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Present.ly Launches

Posted on 16. Sep, 2008 by John in Enterprise

First we had ididwork, then the TC50 winner Yammer and now a new site that will try and bring Twitter style communication to your office. The site called Present.ly is the latest Ruby on Rails-based, on-demand enterprise social media solution from Intridea.

Present.ly Introduction from Intridea on Vimeo.

They sent out a war cry on their blog Congratulating Yammer (even though they themselves got turned away from the TC50 event) but get ready to rumble!

It’s great to see that short-form communication for businesses is so promising as to win top honors at such a competitive conference. We’re extremely passionate about the field because it has the potential to really transform how people communicate inside an organization. So congratulations are in order to the Yammer team for bringing so much exposure to the field.

One of the reasons that we were so surprised to see Yammer among the TechCrunch50 is because Present.ly was submitted to be included as well! Unfortunately, we never got the chance to demo our product for the TC50 experts (something that was supposed to be part of the process). We didn’t receive a clear response back as to why, but it would have been great to have the chance to go head-to-head with Yammer in the preliminaries of TechCrunch50 or on stage at the conference.

they roll out today with some impressive features;

Security and Control: Present.ly is built to be an official means of communication for a business, rather than an ad-hoc network of employees. User accounts on Present.ly are created only through administrator invitations, and accounts are secured using SSL encryption.

Collaboration: Present.ly has hash tags, like Yammer. But it also has groups, private messaging, and media/file sharing built in. We built Present.ly from the ground up to have powerful features tailored specifically for business use. Present.ly accounts can also be extended beyond a single e-mail domain, allowing you to include clients, consultants and other collaborators effortlessly.

Platform Approach: Starting from day one Present.ly has an API that is fully compatible with the Twitter REST API. This means that existing Twitter applications can work instantly with Present.ly with almost no modification. Through the API, Present.ly can easily integrate with all parts of your business.

The Power of Context: Present.ly automatically analyses each post for context, automatically separating out questions, replies, and urgent messages. Our robust notifications system allows you to receive updates via E-Mail, SMS, and IM based on this context.

Present.ly is available today. The on-demand solution, which also includes the MediaPlug functionality, is free for up to 5 users. Pricing ranges from $14 per month for 15 users to $99 per month for 100 users. Additional users can be added at a metered rate of $1 per user. On-premise options are available and can run on Ruby or JRuby.

Tags: ididwork, present.ly, Yammer