[November 25, 2008] Leading German Health Insurance Organization, Deutsche Angestellten-Krankenkasse (DAK), Standardizes on Jive Software to Harness Employee Knowledge Tweet PORTLAND, Ore., Nov 25, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Jive Software, the social business software leader, announces that Deutsche Angestellten-Krankenkasse (DAK), one of the three largest health insurance companies in Germany, is standardizing on technology from Jive Software to facilitate collaboration and speed discovery of crucial information. DAK is one of Germany's top three health insurance agencies and also one of the oldest with 13,000 employees and 6 million customers. DAK is an organization with a well-structured workflow. The majority of DAK's 13,000 employees have worked at the company for more than 20 years, representing more than 300,000 years of experience within the company. DAK employees needed a simple and intuitive way to find and share information and knowledge across its geographically distributed organization. DAK has several key goals for its Knowledge Management project: -- Evolve the culture of the company to embrace knowledge sharing and discard silos -- Make it easy for people to find the information they need, improving overall employee effectiveness. -- Provide employees with deeper knowledge by harnessing implicit knowledge, speeding issue resolution and supporting informed decisions. -- Create a seamless experience across the company, regardless of department or position. The DAK Knowledge Management project will roll out over approximately two years and is led by a team of 20 business analysts, developers and project managers. The project will go live with a pilot in March of 2009 and will gradually increase in size until the platform is rolled out to all employees. "DAK plans to use Jive to its fullest potential and we're confident the company will recognize tremendous benefit," said Dave Hersh, CEO, Jive Software. "By capturing and sharing the immense knowledge base of its dedicated employees, DAK cements its position as leading health insurer and will create new opportunities for success." Jive's flagship products, Clearspace and Clearspace Community, are the industry's leading enterprise-class social business software applications that combine the latest content creation tools with community-driven intelligence. Jive is the only platform that can support both outward-facing online customer communities and inward-facing employee collaboration solutions effectively and successfully. By presenting Web 2.0 and traditional communication tools in an intuitive and unified way, Clearspace is transforming the way companies work, resulting in better products, faster processes and a more connected workforce. For more information about the customers using Jive Software, please visit http://www.jivesoftware.com/customers About Jive Software Jive Software is the leader of the enterprise Social Business Software market. Jive brings together employees, partners and customers in a unified collaboration system, allowing them to create better products, faster processes and improved relationships. Its flagship products, Clearspace and Clearspace Community, are used by more than 2,500 customers worldwide, including more than 15% of the Fortune 500. Jive was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. For more information, visit Jive Software online at http://www.jivesoftware.com. SOURCE Jive Software http://www.jivesoftware.com [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]