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GroupSwim Named 2009 Cool Social Software Vendor by Gartner

By Jason

GroupSwim is pleased to announce that Gartner, the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company, has selected GroupSwim as one of its Cool Vendors in Social Software for 2009.
Gartner has identified Social software as one of the hottest areas in the software industry in terms of innovation, press attention, and client inquiries.  Gartner’s report highlights new and interesting companies.  In order to be a “Cool” vendor, you must:

  • Offer technology that is innovative or breaks new ground on what users can do
  • Impact customers by helping solve business problems
  • Intrigue the Gartner team with the solution’s potential

GroupSwim also received the 2009 Collaboration Solutions Product Innovation of the Year Award from Frost & Sullivan.
You will need to be a customer of Gartner or Frost & Sullivan to read the respective reports.  We are very pleased that both recognized GroupSwim as a leader in the space.


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2 Responses to “GroupSwim Named 2009 Cool Social Software Vendor by Gartner”

  1. Alan Bergman Says:
    March 28, 2009 at 5:35 am | Reply

    I would like to know how you envision this software being useful to me in getting scientists and venture capital together for the purpose of purchasing commercial launch time at Cape Canaveral.

    Alan Bergman,
    President Vertical Horizons

  2. Jason Says:
    March 28, 2009 at 4:11 pm | Reply

    Hi Alan,

    Thanks for the comment. Very interesting use case. Here are a couple of assumptions:

    - The scientists and venture capitalists current rely on email
    - There are many back and forth questions associated with this process
    - Many of the same issues come up over and over again

    GroupSwim is a great alternative for the following reasons:
    - Scientists can present their case using documents or wiki pages in GroupSwim groups (within a single site)
    - Both parties can have discussions using GroupSwim that are directly linked to the document or wiki page that has the proposal
    - Context, history and participants are documented
    - Material from the past is easily accessible and linkable in the future to help with future opportunities
    - You can segment appropriate VCs and scientists in individual groups based on the appropriate subject matter. For example, you could have groups that focus on nano technology, basic science, materials, etc.

    Hope this helps. Please expand further on your use case and if I missed anything. Thanks again for the comment.

    Jason

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