SelectMinds Inc. announced the launch of Oliver Wyman's corporate social network, Oliver Wyman Connect. With more than 2,900 employees, Oliver Wyman is an international management consulting firm operating in more than 40 cities in 16 countries across the globe. Already a SelectMinds client prior to the launch of a new brand identity in 2007, Oliver Wyman decided to bring multiple alumni networking programs together to serve all current employees and all alumni of its legacy businesses. Current and former employees can access the network at https://www.oliverwymanconnect.com. Oliver Wyman Connect is a private, secure corporate social network and contains multiple resources, including a social network engine that connects alumni and employees to each other, events and news pages, forum discussions, a resource center, professional and personal groups, and more. The firm utilizes its corporate social network as a way to build lifelong relationships with current and former employees.

SelectMinds Inc. announced the launch of Grant Thornton LLP's new employee social network. Grant Thornton LLP is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International, one of the Global 6 accounting organizations with operations in 100 countries. Unlike public sites such as Facebook or LinkedIn, Grant Thornton LLP implemented SelectMinds' private, secure social networking solution to increase employee engagement levels and provide opportunities to foster firm relationships on a more personal level. Grant Thornton's employee social network is designed to meet the increasing demands of employees to connect and engage with each other through social channels including individual profiles, forums and blogs. For example, Grant Thornton's network includes an Executive Team blog where employees can discuss a variety of topics with executives, and other discussion forums for women and diversity groups, new hires, and others. The network also provides direct access to the firm's Microsoft SharePoint system with additional integrations planned for the future.

Sonoa Systems Inc. and SelectMinds Inc. announced a partnership to provide secure connections between corporate social networks, business applications and public Web 2.0 communities. This partnership enables companies to eliminate silos between a corporate social network and related business processes. SelectMinds builds powerful SaaS-based corporate social networks that meet the toughest security and compliance needs of companies of all sizes. These solutions, such as alumni or affinity-based employee networks, are closely tied with business processes, including recruitment or new business development. With Sonoa's technology, SelectMinds now offers the added capability for their corporate social networks to securely integrate with outside applications such as Twitter, Salesforce.com or Facebook, providing new analytics around these solutions and their usage.