Cisco retires WebEx Social, partners with Jive instead - Computerworld

A big shift for Cisco's collaboration strategy -- and a potentially pivotal partnership for Jive

"For Cisco, this partnership represents a shift in strategy. For years, the company pushed WebEx Social -- formerly called Quad -- as an integral part of its overall enterprise collaboration and unified communications (UC) product stack.

Clearly the ESN suite never gained as much traction in the market as Cisco expected it to, so the company is pulling its horse from this race, where competition is broad and intense among vendors like Microsoft with Yammer and Sharepoint; IBM with Connections; Tibco with Tibbr; and Zimbra with Telligent."

Cisco retires WebEx Social, partners with Jive instead - Computerworld