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IGLOO to Launch Community Solutions App for the BlackBerry PlayBook | EON: Enhanced Online News

Pricing is Free. Looks very interesting for cloud collaboration.

IGLOO to Launch Community Solutions App for the BlackBerry PlayBook

Online File Sharing, Business Collaboration Coming to BlackBerry App World�
May 05, 2011 03:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time

KITCHENER, Ontario & ORLANDO, Fla.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--IGLOO Software, a leading provider of community solutions in the cloud, today announced the release of a suite of self-service collaboration templates for the PlayBookTM, at BlackBerry World in Orlando, FL. These templates will enable mobile professionals to easily create and manage an online business community, in order to access corporate knowledge and expertise, anytime, anywhere, right from their tablet.

Communities, powered by IGLOO, allow business professionals to share files and capture knowledge, locate documents and expertise, communicate with colleagues and customers, build connections and work better together around projects. In the first iteration of the app, BlackBerry� users will be able to start an online community by choosing from a variety of business templates, including social intranet, extranet, virtual boardroom and collaborative file sharing, right from within BlackBerry App World�.

At BlackBerry World this week, attendees have had the opportunity to experience the future of collaboration on the world�s first professional-grade tablet:

* Online File Sharing: ability to organize, manage and share documents, such as PowerPoint files and .PDFs, right from a mobile device.
* Internal Collaboration: team collaboration tools for managing projects, interacting with people and accessing information.
* External Collaboration: information sharing and networking tools to build better relationships with customers, partners and suppliers.

�We launched our first native BlackBerry� app over two years ago now and it is truly amazing to look back and see how far workplace collaboration has come,� remarked Dan Latendre, CEO of IGLOO Software. �The rise of tablets, combined with the ubiquitous access to broadband and the emergence of cloud computing, is particularly exciting as it is taking mobile computing to the next level, enabling us to create and consume content in a totally different way.�

Pricing and Availability

The IGLOO Software PlayBook� App will be available for free on BlackBerry App WorldTM. A free online business community can also be started at Cookies Must Be Allowed - IGLOO. To learn more about IGLOO�s mobile strategy, visit Cookies Must Be Allowed - IGLOO.

About IGLOO Software

IGLOO is helping intranets and extranets stage a comeback. Forget what was once wrong, this time it fits in your budget, runs in the cloud and it's powered by enterprise social technologies. With IGLOO's social intranets and extranets, it is easier to collaborate around files, locate expertise and work together in a networked organization. And because it's deployed in the cloud, users are up and running quickly without the burden on IT. That is why both up and coming businesses and world-class brands, such as NetApp, AstraZeneca, ATP World Tour, Thomson Reuters Aranzadi and Deloitte, are choosing IGLOO.

IGLOO is backed by RBC Venture Partners and Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of Research In Motion, is Chair of the Board. For more information, visit Cookies Must Be Allowed - IGLOO.

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Contacts

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