Organizations can now take advantage of Cisco WebEx® Social as a software as a service (SaaS) delivered through the Cisco® WebEx cloud for fast deployment and lower total cost of ownership. Transform your business through social collaboration, breaking down organizational silos and enabling better collaboration across departments and geographies. Speed results and decision-making by connecting employees to experts and resources. Facilitate employee-led innovation and improve workforce competencies by creating communities of interest and disseminating "tribal knowledge."
Highlights
• Simplify the process of creating and sharing content through WebEx Social Unified Post
• Allow employees to personalize their WebEx Social user experience to suit their work style
• Extend collaboration to mobile users anywhere with native tablet and mobile device support
• Quickly move from discussion to decision by initiating WebEx conferencing or WebEx Messenger™ instant messaging (IM) sessions directly from WebEx Social
• Take advantage of enterprise-level availability, performance, and security with cloud-based WebEx Social
Table 1 outlines the features of WebEx Social.
Table 1. Features of WebEx Social
Unified Post
• Share content with individuals, communities, or contact groups
• Post content in any format, including files, images, and links
• Control whether recipients can edit, comment, or forward a post
Email Notification
• Send personalized notifications of a new post or updates to a post using email
Microsoft Office Integration
• Update and publish to WebEx Social from Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Keep track of versions and merge edits
• View and submit comments in WebEx Social while working in Microsoft documents
Customizable User Interface
• Employees can personalize the WebEx Social homepage to match individual employees' work flow preferences
• Change page layouts and add OpenSocial gadgets, portlets, and other applications
Activity Streams and Watch Lists
• Employees can view Activity Streams from their social network, communities, and people they follow
• They can use the Watch List to monitor new posts and updates to posts shared with them
Dynamic Communities
• Set up communities as Hidden, Restricted, or Open
• Customize a community dashboard using templates provided
Profiles
• Present avatar, contact information, expertise, interests, communities, followers, and more
• Synchronize employee attributes with any LDAP-based directory
