The Radicati Group Releases "Business Social Networks - Market Quadrant 2009"

PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - February 9, 2009) - The latest market brief by The Radicati Group, "Business Social Networks - Market Quadrant 2009," provides a competitive analysis of the market for enterprise Business Social Networking software solutions.

Radicati Market Quadrants(SM) rank vendors based on a four quadrant system, which includes "Mature Players," "Specialists," "Trail Blazers," and "Top Players" quadrants. Leading players in each market segment are ranked based on the features and functionality of their solution and their market share in that segment. Radicati Market Quadrants(SM) provide a comparative viewpoint of the market, and an analysis of each vendor included in the study, including both strengths and weaknesses.

This Market Quadrant(SM) focuses on Business Social Networking solutions which include wikis, blogs, social bookmarking, and more. These solutions are seeing rapid adoption by organizations of all sizes with the objective of improving the flow of ideas, fostering employee creativity, as well as streamlining business processes. Business Social Networking solutions are increasingly being used to build interactive communities internally within organizations, as well as with outside customers and partners. Companies evaluated in this Market Quadrant include: Atlassian, Awareness, Huddle, IBM, Jive Software, Leverage Software, Microsoft, MindTouch, Mzinga, Novell, Oracle, SocialText, Telligent, and TWIKI.NET.

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About The Radicati Group, Inc.

The Radicati Group covers all aspects of e-mail security, e-mail archiving, regulatory compliance, wireless technologies, web services, identity management, instant messaging, unified communications, VoIP, and more. The company provides quantitative and qualitative information, including detailed market size, installed base and forecast information on a worldwide basis, as well as detailed country breakouts.

The Radicati Group works with corporate organizations to assist them in selecting the right products and technologies to support their business needs, as well as with vendors to define the best strategic direction for their products. We also work with investment firms on a worldwide basis to help them identify and assess investment opportunities.

The Radicati Group, Inc. is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, with a European office in London, UK and an Australian office in Melbourne.

Contact Information: Contact: Lauren Reardon The Radicati Group, Inc. (650) 322-8059