Redwood City, CA− Jan. 22, 2015− Badgeville, the global leader in business gamification, has announced the launch of Badgeville for IBM Connections, a new product that brings Badgeville’s platform, game design and analytics to IBM Connections’ customers. The new product, available immediately, comes in the form of an accelerator designed to quickly and easily integrate Badgeville’s award-winning gamification technology with IBM Connections.
IDC projects that the worldwide market for enterprise social networks will grow to $3.5 billion by 2018 with a compound annual growth rate of 23 percent. IBM is currently the leader in this space with 14 percent of the market. Designed to work with both on-premise and cloud-based deployments, Badgeville for IBM Connections drives social engagement, collaboration and content sharing using Badgeville’s award-winning gamification solution.
This new Badgeville product integrates seamlessly with IBM Connections and supports a broad range of features including activities, blogs, communities, files, forums, news, profiles and more. By using Badgeville for IBM Connections, IBM customers can deploy gamification with minimal internal resources while still customizing to match their brand.
Badgeville for IBM Connections will enable:
- Gamification of Social Actions: detect, analyze and reward social actions such as posts, replies, polls, praises, mentions, etc., globally or within specific groups
- Posting of Rewards: post rewards earned for activity, expertise, peer recognition, etc. automatically to feeds and activity steams
- User Analytics: capture behavioral analytics on users, usage, collaboration and recognition
“We are working with some of the largest IBM Connections’ customers to drive employee engagement and insights,” said Jon Shalowitz, chief executive officer of Badgeville. “Our customers work with us to define specific business goals and then add a gamification layer to meet those goals. We are delighted to be working with IBM to bring this solution to IBM customers.”
About Badgeville
Founded in 2010, Badgeville is the global leader in business gamification. With hundreds of name brand customers, Badgeville brings game, reputation and social mechanics to industry leaders and innovators. Some include American Express, Oracle, Samsung, Bell Media, Kendall Jackson, Philips Electronics and more. Badgeville is based in Redwood City, CA and New York City.
