Sharetronix Blog

RESS RELEASE

July 13, 2010

Blogtronix released today Sharetronix 1.5, an advanced version of its superior enterprise-based open source microblogging software. Sharetronix powers over 10,000 communities in 125 countries.  The price for a commercial perpetual license is $499 for unlimited users.

Sharetronix has improved and optimized its core microblogging offerings of social networking; activity feeds; real-time dashboard; multimedia support (text, links, pictures, videos, and other file types such as Zip, PDF etc.); tagging; RSS aggregation; advanced search (for content, user profiles, and groups); and system administration.

The new Sharetronix capabilities include APIs for developers with Twitter compatibility; LDAP integration; private groups; public groups; message resharing; real-time integration with PubSubHubBub protocol; SSO with Facebook and Twitter; content sharing with FB, Twitter, Buzz, and Delicious; Twitter feed aggregation; member invitations from gmail, Yahoo!, Facebook, Twitter accounts; theme engine; and mobile UI optimized for smartphones.

In addition, Sharetronix 1.5 can be deployed on Microsoft Windows servers with PHP support; offers support for TweetDeck; has automatic administrative notifications for updates and upgrades; and has a translation center that has enabled the community to fully convert the software in 24 languages to date.

Sharetronix 1.5 is available for download under two licenses: a paid and a free version.  A Commercial License is intended for business use and the perpetual purchase includes updates and upgrades for one year; after the first year, customers can purchase an annual support agreement in order to receive software updates. A Personal License is allowed for personal (non-business related) use only and it offers community web support.  

In the microblogging enterprise space, Sharetronix competes with Yammer, Chatter, Socialtext, and Present.ly although they do not offer the benefits of open source. Further, unlike Yammer and Chatter, which only offers hosted SaaS, Sharetronix allows its customers to download the software behind a firewall and unlike Socialtext, it supports multimedia.  StatusNet is another strong competitor in the enterprise open source microblogging market; however, StatusNet does not offer multimedia support like Sharetronix.

Founded in 2005 and based in Berkeley, CA, Blogtronix was one of the first social media companies to offer an enterprise-based social software suite.

Contact information:

Phone: +1 877 256-4876

E-mail: info@blogtronix.com