Realcom U.S. Makes Gartner's 'Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace'

BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Realcom U.S., the developer of the AskMe solution for socializing knowledge, announced today that it has been included in Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace" for the second year in a row.

"In a year when Gartner significantly raised the bar and there were many noticeable absences from last year, we are thrilled to be included in this year's 'Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace'," said David Wachter, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Realcom U.S. "This is recognition of our positioning as specialists providing tools for intra-company collaboration and the socialization of knowledge."

Realcom U.S. was also recognized this year by KMWorld as one of the 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management. The AskMe solution from Realcom U.S. combines structured knowledge management processes with ad hoc social media and collaboration tools to enable organizations to quickly and easily socialize knowledge and create enterprise knowledge capital. Realcom U.S. has a long track record of successful deployments and socializing knowledge for such companies as P&G, Microsoft, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Novartis and CCH.

"Our continued investment in evolving AskMe to meet the growing demand for intra-company enterprise social software has been recognized and validated," stated Wachter. "And this year, we're focused on making it easier for our customers to deploy AskMe with both public and private cloud options in addition to traditional enterprise licensing."

About Realcom U.S.

Realcom U.S. is a subsidiary of Japan's Realcom, a leading provider of business social media and knowledge management products and services. Realcom's AskMe solution gets knowledge workers the answers they need fast by connecting them with the right co-workers or documents across the organization. AskMe straddles enterprise data sources, including SharePoint, and makes it easy for new answers to be shared, continuously growing the enterprise knowledge base and leveraging subject matter experts. AskMe helps P&G, Microsoft, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Novartis, CCH and other companies socialize knowledge and create enterprise knowledge capital. For more information visit http://realcom-inc.com or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/RealcomUS.

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