April 22, 2008  (San Francisco, CA) – IGLOO Inc., an emerging leader in corporate social networking, joined hundreds of other companies at the opening of Web 2.0 Expo today. Now in its second year, the conference runs to April 25 at San Francisco’s Moscone Centre and is a gathering of more than 10,000 “builders of the next generation web”— designers, developers, entrepreneurs, business strategists, and venture capitalists.

Founded in 2003, IGLOO’s social networking platform helps hundreds of organizations globally reduce email burden, shrink distances across branch offices and inspire teams with new productivity and collaboration tools. The platform was initially developed to support an online international network of researchers, practitioners and educators working on global issues, but is now being offered to corporations as a SaaS-based suite.

“The adoption of corporate social networking software is accelerating quickly in 2008,” says Dan Latendre, CEO, IGLOO. “Larger organizations recognize the value of team collaboration software, but have been waiting for a globally-proven solution. Integrated suites that can be implemented rapidly with little capital cost, are making it possible to manage thousands of collaborative projects inside and outside the enterprise.”

IGLOO Inc. is based in the Waterloo region — Canada’s Technology Triangle — and became a for-profit entity in February 2008.

About IGLOO
Designed to scale from small teams to large enterprises, each suite features an integrated set of easy-to-use Web 2.0 tools. IGLOO was originally designed as an international knowledge exchange for individuals and organizations studying, working or advising on global governance issues. Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of RIM (TSX:RIM) is Chair of the IGLOO board. For more information visit: www.igloosoftware.com.


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