Huddle announces industry-first

Huddle, the leader in enterprise cloud collaboration and content management, has unveiled an industry-first software adoption guarantee. The move means that IT buyers can now make the leap to cloud computing without the investment risk or concerns about low user adoption and satisfaction.

The success of a new research deployment

"Adoption is key to the success of a new research deployment. Nevertheless, with the rise of the consumerization of IT and high expectations from the user community, it's not easily achievable for most," said Alastair Mitchell, CEO, Huddle. "At Huddle, we've been consistently reaching one of the highest adoption rates in the industry. Today, we're putting our money where our mouth is and guarantee that our software will be a safe investment for any CIO or CTO considering deploying or upgrading their collaboration and content management systems."

"Clients who have deployed Huddle to replace or work alongside SharePoint tell us that Huddle's adoption rate is three times higher than Microsoft's product[iii]," Mitchell continued. "It is a win-win situation for the IT department and users. IT can deploy innovation that their community will love using, safe in the knowledge that it enables secure access to content across the firewall to clients, partners and suppliers. Users taking everything into account get an easy-to-use tool that helps them to get a job done. Unlike SharePoint, Huddle offers mobile access, simple external collaboration and deployment within hours - all at 10 per cent of SharePoint's total cost of ownership.[iv]"

Public sector clients include Defra, the Cabinet Office, the Department for Business, Technology and Skills, NHS East of England, NHS South West and Cheltenham Borough Council.

The team expected to grow

With the team expected to grow by 30 per cent this year, Huddle is moving its European headquarters to Silicon Roundabout in London. This larger office at the centre of London's research scene will accommodate Huddle's growing sales, customer engagement and development teams.

Established in 2006, Huddle is the leader in cloud collaboration and content management for the enterprise. Huddle is used by more than 85,000 organizations worldwide, including Disney, AKQA, HTC and Kia Motors, to securely manage projects, share files and collaborate with people inside and outside of their business.

Huddle can be accessed online, on desktops via Microsoft Office applications, on the move with BlackBerry, iPhone and iPad apps and on social networks: LinkedIn, Ning and XING. It is currently available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Japanese.

Recent report

[i] According to a recent report, 86 per cent of SharePoint users prefer to use email over SharePoint for collaboration on documents; "How are businesses using Microsoft SharePoint in the enterprise", Global 360 report, April, 2011.