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Welcome to Pearl

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Previous release, Spring / Summer 2012

Say hello to Pearl, Igloo's Summer 2012 software update.

Pearl brings over 20 new features and some great behind the scenes performance improvements to everyone on the Igloo platform.

Social Analytics

Igloo's social analytics give you a wealth of insight about the people, content and conversations in your community. Powered by MicroStrategy's world-class business intelligence platform, you can analyze everything from web traffic to the most influential contributors.
Coming in August 2012

 
 

Influence the influencers

Finally, a way to find them, study them and engage them, in order to increase participation.

Identify your killer content

Discover what content is most frequently viewed, used and shared.

Define metrics.

Decide what you want to see and our analytics team will make it happen. With out-of-the-box dashboards and custom reports, you define the outcomes that are meaningful to you.

Monitor growth.

Keep a pulse on participation and growth in your community by analyzing traditional site metrics, such as login frequency, time on site and overall membership.

Measure engagement.

Develop a better understanding of the community dynamic by assessing individual behaviors and interactions across groups, teams and content types.

Multilingual Content

An international business requires a multilingual network. With Igloo, you can let virtual teams collaborate in their native language, convert contributions through machine or manual translation and even verify translated content. Languages currently supported include English, French, Portuguese and Spanish, but the possibilities are endless. 

 
 
 

Verified translations

Each supported language appears as a tab. A user can translate content and, when it's approved, validate the official translation. This verification assures users that the translations are accurate and reliable.

Verified translations are included with all multilingual communities.

Instant translations

Translate comments, forum replies or your microblog stream on the fly using integrated, inline translations, powered by Google Translate. Or, use the out-of-the-box integration with Google to get a head-start on official content translations within blogs, forums and events.

Instant translations can be turned on or off.

 

User preferences

Set your preferred language right in the user bar. Everytime you login or receive an email notification, it appears in your local translation.

Site navigation

Customize your site map with full translations of all navigation items, and even delegate localization of team spaces to space administrators.

Archiving Social Content

Open, social collaboration means content will accumulate quickly. The new archive feature will remove content from the search index, increasing relevancy and preventing users from making changes or adding comments.

 
 

Rules of the road

Set-up community-wide archiving rules based on content types and override rules at a channel or object level for greater control.

Grace period

Specify a time period where users can change their mind on content items set to archive.

What grace period?

Bypass the community rules and grace queue by sending content to the archive immediately.

Recovering files

Allow system administrators to recover content once it passes through the queue and is committed to the repository.

Enhanced File Sharing

File sharing just got a whole lot easier. You get the same enterprise-class document management capabilities in the cloud, with full version control, audit trails and workflow. Plus, we built a brand-new HTML5 uploader for sharing files, so now it's just drag-and-drop.

 
 

More space

We're pushing the limits. You can now upload files up to 250 MB in any digital workplace.

Dealing with engineering drawings, video or large art files? Upgrade to 2GB per file.

Pause and resume

Blue screen of death? Lost connection? No worries. Just pick up that file upload right where you left off.

Multitask

No more waiting, either. With notifications right in the user bar, you'll always know when your files are all queued up and ready to go.

 

Bulk downloads

Download the entire contents of a folder as a single ZIP file with one click. Once it's downloaded, open and decompress the ZIP file to access the contents of your folder.

Access from your desktop BETA

Desktop access is more inclusive. Whether you're using a Mac or PC, you can map your digital workplace just like you would a shared drive. 

Contact us to participate in the private Beta.

Work anywhere, from any device

Everyday Improvements

We've updated everything from the user bar to database performance in order to bring you a better Igloo experience.

 
 

Add content anywhere

Get the feeling of ad hoc social sharing with a quick, one-click add button, while maintaining structure through channels.

Quick links

Easily reference a series of links to internal resources or external websites on any page.

Email notifications

We've made it easier to get caught up on what matters. Your messages, alerts and reminders are more informative and friendly.

 

Channels

Expanded the ability to create multiple channels to all apps, including wikis and calendars.

Community notifications

Less obtrusive, more awesome. Upon login, you'll notice it's now a subtle summary of what to do first.

Post via email

When you post a blog or create a discussion, embedded images will be added to your thread.

Broadcasts

Members of a space can now broadcast a message to a sub-set of or the entire group.

 

Microblogging

We have enhanced how you use hashtags to share quick updates via specific channels. 

Embedded videos

YouTube embed code is now supported inside of text fields.

HTML rendering

Improved the way bulleted lists appear in HTML content widgets.

Labels & tags

We introduced a new master control panel for managing your labels, tags and taxonomies.

 

Site map

Hidden navigation items are now visible using the Site Map widget.

Polls

Adminstrators can now delegate the management of polls that appear in a space to that admin.

Localization

System administrators can set default preferences for time zone and first day of the week.

Nothing but the cloud.

Igloo is not your traditional enterprise software company. We're a services company, so all of our social business solutions are hosted in the cloud.

Updates every 90 days.

We're constantly working on making Igloo better. With more features and better performance. We have a product release every 90 days, and since we're 100% cloud, every use gets updated right away.

Like Pearl? Sign up for a demo and try Igloo free for 30 days

 
 
 

What happens when I sign up?
We'll call you to discuss your business needs and give you a product tour
If you like what you see, we'll set up a fully customized solution you can use without restrictions, free for 30 days
After your trial, we'll help get Igloo implemented throughout your organization

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