Capgemini Consulting and blueKiwi to work together to help organisations build the 2.0 enterprise
Paris - Capgemini Consulting and blueKiwi join hands to help organisations leverage social networks to accelerate their transformation.
1 February 2010
Capgemini Consulting, the global strategy and transformation consulting organization of the Capgemini Group, and blueKiwi Software, the leading provider of enterprise social software, have today announced that they will work together to help major companies use professional social networks to accelerate the transformation of their organizations. As businesses everywhere feel the increasing effects of globalization, coupled with the worldwide economic downturn, this collaboration will help companies achieve the benefits of enterprise social software, from increased collaboration across organizations and geographical boundaries to better interaction with customers, partners and suppliers.
Social networks are becoming an increasingly significant business driver for
companies.
- A survey of large European companies conducted by Dynamic Markets (UK-based independent market research consultancy) on behalf of AT&T found that 74% of those surveyed think there are benefits from the use of social networks and online communities.
- The market is still at an early stage in its potential, but according to estimates from leading analyst firm Gartner, worldwide enterprise social software revenue will grow at a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 30.6% between 2007-2012.2
This collaboration brings together the broad management consulting capability
of Capgemini Consulting with the deep enterprise social software expertise of
blueKiwi. For Capgemini Consulting, it underpins the company’s mission to explore
innovative ways to help clients create business value and to use technology to
accelerate their transformation. These include such high-tech methodologies as
Accelerated Solution Environments (ASE) ; the use of visualization techniques
(3D design in particular); and rapid innovation centers, which are used to accelerate
the redesign of businesses by challenging clients with business scenarios in real-time.
“In a downturn, organizations should not only focus on short-term crisis response,
but also how they can emerge from the downturn stronger and well-prepared for
when the economic climate improves. The current rise of web 2.0 based business
applications offers an historic opportunity for innovative companies to re-engineer
the way they work. We will work with our clients to help them deliver significant
transformational change from the use of social networks,” said Pierre-Yves Cros, Global head of Capgemini Consulting. “We will also use this approach to drive change in the consulting industry and
the traditional consulting role – making much greater use of technology, opening
up the consulting profession to more diverse profiles, and using opensource ‘ecosystems’
to find the best expertise for clients.”
Capgemini Consulting is currently running blueKiwi internally, which will become
the central hub of the entity, extending a network of collaboration across and
outside the organization. Networking in this innovative way will allow Capgemini
Consulting to unearth the best expertise and ideas for its clients through virtual
communities and provide a stimulating environment for the best talents.
“By employing our enterprise social software expertise with Capgemini Consulting’s
trusted leadership in organizational transformation, we are better able to meet
the changing needs of our clients. Together we can help companies move toward
a new enterprise that can achieve success even in these changing times”, said Carlos Diaz, CEO and co-founder of blueKiwi Software.
Note to editor:
blueKiwi is enteprise social business platform enabling companies to create secure
external communities and lasting conversations through the use of familiar Web
2.0 technologies such as blogs, wikis, comments, microblogging, RSS, polls and
tagging to create a social ecosystem that users can control, listen to and leverage
on an ongoing basis. By leveraging blueKiwi community members have a detailed
profile where they can describe their expertise and share their interests or experience
working on specific topics. User profiles can also be enriched by others in the
community. These dynamic profiles automatically build personal networks and expertise
based on what people actually do and how others appreciate their contributions.
Through these vibrant communities companies can creating lasting, ongoing conversations
with employees, partners and customers in order to gain insight on critical business
drivers and decision with a collaborative process. blueKiwi Software has recently
been positioned by Gartner in the “visionaries” quadrant for social software in
the workplace.
About Capgemini
Capgemini, one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and
outsourcing services, enables its clients to transform and perform through technologies.
Capgemini provides its clients with insights and capabilities that boost their
freedom to achieve superior results through a unique way of working, the Collaborative
Business ExperienceTM. The Group relies on its global delivery model called Rightshore®,
which aims to get the right balance of the best talent from multiple locations,
working as one team to create and deliver the optimum solution for clients. Present
in more than 30 countries, Capgemini reported 2008 global revenues of EUR 8.7
billion and employs 90,000 people worldwide.
More information is available at www.capgemini.com.
Capgemini Consulting is the Global Strategy and Transformation Consulting brand
of the Capgemini Group, specializing in advising and supporting organizations
in transforming their business, from the development of innovative strategy through
to execution, with a consistent focus on sustainable results. Capgemini Consulting
proposes to leading companies and governments a fresh approach which uses innovative
methods, technology and the talents of over 4,000 consultants world-wide.
For more information: www.capgemini.com/consulting
Rightshore ® is a trademark belonging to Capgemini
About blueKiwi
blueKiwi is the Global Conversation Company. Founded in 2006, our mission is
to teach companies to engage the collective voices of the Web, in conversation,
in order to make better decisions about products, services, and business strategies. Our flagship product the blueKiwi Social Business Platform enables marketers
and
community managers to easily build, monitor and manage external communities and
bring the best conversations internally into an actionable process. Our customers
and partners include leading global brands Alcatel-Lucent, BNP Paribas, Cap Gemini,
Dassault Systemes, Nokia, Microsoft and Rainmaker. So join the conversation and
turn fruitful conversations into real business actions at www.bluekiwi.net
Capgemini Press contact:
Christel Lerouge
Tel.:+33 (0)1 47 54 50 76
E-mail: christel.lerouge@capgemini.com
blueKiwi Press contact:
Pierre Le Leannec
Text 100
Tel : +33 1 56 99 71 40
E-mail : leleannec@text100.fr
1 “Corporate Social Networking in Europe”, Dynamic Markets, 2008.
2 Gartner Inc.: The Gartner Collaboration and Social Software Vendor Guide, 2009, Carol Rozwell, Nikos Drakos, David Mario Smith, Jeffrey Mann, Matthew W. Cain, James Lundy, Tom Eid, 19 Feb 2009
3 Accelerated Solution Environments (ASE) : facilitated group sessions that deliver innovation, breakthrough solutions and action plans in days rather than months
4 “Magic Quadrant* for Social Software in the Workplace”; Gartner; Nikos Drakos, Carol Rozwell, Anthony Bradley, Jeffrey Mann; 22 October 2009.
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