eXo Platform

eXo Platform is a massively flexible internal social network software solution which allows businesses to create and utilize social channels which interconnects colleagues and stakeholders or customers using community driven websites, and content driven intranets and extranets. The sheer amount of customization possible using this platform is exciting. You could facilitate greater team work with the most efficient workflows possible. Which increases productivity and overall engagement. The collaboration between internal teams with each other and customers can be greatly enhanced and makes managing ideas work in your favor instead of slowing down team processes and dealing with miscommunication. It's an open source platform so you're locked into rigid structures that are typically associated with this enterprise level of platform solution. The features include social networking, content and file management, task and project management and collaboration, video calling and chat functionality with mobility and localization also available out of the box. eXo Platform is cloud based so which makes it's scalability and extensibility outstanding. The are currently over forty add-ons available which integrate seamlessly and greatly enhance an already solid core functionality. There are native apps available for Android, iPad and iPhone which connects remote and mobile team members. There are lots of strong features available like the ability to stream media content and instant messages by customers, suppliers, coworkers and so on using a single feed to view the overall company activity at a glance. You can utilize comments and voting, or rollbacks and a version history to gain insight into particular aspects of your network. While you can use the platform as a secure and private file storage environment when integrated to Google Drive, Dropbox, SharePoint or other cloud storage services. You can also create FAQ's, Q&A's, forums and wikis or advanced calendar functionality. While managing all contacts with detailed profiles from a central dashboard. It's easy to install and use the software it's as simple as downloading the zip file and running the script. There's not a lot of complex integration procedures to complete like there are usually with this level of solution. No Tomcat or Java configuration or database account creation required at all which is a huge time saver.

You must have a clear vision in mind to use this software. It's not a solution you take lightly and maybe adopt, or not. There's a lot of features to hep you use the software quickly but it's designed to be as flexible as you need it to be. And the most efficient internal social tool possible and that's going to be a huge process and investment in time if you don't have a firm grasp of your company's needs and how to utilize the power under the hood prior to investing.

As much performance as there is out of the box which enables you to get going quickly there is incredible flexibility available as well so you can definitely continue developing eXo Platform ongoing into a finely streamlined, robust solution for your business. End users can do much internally within a single system like share files and links, status updates, create custom dashboards or wikis. The ability to interconnect teams, partners and customers whether remotely or with mobile access the productivity and efficiency possible by using eXo Platform are excellent but it's not an internal social tool you will use if you don't have a clear plan prior to implementing it, especially if the systems you are currently using are working.