Jive Unveils Integration With Microsoft Office 365

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Jive Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: JIVE), the world's leading provider of modern communication and collaboration solutions for business, today expanded its lineup of software connectors to include Microsoft Office 365® – centered on bridging the gap between on-premise and cloud versions of Microsoft's offerings to make collaboration and communication seamless. Building on the popular integrations already available from Jive for on-premise Microsoft solutions, the Jive Connectors for Office 365 – which include Outlook Online, Office Online, and SharePoint® Online and OneDrive for Business – allow people to use Jive's best-of-breed enterprise communication and collaboration solution to seamlessly converse in email, coordinate projects across team sites, and create documents, spreadsheets and presentations.

"Businesses throughout the world are using a variety of cloud and on-premise solutions to get work done, yet for many there is no connective thread that ties together infrastructures and systems," said Colleen Jansen, vice president of product marketing for Jive Software. "Jive furthers its commitment to deliver one of the only collaboration and communication solutions in the industry that can act as a catalyst for digital transformation by offering a variety of integrations, including the latest for Microsoft Office 365, that give employees the freedom to work across the silos that exist in the enterprise."

Companies that use Jive as a communications and collaboration hub empower their employees, partners and customers to work better together with a consistent experience that is accessible across devices. This reflects the reality of today's enterprise landscape, with businesses operating in either a pure cloud, on-premise or hybrid infrastructure, and includes any combination of leading applications –  from Box to Cisco to Salesforce.

The family of Jive Connectors for Office 365 includes:

• Jive Connector for Outlook Online brings relevant Jive content and conversations into Outlook email threads for easy reference. People can now upload attachments, create and reply to discussions in Jive, and view personal streams within cloud and Windows desktop versions of Outlook. With the integration of Jive's structured outcomes feature, people can also reply in line or mark comments for action to drive business outcomes. The Jive connector will be available for Office 365 Outlook Web Access and Outlook 2010 and 2013 for Windows.
• Jive Connector for Office Online eliminates the hurdles of working on Office documents, spreadsheets and presentations regardless of where they are located. People can now coauthor and discuss these files in cloud and Windows desktop versions of Office, no matter where these documents live. With the addition of Jive's popular impact metrics feature, people can also analyze the reach and sentiment of documents in Office 365.
• Jive Connector for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business enables people to quickly and easily access and work off of documents stored in either location. The newest integration offering for SharePoint Online/OneDrive for Business syncs news and activity streams between SharePoint and Jive and easily delivers both to mobile devices.

"We're excited to see Jive's vision for adding all of the Office 365 elements to their existing Microsoft integrations," Ted Hopton, director of social business, McGraw-Hill Education. "Jive's focus on supporting both the desktop and cloud worlds aligns well with McGraw Hill Education's needs, as does their broader vision for connecting outside the Microsoft suite to our range of vital enterprise systems and apps that our employees count on everyday."

For more information on the Jive Connectors for Office 365, please visit http://jive.to/office365

Extending Jive's Breadth of Popular Integration Offerings across the Enterprise

In addition to the new Jive Connectors for Office 365 introduced today, Jive offers a robust family of connectors to help customers bridge silos that exist within the enterprise, including connectors for Box, Cisco, Dropbox, Evernote, Google, Salesforce and more. More information on Jive's suite of connectors can be found here.

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.

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