Telligent Systems
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Telligent Systems, more commonly referred to as Telligent, is an enterprise collaboration and community software company. Founded in 2004, Telligent's U.S. headquarters is located in Dallas, Texas
and its international office is located in London, England.
Dell and MySpace both became Telligent customers in 2006. Dell started a blog on Telligent's platform in response to Jeff Jarvis' post about his dissatisfaction with a Dell laptop.
At the end of 2007 Telligent introduced a Social Analytics
tool called Harvest Reporting Server
.
In 2008, Intel Capital became Telligent's first capital partner.
In 2009, Patrick Brandt took over as CEO and Rob Howard became CTO. Patrick Brandt was previously CEO of Skywire Software, which was acquired by Oracle for an undisclosed amount. Telligent also re-branded its product offering as follows: Community Server became Telligent Community, Harvest Reporting Server became Telligent Analytics
, and Community Server Evolution became Telligent Enterprise. Telligent also formally introduced the Telligent Evolution platform upon which Telligent Community and Telligent Enterprise were based.
As part of the company re-positioning, Telligent discontinued development and support for Graffiti CMS and made it available as an open source project. Telligent also discontinued BlogMailr, a free email-to-blog service.
In 2010 David Mitchell joined Telligent's board. David is currently CEO of Global 360 and was previously CEO of WebMethods. Telligent additionally added Wendy Gibson as Chief Marketing Officer.
platform. They are primarily used as on-premise, white label software solutions.
Telligent Community is designed to support external facing communities and the primary use cases are: digital marketing, support communities, and networking.
Telligent Enterprise is designed to support enterprise 2.0 / internal communities, private business-to-business communities, and private networking communities. An emphasis on integration with enterprise email systems, such as Microsoft Exchange Server, and enterprise identity management systems, such as Microsoft Active Directory, are examples of how Telligent Enterprise differs from Telligent Community.
in 2007 as Harvest Reporting Server. Telligent Analytics is designed to analyze people and information created within the Telligent Evolution platform. This includes both Telligent Community and Telligent Enterprise. It additionally includes any data created on applications that run on the Telligent Evolution platform.
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
and its international office is located in London, England.
Company History
Telligent was founded by Rob Howard in 2004, Rob was previously a founding member of Microsoft's ASP.NET team and helped build and run the Microsoft ASP.NET community. Telligent introduced its first product, Community Server, in the fall of 2004. Community Server was an integrated community platforms that brought together blogs, wikis, forums, user profiles, etc. Community Server was based on the work done by Rob Howard on the ASP.NET Forums, Jason Alexander on nGallery, and Scott Watermasysk on .Text.Dell and MySpace both became Telligent customers in 2006. Dell started a blog on Telligent's platform in response to Jeff Jarvis' post about his dissatisfaction with a Dell laptop.
At the end of 2007 Telligent introduced a Social Analytics
Social Analytics
Social Analytics is a philosophical perspective developed since the early 1980s by the Danish idea historian and philosopher Lars-Henrik Schmidt. The theoretical object of the perspective is socius, a kind of "commonness" that is neither a universal account nor a communality shared by every member...
tool called Harvest Reporting Server
Telligent Analytics
Telligent Analytics is a social analytics tool built by Telligent. It was first introduced in 2007 and was one of the first social analytics tools available, although it is designed to be proprietary to Telligent's Evolution platform....
.
In 2008, Intel Capital became Telligent's first capital partner.
In 2009, Patrick Brandt took over as CEO and Rob Howard became CTO. Patrick Brandt was previously CEO of Skywire Software, which was acquired by Oracle for an undisclosed amount. Telligent also re-branded its product offering as follows: Community Server became Telligent Community, Harvest Reporting Server became Telligent Analytics
Telligent Analytics
Telligent Analytics is a social analytics tool built by Telligent. It was first introduced in 2007 and was one of the first social analytics tools available, although it is designed to be proprietary to Telligent's Evolution platform....
, and Community Server Evolution became Telligent Enterprise. Telligent also formally introduced the Telligent Evolution platform upon which Telligent Community and Telligent Enterprise were based.
As part of the company re-positioning, Telligent discontinued development and support for Graffiti CMS and made it available as an open source project. Telligent also discontinued BlogMailr, a free email-to-blog service.
In 2010 David Mitchell joined Telligent's board. David is currently CEO of Global 360 and was previously CEO of WebMethods. Telligent additionally added Wendy Gibson as Chief Marketing Officer.
About Telligent's Products
Telligent's products are built on the Microsoft .NET and Microsoft SQL ServerMicrosoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database server, developed by Microsoft: It is a software product whose primary function is to store and retrieve data as requested by other software applications, be it those on the same computer or those running on another computer across a network...
platform. They are primarily used as on-premise, white label software solutions.
Telligent Community 5.6
Telligent Community (formerly Community Server), built on the Telligent Evolution platform, is Telligent's flagship product. It was first introduced in 2004 and the most recent version is 5.6 as of October 2010.Telligent Community is designed to support external facing communities and the primary use cases are: digital marketing, support communities, and networking.
Telligent Enterprise 2.6
Telligent Enterprise, built on the Telligent Evolution platform, was first introduced in 2008 in response to users of Telligent Community asking Telligent to provide an employee-focused solution. The most recent version of Telligent Enterprise is version 2.6 released October 2010.Telligent Enterprise is designed to support enterprise 2.0 / internal communities, private business-to-business communities, and private networking communities. An emphasis on integration with enterprise email systems, such as Microsoft Exchange Server, and enterprise identity management systems, such as Microsoft Active Directory, are examples of how Telligent Enterprise differs from Telligent Community.
Telligent Analytics 3.5
Telligent introduced Telligent AnalyticsTelligent Analytics
Telligent Analytics is a social analytics tool built by Telligent. It was first introduced in 2007 and was one of the first social analytics tools available, although it is designed to be proprietary to Telligent's Evolution platform....
in 2007 as Harvest Reporting Server. Telligent Analytics is designed to analyze people and information created within the Telligent Evolution platform. This includes both Telligent Community and Telligent Enterprise. It additionally includes any data created on applications that run on the Telligent Evolution platform.