, or collaborate.
illumio: Social Networks Made for Collaboration
Social networking and user-generated content is growing explosively on the web. Many online communities and many enterprises could benefit enormously if their members could more effectively exchange contacts, expertise, and information as they would in a social network, but in a more targeted way. These organizations need collaborative social networks that make the right connections between the right people at the right time. illumio 2.0 is the first technology that makes this possible, and it does it in a way that fully protects a user's privacy.
illumio Groups for Every Purpose, On the Web and In the Enterprise
With illumio 2.0, anyone can visit www.illumio.com/, create an illumio group, and invite others to join.
o Basic Groups are free to set up, making it possible for anyone to
create a collaborative community around a specific topic or interest.
Basic groups are ideal for public online communities and web sites that
want to engage their visitors more effectively through a collaborative
social network.
o Premium Groups meet the needs of membership organizations or businesses
that want a collaborative social network solution that is private,
secure, and easy to deploy and manage. Premium groups are available on
a subscription basis, with free trials available at
www.illumio.com/ .
o Corporate Subscription and Partnering Agreements are available for
large-scale deployments of multiple illumio groups throughout an
organization or application of illumio to commercial sites.
All types of illumio groups include support for illumio's many unique capabilities, such as:
o Targeted Question and Answer Exchanges: Group members can request
expertise, ask a question, request a contact, or search for a file.
Those who appear to be the most qualified to respond are automatically
and privately alerted by illumio and given the first chance to do so.
If they ignore the request, others get the chance. Matching takes place
on each user's PC where it is totally private to that user: no
information about matching ever leaves the user's computer.
o Personalized Group News and Updates: Group leaders can create and
maintain a bundle of information feeds (including their own or third-
party RSS feeds, Atom feeds, and even e-mail distribution lists) and
have each member be automatically alerted when items arrive that match
their interests. illumio also detects whether other people in a
member's private social network are likely to be interested in the item
(even if they do not have illumio) and suggests where to send a copy of
the item.
Groups in illumio can be linked to an existing web or intranet site by free illumio widgets which can be dropped onto any web page to add collaborative social networking for visitors. Because illumio is a hosted service, any illumio group can be up and running in minutes.
For Users, a Tool Combining Attention Management with Social Networking
Although illumio was designed to deliver a new kind of group experience, illumio 2.0 also works on a standalone basis. illumio 2.0 is a completely free download (available at www.illumio.com/) that lets users continuously monitor their personal collection of feeds and have articles matched against their interests. A user can even direct a question to the entire community of users subscribed to a particular set of feeds, even if they are not members of the same illumio group.
"As the amount of content in blogs, wikis, and social networks continues to skyrocket, it's becoming hard to keep up to date on everything that interests you with just your browser and feed reader," said David Gilmour, Tacit's president and CEO. "illumio solves this problem by automatically detecting your interests, keeping track of many sources of information and your social network, and giving you what specifically matters to you. illumio does all this without asking you to create tags about your interests, maintain a profile about yourself, manually fill out an interest list, or even give feedback. Only illumio combines comprehensive attention management with collaborative social networking. illumio is an essential tool for the Web 2.0 world."
About Tacit Software, Inc.
Tacit Software, the developer of illumio, is also the leading provider of automated expertise and knowledge discovery software to large enterprises. Tacit's enterprise product, ActiveNet, is used for employee expertise location in well-known global companies such as Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. For more information about Tacit, visit www.tacit.com/. For more information or to download illumio, visit www.illumio.com/
Source: Tacit Software, Inc.
CONTACT: John Klinke of Tacit Software, Inc., +1-650-251-2104, john.klinke@tacit.com
Web site: http://www.tacit.com/
http://www.illumio.com/
