Introducing MindLink: New Enterprise Social Collaboration Platform Fosters Secure Team-Based Communication Among Knowledge Workers, Improves Business Productivity

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• Publié par: formicary-collaboration-group
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• Langue: English

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Introducing MindLink: New Enterprise Social

Collaboration Platform Fosters Secure Team-

Based Communication Among Knowledge

Workers, Improves Business Productivity

PR Newswire

ENTERPRISE 2.0 CONFERENCE - BOSTON, June 20, 2012

ENTERPRISE 2.0 CONFERENCE -

BOSTON

,

June 20, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

MindLink Being Unveiled During Enterprise 2.0 Conference; New Product Helps

Eliminate Email Overload

Today at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference, Formicary Collaboration Group

(http://www.fcg.im, Booth #220) introduced MindLink. MindLink is an enterprise

social collaboration platform that fosters secure, streamlined, team-based

communication and collaboration through a company's existing Microsoft

environment and unified communications solution. MindLink specializes in

social collaboration: multi-layered discussions between groups of people within

an organization vs. social networking, which connects people on the individual,

peer-to-peer level.

"Business success today depends on teams of individuals working towards

collective goals," said Daanish Khan, Vice President, Strategy and Marketing,

Formicary Collaboration Group (FCG). "But traditional email and social

networking technology tools have fallen short in the enterprise in delivering

business value because they're not ideal for interactive, team-based

collaboration. MindLink, on the other hand, was built from the ground up to

support efficient communication among groups. It's so effective in the

enterprise that it frequently becomes the preferred mode of communications

for groups working on common activities and goal."

With MindLink, knowledge workers within an organization can build engaged

team- and interest-based communities that offer:

Open and transparent real-time and asynchronous communication and collaboration

among groups

Efficient sharing of information by content experts throughout employee networks

Access to contextual information from line-of-business applications to drive dynamic

discussions.

"Traditional businesses are very 'siloed' - they contain vast amounts of

intellectual capital that is never accessed by the organization," explains Eileen

Brown, CEO of social business consultancy Amastra and author of "Working The

Crowd: Social Media Marketing for Business." "In contrast, the social business

democratizes data by breaking down the information hierarchies and ensuring

that knowledge stays alive, and a true organizational asset. MindLink brings

together all the collaboration features, making them intuitive to use and

accessible to everyone who needs them throughout the organization."

What Sets MindLink Apart

Data shows enterprises are increasingly intrigued with the idea of social

collaboration tools to drive business productivity. But concerns around security,

adoption and compliance are holding many back from implementing.

MindLink is unique because it's built on Microsoft Lync, Microsoft's unified

communications platform, making it fast and easy to implement into an

organization and integrate into employees' daily workflow and processes,

supporting high user adoption. And because MindLink is available as either an

on-premise or private cloud solution, it alleviates enterprise data security

concerns.

The result is far more powerful and efficient group collaboration than

traditional email and social networking tools enable, making for more

productive and efficient teams.

Key MindLink Features and Benefits

Live Team-based Content/Communication Streams

: Delivers live communication

and information from internal systems (document management, project management,

CRM) or external sources (news feeds, public social networks) into focus, team-based

content and communications streams.

Customization:

MindLink's LiveStream shows all message updates in a single view.

MindLink enables employees to subscribe to content that's most relevant to them,

eliminating the problem of information overload commonly associated with traditional

email. Users can create conversation streams based on their individual projects, teams

and interests, change the order of streams, or remove them from view completely, while

still getting all updates in their LiveStream.

Central Access to Conversation Tools:

MindLink provides users with a central

place to access team conversations and individual instant messaging.

Status Updates:

MindLink enables employees to effortlessly keep their colleagues in

the know about their whereabouts and availability at all times, reducing the number of

missed calls and needless emails.

Search and Storage:

All MindLink conversation history is securely stored. Users can

quickly search and retrieve relevant information from MindLink whenever it is needed.

Universal, Anywhere, Anytime Access:

MindLink is available whenever and

wherever a user may need it.

It works on all major browsers and platforms - PC, Mac,

iPad, Linux.

The MindLink Platform Consists of:

MindLink Anywhere

: Browser based access to topic-based information and

communication streams, with features including custom notifications, instant messaging,

activity feed and co-worker connections. MindLink lets users focus on what's important -

and filter out what isn't, letting them consume information based on their priorities.

MindLink Mobile

: When users are on the go, they want to restrict the amount of

information coming their way. MindLink allows users to filter out the noise by selecting

a subset of streams to appear on their smart phone. Further granularity allows more

restricted information in the Mobile LiveStream. Configure custom notifications based on

specific streams or contacts.

MindLink for SharePoint

: For organizations already using Microsoft SharePoint for

team based project and document management, MindLink for SharePoint lets users

introduce communication streams within their community sites. Individual streams can

be exposed as SharePoint webparts for specific user communities.

MindLink for Outlook:

Microsoft Outlook is the default communication environment for

most knowledge workers. MindLink allows topic based streams to live alongside

individual emails by exposing MindLink in Outlook, enabling fast adoption without

taking users out of their comfort zone.

MindLink Connectors and API:

Existing connectors, for example RSS, deliver

content to the appropriate communication streams. MindLink's simple RESTful API

makes it easy to develop new connectors helping drive dynamic discussions

Organizations without large IT departments or existing Microsoft infrastructure

can still take advantage of MindLink's power through FCG's first US hosted

service provider,

Saratoga Springs, NY

-based Thoughtbus. Already,

Thoughtbus customers are preparing to implement MindLink throughout their

organizations.

"We're always pursuing the promise of social software and its related power to

empower collaboration," said Alberto Molina, President of SureTech.com. "To

have MindLink's social platform integrated with Thoughtbus' powerful

collaboration service for our email, SharePoint, mobile and Lync helps us

streamline our business process for local and remote staff as well as for

customer contacts and subcontracted teams."

FCG Secures

$1

.5MM in Capital Infusion, Announces

US Expansion Plans

MindLink also shared news of more than

$1.5 million

in growth capital the

company secured in April and announced the company has hired a West Coast

sales manager in the US.

"FCG plans to use this capital infusion to expand our presence in

North America

and aggressively market MindLink to US organizations, where we're already

seeing strong demand for our solution," commented Khan.

Pricing and Availability

MindLink is available immediately on a per-user subscription basis.

About Formicary Collaboration Group

Formicary Collaboration Group (FCG) is a provider of team-based social

collaboration solutions. FCG's software leverages existing knowledge and

communication assets to enable users to consume and share information and

ideas, delivered through a next generation user experience providing best of

breed Enterprise 2.0 and social features, and accessible on any device for

today's increasingly mobile workforce. The management team has more than

10 years' experience working with medium to large sized businesses, facilitating

better collaboration for both internal and external users.

FCG is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and RIM Alliance Member. FCG

solutions are fully compatible with Microsoft Lync Group Chat 2010 and

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2.