Friday, December 21, 2007

A Look Back at 2007: Open Source and Social Networking

The end of 2007 is close, an ideal chance to reflect back on the year. It’s been a great year for us, from gaining investment from Intel, launching our new Concourse Suite 5.0, and of course our name change which reflects the growing presence of the company. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank our employees, customers, partners and investors, which have supported us throughout 2007.

I noticed that Mashable, the largest social networking news blog, ran a piece on “Best of 2007: Trends That Shaped the Web”. Three of the trends that Mashable selected: ecommerce, social networking and open source, are all areas that Concursive is directly involved in. In our drive to enable organizations to connect through the simplicity of a single platform solution, we provide the tools that better enable ecommerce, embrace all social networking standards – and all through open source standards.

The momentum of these areas: trading and connecting online, and looking for new and innovative ways to do so, is set to increase throughout 2008. As the lines blur between different communities and how individuals connect, there is a huge opportunity for businesses and media to be more innovative, to embrace new ways of working and to play their role in bringing groups together. 2008 promises to be an interesting year and Concursive is committed to playing its part.

We’ll be off for the next few days- Happy Holidays from all of us at Concursive!

Michael Harvey

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