Spigit to Showcase InnovationSpigit Social Productivity Platform at Enterprise 2.0 Conference

Maker of the World's Leading Enterprise Innovation Management Software Signs on as Silver Sponsor for San Francisco Event

Pleasanton, CA (PRWEB) November 2, 2009 -- Spigit, the leader in social productivity software for the enterprise, announced today that it will showcase its flagship InnovationSpigit 2.0 platform for enterprise innovation management as a Silver Sponsor at TechWeb's Enterprise 2.0 Conference set for Monday, Nov. 2 through Thursday, Nov. 5 at the Moscone North Convention Center in San Francisco. Spigit will offer demos of its purpose-built innovation management platform at Booth #914.

Produced by TechWeb, the global leader in business technology media, Enterprise 2.0 is designed specifically for companies seeking to transform their business through collaboration, social computing and the adoption of Web 2.0 tools and technologies. Historically held only in Boston, demand for the event has brought it to the West Coast, where attendees will examine how the 2.0 movement has opened new doors of opportunity for companies to accelerate their productivity, innovation, time to market and ROI using the latest technologies to integrate collaboration into business processes.

"The Enterprise 2.0 Conference is the premiere event for companies that realize the potential for collaborative enterprise communities to drive growth and success in the new economy, and we are very pleased to sponsor this inaugural event in San Francisco," said Paul Pluschkell, CEO and founder of Spigit. "Companies that embrace social-based productivity tools to drive innovation are reinventing the inflexible corporate culture of yesterday. This evolution has created a more transparent, adaptive and responsive environment that fosters greater creativity, efficiency, agility and productivity and generates a significant competitive advantage."

Based on an advanced social software model, InnovationSpigit is the first innovation management platform designed to nurture innovation with a community approach within a complete social networking-style package. The platform creates an environment, accessible from anywhere with an Internet connection, which allows companies, organizations and teams to leverage the intellectual assets of participants to optimize the innovation process and arrive at effective solutions. Using InnovationSpigit, participants across the enterprise can contribute ideas, offer feedback and evaluate concepts to help streamline idea generation and reveal actionable intelligence.

Organizations are using Spigit to source new product ideas, manage project proposals, uncover new revenue opportunities, strengthen operational processes, improve their customers' experience and solve global and civic issues.

Spigit's award-winning innovation solutions are already in use by several Fortune 2000 companies and other well-known brands at the forefront of innovation, including IBM, Pfizer, Lloyds Banking Group, MedPlus, Walmart, Southwest Airlines and Choice Hotels International. The company recently closed a $10 million funding round with Warburg Pincus, was named to InformationWeek's Startup 50 list of the top business technology startups as selected by readers and editors.

For more information about Spigit's award-winning innovation solutions, visit www.spigit.com.

For more information about the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, visit http://www.e2conf.com/sanfrancisco.

About Spigit
Spigit is the leading developer of social productivity software for enterprises to drive innovation and empower decision makers. Spigit's product offerings range from the intra-enterprise InnovationSpigit(TM) to its customer-facing IdeaSpigit solutions. Spigit currently powers innovation projects at numerous Fortune 2000 companies and has been named Best of Software Interop 2008 and is listed on the AlwaysOn Global 250 list, the power list of the top 250 private global technology companies. For more information, visit www.spigit.com.

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