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Telligent Welcomes Two New Evangelists To The Team

2008-07-17T19:40:00Z

Experienced Players Offer Industry Insight On Social Computing Trends

DALLAS, Texas, July 17, 2008 -- In an effort to build on its reputation as the world's leading provider for proven .NET solutions for online communities and social networks, Telligent, an enterprise social computing company, announced two strategic hires today.

George Dearing, a respected industry professional and writer who has covered social computing and enterprise 2.0 for InformationWeek, Social Media Today, The Enterprise Content Management Blog, and others, joined Telligent yesterday as the Senior Corporate Evangelist. Burt Barnes, former director of interactive marketing for various information technology firms, joined Telligenton July 7 as the new Community Server Product Evangelist.

- George is responsible for Telligent's corporate evangelism initiative and will focus on delivering knowledge and insight to help organizations develop an enterprise social computing strategy that drives market conversations and builds brand capital.

- Burt is responsible for sourcing industry trends and educating customers and prospects on the features and benefits of the Community Server product.

"This is a very exciting time for us," says Rob Howard, CEO, Telligent. "We have a unique opportunity to educate the market on how to use best-of-breed Web 2.0 applications for collaboration and knowledge share and retention. By adding both George and Burt to the Telligent team, we jumpstart our evangelism initiative."

"George brings with him a wealth of knowledge from his content management, marketing automation, and business development background. Burt is a seasoned marketer who has experience driving brand engagement with new technologies. Both gentlemen add exponential value to the company, and we are glad to have them on board." Ken Vernon, Director of Marketing, Telligent.

Press Contact:

Ken Vernon, Director of Marketing

214-420-1373

kvernon@telligent.com

http://www.telligent.com/

About Telligent

Telligent is a leader in enterprise-proven solutions for online communities and social networks. Telligent's flagship offering, Community Server, provides a fully integrated platform that utilizes social media to enhance customer relationships and brand engagement, increase ROI, and provide channels for customer insight and feedback. With its software solutions and extensive service offerings, Telligent empowers collaboration for many of the world's largest brands. Clients include: Associated Press, Dell, Electronic Arts, Honda, Intel, Microsoft, MSNBC, MySpace.com, the NFL, and Visa. For more information, visit Telligent.com

Telligent® Partners with Microsoft to Address Enterprise Social Computing

2008-06-09T18:16:00Z

New Product Delivers Integrated Solution That Enables Rich Collaboration And Workflow Inside The Firewall

DALLAS, Texas, June 9, 2008 -- Telligent, a recognized social software firm headquartered in Dallas, announced today Community Server Evolution, a brand-new product that enables integration of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 with Community Server 2008. Community Server Evolution integrates with Office SharePoint Server 2007 to leverage existing .NET technology investments and enables enterprise social computing inside corporation's firewalls.

Office SharePoint Server 2007 is the platform of choice behind the firewall. With Community Server Evolution, Telligent reinforces its commitment to social software development and innovation with core Microsoft technologies. The synergy of the Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Community Server platforms provides demanding enterprises a robust and integrated social computing and collaboration solution, both inside and outside the firewall.

The May preview release for the Office SharePoint Server 2007 integration is available for Community Server customers. Community Server Evolution will release Q3 2008.
Evolution is the first step in an ongoing and committed development effort and the first of multiple releases that will continue to expand Community Server's back-office Intranet/Extranet integration and user functionality.
By positioning the two proven platforms side-by-side, we unlock key integration points that enable enterprise social computing inside the firewall: shared authentication and single sign-on, aggregate content in one central location, enterprise search that spans both applications, and more.

- Integration points include a seamless, integrated experience, enterprise-grade blogging, feature-rich discussion forums, social streams, media & video sharing, business analytics & behavior, and more.

- Built on the .NET platform, Community Server Evolution allows clients to leverage their Microsoft investment and integrate social computing functionality tightly with existing technology investments.

- Community Server is a mature, battle-tested, enterprise-proven social computing solution that Microsoft-centric clients utilize to enable external-facing community and collaboration environments.

- For developers, Community Server Evolution includes a complete Web services (REST) API for easily integrating and extending the platform.

- Telligent is currently working with multiple clients on opportunities to deploy Community Server Evolution. These enterprise clients have significant Office SharePoint Server 2007 installations and will provide valuable use case scenarios for Evolution's Office SharePoint Server 2007 integration.

"Our competitors are publicly betting against Microsoft's Office SharePoint Server 2007 platform. We think this is a weak business position, given customer demand for Office SharePoint technologies, "says Rob Howard, CEO, Telligent. "We instead want to enable our customers to use their exisitng Office SharePoint Server 2007 investment and intend to deliver deeply integrated value through our Community Server Evolution platform. It's a win-win solution, as Evolution is based on Microsoft technology and is something with which IT departments are already experienced."

"We are excited about the rich collaboration capabilities being made available through Telligent's Community Server Evolution. We believe it will enhance the capabilities of our Office SharePoint Server 2007 based social computing site and ultimately provide greater collaboration within our user community," says Mark Richardson, Director, Business Innovations Group, Scotiabank.

"Evolution integrates seamlessly with Office SharePoint Server 2007 so line-of-business and IT managers don't have to learn or invest in other applications. This is only one of the many value-adds Evolution brings to the table," says Jason Alexander, Chief Technology Officer, Telligent.

"We've been working with Microsoft for years on communities outside the firewall, and now we're working closely to deliver a concrete community solution that enables rich collaboration inside those borders. Our goal is to bring the best of SharePoint together with the best of Community Server," says Josh Ledgard, Director of Program Management, Telligent.

To learn more about Telligent Community Server Evolution, customers can visit CommunityServer.com or contact our dedicated Community Server Evolution sales associate, Mr. Christian Vanderbeck. Christian can be reached via email at cvanderbeck@telligent.com or by phone at 214-420-1376 or toll free at 877-492-9484.

Community Server Evolution will enable people to communicate in a borderless network while empowering them to collaborate, capture, and share valuable content. Telligent manages more than 10 Microsoft social sites and has successfully serviced more than 20,000 Community Server customers to date since its founding in 2004.

Community Server Evolution preview release for SharePoint integration is located here, and detailed install instructions are here.

InformationWeek article titled, "Telligent Takes SharePoint Social, Focuses On ROI" can be read by visiting this page.

Press Contact:

Ken Vernon, Director of Marketing

214-420-1373

kvernon@telligent.com

http://www.communityserver.com/

About Telligent

Telligent is a leader in enterprise-proven solutions for online communities and social networks. Telligent's flagship product offering, Community Server, provides a fully-integrated platform that utilizes social media to enhance customer relationships and brand engagement, increase ROI, and provide channels for customer insight and feedback. With its software solutions and extensive service offerings, Telligent empowers collaboration for many of the world's largest brands. Clients include: Associated Press, Conde Nast, Dell, Electronic Arts, GlaxoSmithKline, Honda, Intel, Mazda, Microsoft, MSNBC, MySpace.com, National Geographic, the NFL, and Visa. For more information, visit Telligent.com

All product and company names herein may be trademarks for their respective owners.

Executives from Telligent, Small World Labs, Mzinga and Jive Software to square off in Boston, June 11

2008-06-09T17:56:00Z

Enterprise social network providers Telligent and Small World Labs are teaming up to co-sponsor a white-label social software shoot-out between thought leaders from both companies, as well as those from competitors Mzinga and Jive Software. The event will take place on Wednesday, June 11, during the Enterprise 2.0 Conference, which is being held June 9-12 at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel.

"We're looking forward to the Enterprise 2.0 Shoot-Out," said Rob Howard, CEO of Telligent. "It's a great opportunity for attendees to learn firsthand about the deeply integrated value of Community Server and the team standing behind our enterprise-proven platform."

Enterprise 2.0 focuses on exploring the "why" and "how" of technological advancement in enterprise solutions. Organizations are increasingly turning to social networking tools to help grow revenue and streamline business operations. A recent Forrester Research study showed enterprise 2.0 tools will account for $4.6 billion by 2013.

Read more about the social software shoot-out here.

Sports Marketing 2.0 Summit, Mercury Morris, and Telligent

2008-06-03T23:45:00Z

Telligent is proud to sponsor the Sports Marketing 2.0 VIP Summit, a conference designed for online sports marketers. The event will take place in Chicago on Thursday, June 12, 2008, at the United Center from 1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Mercury Morris, a 3-time NFL Pro Bowler and former Miami Dolphin, will be our guest speaker during the Sports Marketing 2.0 Summit. Now a successful entrepreneur and activist for The Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund, Morris will speak to the benefits of social computing for sports marketers, non-profit sponsorships, and how adding an online community presence has aided the Gridiron Greats (a non-profit organization that provides financial aid, social and medical services to retired NFL players) in promoting its cause and increasing support donations.

In addition, our Senior Sales Engineer of Interactive Solutions (Mr. Adonis Bitar) will moderate a panel discussion on the topic of Social Networks from 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. and participate in "Open Mic on the Clock."

If you're in the Chicago area on June 12, stop by the United Center to visit with us. We'd love to see you!

Telligent® Named One Of The “Best Places To Work In Dallas-Fort Worth”

2008-05-05T17:17:00Z

DALLAS, Texas, May 5, 2008 – The Dallas Business Journal revealed on Friday the rankings for its annual “Best Places to Work in Dallas-Forth Worth” award, and Telligent placed in the top 18%. Out of a record number 270 companies that qualified for the award this year, only 60 earned the distinction.

Telligent, a computer software and solutions company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, ranked #10 in the small business category and made its first appearance on the Journal’s “Best of the Best” list, coming in at #11 overall among all small, mid-sized, and large companies.

Telligent was also one of twelve companies featured in the Journal’s “Best Places to Work” supplement.

• Telligent earned this valued distinction by being one of the top-scoring businesses in an employee survey administered by the Dallas Business Journal and an independent research firm.
• 100% of the Telligent Dallas staff participated in the survey and scored the company 96.74 out of a possible 100.
• Telligent was founded in 2004 with only 2 employees. Today the company boasts 90 employees and hopes to add 30 additional team members within the next 12 months.
• A recognition luncheon was held on Thursday at the Adam’s Mark Hotel to celebrate the winning organizations.

“Our unique and special company culture is a competitive advantage for us. We’re a different kind of company, and we place a tremendous amount of value on our most important asset: our people. We’re thrilled to get recognized for something that is just part of who we are.” Rob Howard, CEO, Telligent.

“Having our employees rank Telligent as one of the top ten companies to work for in Dallas speaks volumes. It truly confirms our investment in and commitment to the team.” Jason Alexander, Chief Technology Officer, Telligent.

“It took me a long time to find a company like Telligent. It is very 1999 in attitude and perks but very now in terms of product maturity and profit. I freaking love this place and feel like I’ve found a home.” Telligent Employee.

“The leadership invests heavily in our culture, and everyone in the organization feels that they have some role to continue to make this company great.” Telligent Employee.

Dallas Business Journal announcement: http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/event/4035

Press Contact:
Ken Vernon, Director of Marketing
214-420-1373
kvernon@telligent.com
www.Telligent.com

About Telligent
Telligent is a leader in enterprise ready solutions for online communities and social networks. Telligent’s flagship offering, Community Server, provides a fully integrated platform that utilizes social media to enhance customer relationships and brand engagement, increase ROI, and provide channels for customer insight and feedback. With its software solutions and extensive service offerings, Telligent empowers collaboration for many of the world’s largest brands. Clients include: Associated Press, Dell, Electronic Arts, Honda, Intel, Microsoft, MSNBC, MySpace.com, the NFL, and Visa. For more information, visit Telligent.com.

Telligent® Retires The Community Server™ “Tree” And Opts For Blue Man Logo!

2008-03-14T17:52:00Z

We've been working feverishly on a new Community Server logo for our 2008 release.

As everyone started to fall in love with the new direction, our fearless leader, Rob Howard, said, “Let’s roll it out early!” So . . . the tree man has officially retired, only to be replaced with what we affectionately call, “the blue man logo.”

Don’t be surprised if you start seeing the three Telligent blue men slowly taking over the world. :)

Telligent® Releases Business Intelligence Tools for Measuring Online Behavior

2008-03-11T05:11:00Z

Customer Data and Behaviors are Critical ROI Factors and Provide Invaluable Marketplace Insight

DALLAS, Texas, March 11, 2008 –With its recognized history of innovative software development, Telligent today released a brand-new product called Harvest™ Reporting Server that assists enterprises in analyzing customer data and measuring online behaviors. This new business intelligence tool helps to prove the value of investing in online communities.

Harvest Reporting Server, a powerful, new application that enables user friendly, interactive, Web-based reporting for your online community data, easily integrates with existing applications and supports all modern browers. No matter where the data comes from—blogs, forums, user profiles, etc.—you can report on it!

Harvest Facts:
• Included in the Enterprise Edition of Community Server™ 2008.
• Includes extensible built-in task engine for data extraction, analysis, and data warehousing.
• Compatible with Community Server 2007 and above.
• Extensible reporting framework allows easy creation of new, custom reports.
• Built on the enterprise-proven Microsoft .NET 2.0 platform and Microsoft SQL Server.

Harvest includes over 50 reports and more than 100 different views that provide deep analysis and trending on how people are contributing within a community running on Telligent Community Server. Harvest helps to prove the return on investment by uncovering valuable data, customer insights, and trends that can be studied, understood, and applied directly back to the business.

“Web communities provide an unbelievable amount of end-user information. Customers willingly share all manner of interesting data about themselves as well as provide product impressions and feedback on the products and services they use. Understanding this data provides our clients with a key competitive advantage in their marketplace and clearly demonstrates how valuable online communities are.” Rob Howard, CEO, Telligent.

“At every turn, Telligent aims to develop products that will help our clients succeed in the marketplace. Now that we’ve equipped enterprises with a Web-based resource to measure their social ROI, we’ve provided the necessary tools for analyzing social initiatives.” Tom Edwards, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Telligent.

Telligent announcement: http://telligent.com/news/archive/looking-to-define-the-social-roi-of-your-online-community-look-no-further.aspx
Download the Harvest beta for FREE at http://get.communityserver.org/download/reporting/
See Harvest in action by viewing the live demo here: http://reports.communityserver.org/demo/
For more information, download Harvest Product Overview

Press Contact:
Ken Vernon, Director of Marketing
214-420-1373
kvernon@telligent.com
http://get.communityserver.org/Harvest.aspx

About Telligent
Telligent is a leader in enterprise ready solutions for online communities and social networks. Telligent’s flagship offering, Community Server, provides a fully integrated platform that utilizes social media to enhance customer relationships and brand engagement, increase ROI, and provide channels for customer insight and feedback. With its software solutions and extensive service offerings, Telligent empowers collaboration for many of the world’s largest brands. Clients include: Associated Press, Conde Nast, Dell, Electronic Arts, GlaxoSmithKline, Honda, Intel, Mazda, Microsoft, MSNBC, MySpace.com, National Geographic, the NFL, and Visa. For more information, visit Telligent.com.

Looking to define the social ROI of your online community? Look no further!

2008-03-07T16:25:00Z

Telligent® Harvest™ Reporting Server, Just $999 For A Limited Time

If you've been living under a rock, here's the scoop: Harvest Reporting Server is a powerful, new application from the makers of Community Server™ that enables simple, Web-based Internet reporting for your online community data. No matter where the data comes from—blogs, forums, trackbacks, etc.—you can report on it! Harvest easily integrates with existing applications and supports all modern browers as well.

For a limited time, you can purchase Harvest with over 50 pre-built Community Server reports included for just $999. That means you get $5000 worth of value for under $1000!

With Harvest, you'll be able to define your social ROI and know exactly how much value your online social network is adding to your brand.

GET IT NOW!

New Pricing For Telligent® Community Server™ 2008!

2008-03-07T16:04:00Z

Community Server 2008 Enterprise Edition will be available in two versions: (1) an annual license for public-facing communities and (2) a per-seat license for internal-facing communities. This version also includes Harvest Reporting Server, our new business intelligence/social ROI tool.

Community Server 2008 Professional Edition will be available for $5,000/server and is perfect for smaller, less demanding social networking communities. Community Server 2008 Professional Edition does not include Harvest Reporting Server.

Community Server 2008 Express Edition is a feature-limited free version of Community Server that is perfect for setting up trials or demos on how Community Server can be used. It comes with a reduced set of features but can be used to run smaller communities (typically less than 50 people).

For details and to take advantage of our FREE upgrade offer, click here!

Telligent® Creates Simple .NET Solution For Publishing And Maintaining Dynamic Content On The Web

2008-02-15T18:15:00Z

New Software Promises a Fast and Easy Way to Create and Maintain Web sites

DALLAS, Texas, February 15, 2008 – From the makers of Community Server™, the industry leading .NET platform for enterprise social media, comes Graffiti CMS! Telligent, a Dallas-based company with a recognized history of innovative software development, announced that it will release a simple .NET blog and content publishing platform for individuals and small businesses today.

Realizing the need for an individual-specific platform that can be maintained by Internet-savvy users, the team at Telligent has met the needs of the marketplace with a lightweight content management solution. The new software is contemporary and simple and was created in an easy-to-understand format so that designers, developers, and even everyday users can take advantage of creating and maintaining their own Web sites with ease.

• Graffiti CMS marries together best practices for content management with the simple publishing concepts of blogs.
• Graffiti is available in two Single Site Editions, two Server Editions, and a FREE Express Edition.

• The initial release targets Web site developers and designers who are searching for a simple tool that will allow them to quickly create, theme, and maintain sites.

• Graffiti features: multiple editor options, pre-built widgets, Chalk extensions, revision and versioning support, workflow, and standardized theme templates for various verticals.

“When customers began asking about a lightweight CMS, we listened. Whether it’s a personal blog, a family Web site, or a primary Web presence for a small business, Graffiti software is the solution for customers who want content made simple.” Rob Howard, CEO, Telligent.

“We wanted to give the everyday individual more choices for how they wanted to use the software. That’s why version 1.0 will support Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, and MySQL, and will use VistaDB as the primary database.” Jason Alexander, Chief Technology Officer, Telligent.

RSS Feed: http://telligent.com/blog/rss.aspx?Tags=Graffiti&AndTags=1
Telligent blog: http://telligent.com/blog/archive/tags/Graffiti/default.aspx
Graffiti blog: http://graffiticms.com/blog

Press Contact:
Ken Vernon, Director of Marketing
214-420-1373
kvernon@telligent.com
www.GraffitiCMS.com

About Telligent
Telligent helps individuals and small businesses apply the value of social networking communities to their brand. By offering easy-to-use software and services, Telligent helps you create and maintain dynamic content Web sites with little or no knowledge of Web programming.

Telligent® Powers Super Bowl XLII Blog For Gridiron Greats

2008-01-30T18:14:00Z

Software Developer Helps NFL Legends Stay Connected With Fans

DALLAS, Texas, January 30, 2008 – Telligent, a Dallas-based company with a recognized history of developing enterprise social collaboration software, went live today with a new Web site geared toward supporting National Football League legends. NFL retirees such as Mike Ditka, Eric Dickerson, and Steve Young will initially use the new Gridiron Greats blog to communicate with fans and constituents during Super Bowl XLII.

• The new blog site includes interactive Web logs with retired NFL players, multimedia video, forums, site search, photo/movie galleries, and more.
• The Gridiron Greats will host a series of special events and activities during Super Bowl week to raise awareness and money and will report back to the fans about each event through the new blog.
• The team at Telligent was responsible for the development, creative, and mark up of the new Gridiron Greats blog.
• The Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund is a non-profit organization that provides financial assistance and coordination of medical and social services for retired NFL players and their immediate family.

“We are excited about the opportunity to work with The Gridiron Greats organization and for such a worthy cause. Knowing that our software is helping to drive awareness for the needs of NFL retired players and their immediate families is truly fulfilling.” Tom Edwards, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Telligent.

“The Gridiron Greats blog is just one step we’re taking to make our organization more interactive with the fans. They have been and continue to be such a huge support for our retired NFL players, and we are so very grateful.” Richard Sternard, Manager of Media Relations & Marketing, The Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund.

“The Community Server™ product is amazing. Even the communication with the Telligent team has been great throughout the project. We look forward to a long-standing relationship with their team.” Richard Sternard, Manager of Media Relations & Marketing, The Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund.

Gridiron Greats Web site: http://www.gridirongreats.org/
Gridiron Greats Championship Weekend Event Schedule: http://www.gridirongreats.org/SuperBowlEvents.html

Press Contact:
Ken Vernon, Director of Marketing
214-420-1373
kvernon@telligent.com
www.Telligent.com

About Telligent
Telligent is a leader in enterprise ready solutions for online communities and social networks. Telligent’s flagship offering, Community Server™, provides a fully integrated platform that utilizes social media to enhance customer relationships and brand engagement, increase ROI, and provide channels for customer insight and feedback. With its software solutions and extensive service offerings, Telligent empowers collaboration for many of the world’s largest brands. Clients include: Associated Press, Conde Nast, Dell, Electronic Arts, GlaxoSmithKline, Honda, Intel, Mazda, Microsoft, MSNBC, MySpace.com, National Geographic, the NFL, and Visa. For more information, visit Telligent.com.

Telligent® Partners With Microsoft® and Dell™ To Promote (PRODUCT) RED™

2008-01-25T18:45:00Z

Partnership Helps To Eliminate AIDS In Africa

DALLAS, Texas, January 25, 2008 –Telligent, a Dallas-based company with a recognized history of developing enterprise social collaboration software, announced today its participation in the (PRODUCT) RED campaign. The Microsoft Windows Vista site showcases Telligent’s award-winning Community Server™ platform and has recently added the new Windows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED blog to its online community.

(RED) was created by Bono and Bobby Shriver, Chairman of DATA, to raise awareness and money for The Global Fund by teaming up with the world’s most iconic brands to produce (PRODUCT) RED branded products. The money helps women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa.

- The team at Telligent was responsible for the development, creative, and mark up of the new Windows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED blog.
- Telligent currently hosts the Windows Vista Team and Windows Experience blogs and will also host the newly publicized (PRODUCT) RED blog.
- Telligent is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.

“Having worked closely with both Microsoft and Dell in the past and wanting to support the worthwhile (RED) initiative, we knew it was a win-win situation when Telligent was asked to develop a scalable blog around the newest PRODUCT (RED) products. When Telligent was invited to participate, we jumped at the opportunity to partner once again with our friends over at Microsoft and Dell.” Rob Howard, CEO, Telligent.

“Telligent has been a longstanding partner of the Windows Client team, currently hosting and administering the Windows Vista Team and Windows Experience blogs and now having successfully launched the Windows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED blog. We’re very pleased with all aspects of Telligent’s efforts, from planning and design to deployment and maintenance, and look forward to a continued fruitful relationship.” Nick White, Product Manager, Windows Client Communications.

Dell’s (PRODUCT) RED site: http://i.dell.com/images/global/products/flash/red/index.html

Press Contact:
Ken Vernon, Director of Marketing
214-420-1373
kvernon@telligent.com
www.GraffitiCMS.com

About Telligent
Telligent is a leader in enterprise ready solutions for online communities and social networks. Telligent’s flagship offering, Community Server™, provides a fully integrated platform that utilizes social media to enhance customer relationships and brand engagement, increase ROI, and provide channels for customer insight and feedback. With its software solutions and extensive service offerings, Telligent empowers collaboration for many of the world’s largest brands. Clients include: Associated Press, Conde Nast, Dell, Electronic Arts, GlaxoSmithKline, Honda, Intel, Mazda, Microsoft, MSNBC, MySpace.com, National Geographic, the NFL, and Visa. For more information, visit Telligent.com.

Telligent® Helps To Promote The Prevention of Spina Bifida

2008-01-22T15:47:00Z

Developer Team Builds Community-Based Website For Spina Bifida Association of North Texas In Less Than 72 Hours

DALLAS, Texas, January 23, 2008 – Telligent, a Dallas-based company with a recognized history of helping organizations apply the value of online communities to their business, participated in the first annual “We Are Microsoft Charity Challenge” this past weekend, an event that paired teams of developers with non-profit organizations to develop software solutions for those charities at no cost.

The Spina Bifida Association of North Texas elected Community Server™ and Graffiti CMS™ as the platform to rebuild its existing site. SBANT desired a content management system that facilitated easy communication with the Spina Bifida community while at the same time, enabling the community members to relate to and share experiences with one another.

- The team at Spina Bifida Association of North Texas (SBANT) wanted to support a number of features such as groups, blogs, forums, site search, photo/movie galleries, etc.
- The goal of the SBANT was three-fold: (1) to realign its marketing efforts with the national association, (2) to communicate better with its constituents, and (3) to easily disseminate info while building its online community.
- The Telligent team built three sites (an English site, a Spanish site, and an online community site).
- Over 20% of the Telligent Dallas staff participated in the “We Are Microsoft” Charity Challenge.
- The Telligent team worked around the clock and completed a month’s worth of work in just two days.

“We are very excited about our work with Spina Bifidia and look forward to continuing our relationship with them in the future.” Rob Howard, CEO, Telligent.

“This was a huge initiative for us. The new Spina Bifida site not only enables us to communicate with our constituents online, but our ability to now support our large Spanish-speaking community is a huge win for us. During the scope of the project, the Telligent team was very approachable, very willing to do whatever it took to get the job done, and was a pleasure to work with. I was very impressed with the team and would use them again in a heartbeat.” Jason Duncan, Web Master and Board Member, Spina Bifida Association of North Texas.

“SBANT has many support groups on Yahoo Groups that they wanted warehoused in a central location. With the new site, families can now talk and chat and get the help and support they need in one place.” Jason Alexander, “We Are Microsoft” Project Manager and Chief Technology Officer, Telligent.

“It was an honor to be a part of the “We Are Microsoft” event over the weekend. It gave me an opportunity to share my passion for community service with my co-workers . . . and also to see the same passion in them.” Jay Laesk, “We Are Microsoft” Team Member and Software Development Engineer, Telligent.

Project scope: http://www.wearemicrosoft.com/Charity/SpinaBifida.aspx

Telligent announcement: http://telligent.com/news/

The Spina Bifida Association of North Texas site today: http://www.sbnorthtexas.org/

The Spina Bifida Association of North Texas site tomorrow: http://www.sb-stage.com/

Press Contact:
Ken Vernon, Director of Marketing
214-420-1373
kvernon@telligent.com
http://www.telligent.com/

About Telligent
Telligent helps organizations of any size—small, medium, or enterprise—apply the value of social media communities to their business. With over 30,000 customers served—Associated Press, Dell, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, MySpace.com, and the NFL (just to name a few)—Telligent uses easy-to-use software and creative services to help you retain and share more of the valuable knowledge you or your customers create.

Telligent Makes Blogging Available from Windows Home Server

2007-11-09T19:18:00Z

November 5 2007 Dallas,Texas - Telligent Systems (Telligent) announced today that Graffiti CMS^tm, a robust and simple content management platform, is compatible with Microsoft's new Windows Home Server. This will enable customers of Windows Home Server to quickly create Web sites or blogs.

With Telligent Graffiti CMS Windows Home Server, customers will be able to create simple Web pages for their family, friends, or themselves. Whether it's as simple as a personal blog, publishing a family calendar, sharing photos or easily creating content and using themes, Telligent Graffiti CMS will make it easy to create beautiful sites hosted on Windows Home Server.

"Graffiti CMS is a new offering from us. Based on our experience building Telligent Community Server and interacting with our various customers, we identified an opportunity and a need for the Graffiti offering." said Scott Watermasysk, VP of Product Development at Telligent. "Graffiti is an easy to use content management and blog solution appropriate for individuals and small businesses which makes it a great fit for Windows Home Server customers."

"We're excited to work with Microsoft and make Graffiti CMS available to Windows Home Server customers," said Ken Vernon, Director of Marketing at Telligent. "Blogging has become a common way people communicate, connect and collaborate together. With Graffiti CMS running on Windows Home Server we expect to see even more people join this online publishing revolution."

"A key benefit of Windows Home Server is how it helps consumers share their digital experiences with friends and family," said Steven VanRoekel, director of Windows Server Solutions at Microsoft. "We are pleased to work with Telligent and see Graffiti CMS build on this capability, helping customers use the Windows Home Server platform for personal web sites, blogs and photo sharing."

In addition to blogging capabilities Telligent Graffiti CMS is a complete content management platform that includes revision support, tools for highlighting changes between versions of content, workflow, easy to use themes and built-in reporting.

Telligent Graffiti CMS will be available through the Windows Home Server marketplace. To learn more about Telligent Graffiti CMS, please visit blog.graffiticms.com.

Inaugural Community Server Developers Conference Draws Over 100 Developers from Around the World

2007-11-09T19:12:00Z

October 26, 2007 - Dallas - Dallas-based Telligent Systems Inc. hosted its first-annual Community Server Developers Conference October 19-21 at the Stonebriar Country Club where more than a hundred Community Server licensees, developers and enthusiasts from around the globe gathered to hear and participate in presentations on Telligent's flagship product, Community Server, as well as on new Telligent products due to release later this year and in 2008.

"We're thrilled with the success of our first conference and have already starting planning next year's conference," stated Telligent CEO Rob Howard. "It was clear there is a lot of interest from our customers and partners in this type of event."

Released in 2004, Telligent Community Server is a leading online community and social networking platform built to help organizations implement full-featured online social networking and community solutions for their businesses.

Howard and Telligent Vice President of Product Development Scott Watermasysk also devoted time during the conference to presenting the new features of Community Server 2008, due out late first quarter 2008. Key features in this version include a new Groups module, a Messaging system, and a Web Services layer. "What excites me most about Community Server 2008 is not an individual feature," states Watermasysk. "It's the combination of all the new features, which will allow our users to build stronger, more dynamic communities. We have already seen our customers do great things with previous versions, but with the release of CS 2008, the possibilities really are infinite."

The conference agenda also included presentations on two of Telligent's most anticipated products scheduled to release before the end of this year, Graffiti CMS^tm and Telligent Reporting Server^tm.

Graffiti is Telligent's new content management system built from the ground up to address the needs of small-to-midsize organizations that require CMS functions and straightforward single-user blogging tools. "Graffiti is an extremely easy-to-use content management system that allows anyone to build a beautiful web presence and easily publish content," reports Watermasysk.

Telligent Reporting Server consists of a suite of report templates used to mine user data collected on Community Server sites.

"Our tools help people start conversations. Reporting Server helps our customers data mine and prove the return on investment in their community solution." states Jason Alexander, Telligent CTO "Reporting Server is also its own product and will provide customers with a simple and precise framework for building reports quickly."

Graffiti CMS and Telligent Reporting Server will both be available late Q4 2007.