The Enterprise-Class Social Software Difference
The choice of your social network software provider is crucial to your success. In today's environment, with dozens of vendors to choose from, how do you decide?
You want a company with experience and longevity. Sparta has been building social communities since 1999. We survived the first dot-com crash in 2000 and we are proud to be growing today, even in the current economic environment. Unlike some of our competitors who are laying off staff, Sparta continues to thrive.
You want all the popular Web 2.0 features, and you want a company that stays current with the latest trends, continually rolling out new features. With Sparta Live!, our demo community, you can see the sleek interface and design you've come to expect from an industry leader.
But apart from our sleek design, feature-filled product, sector experience and business longevity, what truly separates Sparta from other software applications?
1.) You have the option to host the software in your own facility. Many major corporations and organizations have special requirements that demand the platform be on site. Whether it is HIPPA compliance or special security concerns, the Sparta Platform is available if needed. Of course, for most of our clients, we can host the application for you, but you always have the option to migrate to your own facility at any time.
2.) Everyone has a different definition of Community Software. If you just need message boards, then your options are many. But Sparta is one of the few companies that provides an enterprise class platform that allows you to operate a fully functional social network.
3.) Unparalleled design flexibility - The Sparta platform is an enterprise class platform that allows you to fully customize the design and network structure of your community. What does this mean? If you love our sleek design and just wish to add your own graphics or make a few other changes, you can do that easily. Or if you want to customize the look and feel of every page so your community looks like no other, you have that option to.
We recognize and expect your requirements to change over time as your business changes and your community matures. With Sparta, you can start out with a basic design and then modify it, add new features, extend to outside networks and widgets, and anything else you can think of. You have a platform that grows with you. Visit the High School Playbook site we built for Hearst-Argyle - there is nothing like it anywhere. Would you believe it shares the same platform as the MGM at Foxwoods community?
4.) What does enterprise-class mean? It means a social platform that has been built by the leading programmers in the industry working together in our Manhattan office. It means a social platform built in enterprise-class JAVA that can scale to handle the largest communities - from tens of thousands to millions - and has been tested repeatedly. It means it runs on any Webserver you need - from JBoss to Oracle to Websphere. You are not constrained.
5.) The platform is extensible. This means if you want to build entirely new features or modules, you can. You are not constrained by the limits of the platform. We gets calls daily from companies who initially chose one of our competitors, only to hear 'No, our software doesn't do that' when they had new requirements. You will never hear "No" from Sparta.
And as part of this, you will not be beholden to Sparta for new features either. If you have your own programmers on staff, we're happy to provide guidance on how they can build your own proprietary applications off the platform. You will not need to wait for 'a programming window when Sparta staff are available'.
All together, it adds up to a platform that is unlike anything available today. If you ask the right questions of your social network software vendors, you'll found there is no comparison. When you need power, flexibility and experience, Sparta is the only choice.