PaperShare
today launched its new social content network for business and
technical professionals, using high-quality content to connect people to
information, individuals and companies in the same industries. Users
can access, share and discuss all types of professional content,
including white papers, videos, applications and ROI calculators,
leading to better, more educated technical and business decisions.
Companies use PaperShare to make their content more engaging by adding
social context and can centrally distribute their materials across the
Internet.
PaperShare cuts through the noise of traditional content
searches and provides a clear view of the topics, companies and
materials that are relevant to an individual’s job. With built-in social
mechanisms, such as the ability to see who else has read, shared or
commented on a particular piece of content and direct links to Twitter
and LinkedIn, PaperShare provides deep social context to each search.
PaperShare has already signed up more than 20 charter customers who,
along with cloud and virtualization professionals, have posted and
shared more than 28,000 items, including content from industry leaders
such as Amazon, Cisco, Citrix, Google, Microsoft and VMware.
Support for additional technology topics including security, data and
storage, as well as vertical industries, such as finance and healthcare,
will be available in the first half of 2012.
“The social revolution has, up to now, passed over
business and technical content in favor of pictures and videos of
dancing babies and self-centered observations. PaperShare is here to
bring business to social by matching high-quality professional content
with people and companies in the same industries so they can make the
best decisions for their business,” said David Greschler, CEO of
PaperShare.
A Social Content Network that Increases Knowledge and the Bottom-Line
With PaperShare, a user or company can create a unique
profile with background information and easily upload content to be
shared with everyone (public) or select individuals (private). Users can
follow individuals, companies or groups and receive notifications when
new, relevant content has been shared.
Key features of PaperShare include:
- Intuitive user interface - A unique bookshelf layout makes for easy viewing and selection of business and technical information.
- Quick, easy content search - Information, people and
companies are categorized by industry topics, making it easy for users
to quickly narrow their search, access pertinent information and connect
with like-minded people. It’s a one-stop-shop to find all the people,
companies and content in an industry.
- Socialize technical and business content – Built-in
social mechanisms contextualize technical and business information.
Users can read reviews and engage in discussions; view suggestions for
related information based on who uploaded and viewed the content; access
direct links to related companies; and join affiliated groups and
external news feeds. Additionally, users can seamlessly export
PaperShare activity into Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts to
prompt others to access content on PaperShare.
- Friends and groups – Create an unlimited number of
private and public groups and ask other users and companies to engage in
live discussions about business and technical topics. For example,
Microsoft uses PaperShare groups to host live Q&A sessions with the
next one occurring on November 22 about Windows Server virtualization
and the private cloud. Visit the Microsoft blog
to learn more about this event. The New England VMware User Group
shares documents presented at its quarterly meetings through PaperShare.
While Citrix XenClient is using PaperShare to keep its community up to
date with its latest technical and business resources.
- Centralized content distribution – Using PaperShare’s
distribution network, users and companies can centrally distribute and
update their content and its social context across the Internet,
including their website, partner sites, blogs and news sites.
- Security and privacy – PaperShare provides granular
settings and security features that allow users to create public,
private or approval-required settings.
Leading Industry Executives Realize the Benefits of Using PaperShare
“PaperShare fills a much needed online gap in the ability
to search for highly-targeted technical content for specific vertical
markets,” said Simon Crosby, CTO of Bromium. “I use PaperShare to get
the latest authoritative content from vendors and tech leaders in the
cloud and desktop virtualization industries.”
“With PaperShare, we are able to share useful content with
IT professionals as soon as it’s available. The site’s collaboration
helps get those resources to the people that need it most,” said Gene
Bonacci, vice president channels and alliances, RES Software.
“We can also quickly create private communities for our Business
Partners to efficiently share content resources and engage in
discussions with them to determine the effectiveness of these assets.”
“PaperShare provides a groundbreaking mechanism for
sharing critical information with our customers, partners and team
members. This tool gives us a simple, efficient way to create
communities with customers and industry partners to engage in business
discussions, as well as easily exchange and reference content and
resources,” said Mike Strohl, CEO of Entisys, a leading cloud and
virtualization integrator in California and founding member of M7 Global
Partners.
Pricing and Availability
PaperShare now offers a free basic version of its service
for individuals and will soon roll out a premium version for $10 per
month or $100 per year. Companies interested in subscriptions, which
include the ability to upload unlimited content, create private and
public groups and access trend analytics, can contact sales@papershare.com for pricing details.