As enterprises integrate their traditional enterprise systems with social software, we have spent a lot of time thinking about how this should be done from an architectural perspective. So today, we’re thrilled that our CEO, Eugene Lee, will be speaking at the International Association of Software Architects (IASA) e-summit, sponsored by our friends at Cisco. His talk will take place at 11:30 a.m. eastern time (register here).
Back in June, we launched Socialtext Connect, an offering that utilizes open web standards behind the firewall to integrate traditional systems of record (such as CRM, ERP and document management) with social software. Connect builds what we call a “social layer” in the enterprise that enables employees to see the critical events happening across their company from both colleagues and the systems they work from, and then easily collaborate and take action on those events with flexible social software tools.
As Eugene’s talk will illustrate, we want to eliminate information silos that prevent employees from serving customers efficiently, responding to change, and accelerating their company’s overall business performance.
We hope to see as many of you as possible. If you can’t make it, please check out our whitepaper on ReadWriteWeb that shows how technologies (like Socialtext Connect) that are built on a web-oriented architecture can make it easy for you to bridge your existing applications with your social software.