Glassboard 2.0 Keeps Ad Hoc Collaboration in the Workflow with Transparent Communities. BYOD!

NewsGator Social Sites 2010 focuses on secure social business computing behind the firewall, but there’s no telling where business might take you or with whom you might want to collaborate.  NewsGator’s SepiaLabs recently launched Glassboard 2.0, the latest version of their free, private sharing, social mobile application using Windows Azure-based services. This version boasts a new Web app and some other cool features that make it even easier to collaborate securely from wherever you are, on whatever device you have at hand, with whomever you need to.

Glassboard is a lightweight, easy way to create external groups, called boards, for ad hoc collaboration (no need for an administrator) while keeping things private because participation is by invitation only – boards are not discoverable. When integrated with NewsGator Social Sites 2010, these groups are transparent to internal and external Social Sites users; meaning there’s no need for collaboration to stop at the company firewall. And since Social Sites seamlessly integrates with Microsoft SharePoint, there’s no need to worry about security.

Anyone using Glassboard can quickly create a private and secure group where invited members drive the discussion using an empowering array of social tools including microblogs, documents, pictures, and videos. With Glassboard 2.0, employees as well as vendors, suppliers, and others outside the organization can interact and collaborate via the web from a desktop, or on the go with an iPhone, Android, or Windows 7 smartphone while travelling, or on a tablet, such as an iPad while in a meeting. 

Glassboard 2.0 is a free app – get it today! Download the app for iPhone or Android, and now with 2.0, for the web. Give it a try!