Idea Central team talks about upgrade

Recently, members of Imaginatik’s development team talked about the new features of Idea Central 10, Imaginatik’s enterprise software solution, which was released earlier this month. From Head of Development Tim Woods:

Idea Central 10, which launched last month, was the single biggest project we’ve ever undertaken in Development. We’ve completely re-written the front end interface from top to bottom, plus added a ton of nice functionality. We delivered the project on time, having our first beta ready in December, and went gold in two months.

All of this happened while the Development team was rapidly expanding. We’ll be looking to continue this hot streak with our much bigger team in 2010.

Idea Central is the platform of choice for Collective Intelligence, and our focus will now be aggressively in this direction. We want a highly flexible architecture that allows us to serve the diverse and complex needs of our many Fortune 1000 clients. Idea Central 10 is that platform.

Coming next:

  • Idea Central 10 Mobile
  • Idea Central 10.1 (more features that will continue the platform progression)
  • Essential updates to other existing modules like the Login, Warehouse, etc.
  • Much more

And here’s a note from Molly Luther, another member of Imaginatik’s development team, about Idea Central’s compatibility:

After Idea Central 10 Beta was released, we did an assessment of what problems existed in Internet Explorer 6, and the main issue turned out to be the user intertface.  We saw that 25-50% of users at eight of Imaginatik’s clients were using IE6. They told us that they would likely continue to do so for a number of months, so we decided to make the two work together.

We’re very happy we were able to find a solution, one that will allow many more customers to use Idea Central 10 sooner.

Boston ‘experiment’ features Imaginatik CEO

Later this month, Imaginatik CEO Mark Turrell will take part in the Boston World Partnerships‘ “Odd Pairing Experiment” event.

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino created Boston World Partnerships to help business leaders worldwide understand and access Boston’s competitive advantages. During the group’s one-year gala anniversary event, Mark will team up with Boston Globe photographer Bill Brett for a discussion about Boston and what makes these creative types tick.

Watch this video of the guest speakers and get a glimpse of what they’ll talk about.

Computerworld tells Imaginatik story

Computerworld Article

Computerworld published an article yesterday detailing the state of affairs in Collective Intelligence, and how businesses are tapping the “wisdom of the crowds” to solve their problems.

The story contains an interview with Rob Spencer of Pfizer, who uses Imaginatik’s Idea Central to solve literally hundreds of business problems.

UK innovation is recession-proof?

The UK Telegraph today covers a report that offers advice for companies seeking to “secure a competitive edge,” and reports that UK companies “focused on innovation despite the recession.”

Among the advice offered:

  • preserve innovation budgets
  • explore partnerships
  • target emerging markets as locations for low-cost R&D;
  • focus on process innovation for greater cost-efficiency;
  • and continuously evaluate innovation projects.

The study was conducted by UK Trade & Investment.

Imaginatik rolls out Idea Central 10

Earlier this week, Imaginatik released Idea Central 10, the latest upgrade to its proprietary idea management platform that helps businesses realize the Collective Intelligence of the people inside, and often outside, their organization.

Idea Central 10’s new features make it even easier for administrators to run their crowdsourcing events, and the software is fully customizable. During its development, Imaginatik researchers worked side by side with clients to create its new features and improve existing ones.

Among its features:

  • Fully customizable user interface.
  • Enhanced social media capabilities.
  • Personal Spaces – a central place for users to manage all aspects of their participation in an event.
  • Compatibility with Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8.
  • Rejuvenated Portal to match the updated look and feel of Idea Central 10.
  • A new module release, Text Analysis 1.0 Beta. This module helps you easily manage large amounts of content through advanced word cloud technology. More information about this module will be available shortly.

“Computers without people don’t work. People without computers don’t scale,” said Mark Turrell, CEO of Imaginatik, in a statement released today. “Our customers value Imaginatik for our insights, process knowledge and guidance as well as the technology. Idea Central 10 takes Collective Intelligence to a new level, giving executives the tools they need to tap into employee brainpower and the world at large to deliver tangible business results.”

For more information on Idea Central 10, visit our web site.

Idea Central 10

Live from FEI 2010

Imaginatik is attending the Front End of Innovation Europe 2010 Conference this week in Amsterdam.

The event brings together the top minds in innovation who are passionate about their work and who have demonstrated real results.

Day one, Tuesday, Feb. 8, covered:

  • corporate innovation strategy,
  • how to “cut fat” and optimize in your R&D department,
  • social innovation and its role as the new focus for the 21st century,
  • how to develop solutions with communities and stakeholders, not to them,
  • … and much more.

If you’re at the event, visit us in Booth #1.

European Forum 2010 Wrap-Up

Imaginatik European Forum 2010

Did you miss a presentation, or want to revisit one? Click one of the links below to see recaps of presentations at Imaginatik’s 2010 European Forum.

DAY ONE – Feb. 2, 2010

Dr. Leandro Herrero – founder, The Chalfont Project Ltd. “Innovation cultures

Howard Smith – CTO CSC “Improving Cash Flow”

Ronald Jonash – IXL Center “Driving toward innovation standards”

Mike Hatrick and David Wootton – Bombardier “Our innovation journey”

Tim Woods – Imaginatik “Introduction to IdC V10″

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DAY TWO – Feb. 3, 2010

Tony Morgan – IBM “Innovation for a smarter planet”

Dr. Rob Spencer – Pfizer “Consequences of the Long Tail”

Mike Hatrick of Bombardier, Dr. Rob Spencer of Pfizer, Yves Sinner of Goodyear, Ron Jonash of the IXL Center, and Tom McDermott of Imaginatik – Panel presentation

Mark Turrell – Imaginatik “Collective Intelligence”

Mark Turrell – Q&A

Innovation workshop for leaders

Imaginatik CEO Mark Turrell will speak: The Innovation Doctor’s in the house! What are your challenges? We’ll help fix them – whether it involves Collective Intelligence or simple housecleaning.

Mark Turrell, CEO of Imaginatik
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Keynote: Collective Intelligence

Imaginatik CEO Mark Turrell talks about the massive amounts of brainpower inherent in organizations.

Mark Turrell, center, at Imaginatik's 2010 European Forum

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PDF: Mark Turrell’s presentation materials

Panel presentation

Mike Hatrick of Bombardier, Dr. Rob Spencer of Pfizer, Yves Sinner of Goodyear, Ron Jonash of the IXL Center, and Tom McDermott of Imaginatik will lead the panel discussion.

Panel presentation at the Imaginatik 2010 European Forum
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A Better Way to Evaluate Options

Dr. Rob Spencer of Pfizer will talk about “Hidden Elites and a Better Way to Make Group Decisions.”

Rob Spencer from Pfizer at Imaginatik's 2010 European Forum

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PDF: Rob Spencer’s presentation materials

Innovation for a Smarter Planet

Kicking off day two of Imaginatik’s 2010 European Forum is Tony Morgan of IBM, who will speak about Innovation for a Smarter Planet.

Tony Morgan of IBM at Imaginatik's 2010 European Forum

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PDF: Presentation materials