Telligent Community 6.0 Sets a New Standard for Online Communities

Dallas, TX, August 05, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Telligent, a leader in social community software for the enterprise, today unveils its new Telligent Community 6.0 suite, giving every company the tools it needs to effortlessly create custom communities and achieve measureable business results.

Built on the new Telligent Evolution 6.0 platform, the new community suite boasts more than 50 new features including social search and content discovery, native social integration, interactive profile and avatars, smart content recommendations, social calendaring and core integration with Microsoft SharePoint. Plus, it hosts a mobile community functionality that is optimized for modern, touch-screen devices, including Apple iPhone, the BlackBerry Torch and Android phones.

“Telligent Community 6.0 is an incredible advancement by Telligent in terms of innovation and user experience,” said Lee Hunt, Digital Strategy Manager at Psion.

With an integrated user experience framework, new social applications and integration across social networks and CRM systems, Telligent Community 6.0 allows business users to oversee customer engagement and gives designers the tools they require to meet every business need while maintaining brand standards and elevating the user experience.

“We understand that people are the ones who power the communities that drive business forward, so we have integrated a complete set of social applications to connect employees and customers,” Rob Howard, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Telligent.

Examples of how Online Communities are driving business value:

· Improving customer service, saving money by resolving issues faster, and enabling 24x7 support on demand, a necessity in today’s marketplace.
· Helping marketers and decision makers to understand customer needs, increase brand awareness, leverage word-of-mouth, increase sales revenue, and empower customer-driven innovation.
· Building a strong network of customer and member advocates who are empowered to speak on your behalf throughout the entire social ecosystem.

“At Telligent, we don’t take a one-size-fits-all approach to communities. Telligent Community 6.0 puts full control into the hands of the people so your community reflects your brand, energizes customers, employees and partners, and achieves real-world, business results,” said Wendy Gibson, Chief Marketing Officer of Telligent.

Later this fall, Telligent plans to showcase best practices for building World Class Communities leveraging Telligent Community 6.0 at its annual social conference, The Big Social, in Dallas, Texas on September 26 – 28, 2011.

For more information about Telligent Community 6.0 and how it can provide superior business results for your company, visit Telligent.

About Telligent

One of the pioneers in enterprise social community and workforce collaboration software, Telligent helps companies worldwide to implement social communities for their employees, customers and partners. Its powerful community development platform allows customers and partners to customize their community experiences and build award-winning applications on top of the platform.

Telligent differentiates itself with an ease of business and a level of confidence to which seasoned and successful organizations are accustomed. With a customer-focused culture, Telligent sets the social enterprise standard for positive business outcomes. With Telligent, thousands of organizations worldwide have created successful communities that drive collaboration, communication, innovation, networking and support, including American Marketing Association, Dell, Microsoft, Psion, U.S. Department of Defense - All Partners Access Network (APAN) and more.

Learn more about Telligent by visiting telligent.com.

For More Information:

Telligent Media Contacts

US
Tiffany Henry
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+1 (214) 420 1350

UK
Elena Savvides
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+44 (0) 203 178 3012

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