Gartner Names Jive A Leader In 2015 Magic Quadrant For Social Software In The Workplace

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Jive Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: JIVE), the world's leading provider of modern communications and collaboration solutions for business, today announced that leading analyst firm Gartner has named Jive a Leader in its 2015 Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace¹. This marks the seventh consecutive year the company was positioned as a Leader. Jive's interactive intranet and external community solutions help employees, partners and customers work better together.

"Digital collaboration and community-building initiatives are delivering more value to companies than ever before – consistently driving revenue growth and cost savings. Jive is proud to fuel such important strategies for some of the most successful businesses around the world," said Elisa Steele, CEO of Jive Software. "We believe our solutions help organizations boost both employee and customer engagement by helping various stakeholders to better connect, communicate and collaborate. We appreciate Gartner's continued recognition of Jive's product innovation and customer success."            

Gartner evaluated 14 different software vendors and positioned vendors in the 2015 Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace based on completeness of vision and ability to execute. According to Gartner, "Leaders are well-established vendors with widely used social software and collaboration offerings. They have established their leadership through early recognition of users' needs, continuous innovation, significant market presence, and success in delivering user-friendly and solution focused suites with broad capabilities."

To access Gartner's 2015 Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace, please visit jive.to/Gartner-MQ-2015.

¹ Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace" by Mike Gotta, Nikos Drakos, Jeffrey Mann, October 26, 2015

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About Jive Software
Jive (Nasdaq: JIVE) is the leading provider of modern communication and collaboration solutions for business. Recognized as a leader by the industry's top analyst firms in multiple categories, Jive enables employees, partners and customers to work better together. More information can be found at www.jivesoftware.com or the Jive News Blog.

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