NewsGator's Social Sites Named one of KMWorld's Trend Setting Products of 2010

DENVER, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- NewsGator, the company making SharePoint social, today announced its Social Sites enterprise social computing platform was selected by KMWorld as one of their Trend Setting Products of 2010.

KMWorld's Trend-Setting Products awards began in 2003. This year, more than 600 products were assessed by a distinguished panel of judges consisting of editorial colleagues, analysts, system integrators, vendors themselves (sometimes even competitive ones), line-of-business managers, and users. According to the judges, NewsGator Social Sites demonstrated clearly identifiable technology breakthroughs that serve its full spectrum of constituencies, especially its customers.

"Trend setting is about breaking barriers in technology, satisfying customers, and making a real difference in a particular market," said Hugh McKellar, editor-in-chief of KMWorld. "Our judges evaluated hundreds of products to find those that specifically met this criteria and agreed NewsGator Social Sites deserved a spot on our list."

The entire list of Trend Setting Products will be featured in the September 2010 issue of KMWorld and will be available online September 1. NewsGator Social Sites was also named a Trend Setting Product in 2009.

"Recognition from KMWorld has always been an honor for NewsGator," said J.B. Holston, president & CEO of NewsGator. "We are dedicated to continuing to set the trends in the exploding enterprise social computing market, working in close concert with the Global 2000 to pave the way for the new world of work."

About KMWorld

KMWorld is the leading information provider serving the Knowledge Management systems market and covers the latest in Content, Document and Knowledge Management, informing more than 50,000 subscribers about the components and processes - and subsequent success stories - that together offer solutions for improving business performance. KMWorld is a publishing unit of Information Today, Inc.

About NewsGator

NewsGator makes SharePoint social. Our Enterprise 2.0 software, Social Sites and Tomoye, boosts any organization's performance with the power of innovation management, collaboration and knowledge-sharing both inside the enterprise and out. Customers achieving results include Accenture, Biogen Idec, CME Federal Credit Union, Deloitte, Fujitsu, Novartis, The United States Air Force, and The United States Army. Get social at www.newsgator.com.

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