Facebook launches Workplace to compete with LinkedIn
In an algorithm update, Facebook launches its new platform “Workplace”.
More than 1,000 organizations around the world use Workplace (formerly known as Facebook at Work). People have created nearly 100,000 groups and the top five countries using Workplace are India, the US, Norway,
People have created nearly 100,000 groups and the top five countries using Workplace are India, the US, Norway, UK and France.Workplace will now be available to any company or organization that wants to use it.
Workplace now available to any company or organization that wants to use it.
For Everyone, Around the World
Companies can now connect with their ship crews using Live video, to a bank that now uses Workplace instead of fax machines and newsletters to share updates with its distributed bank branches.
Large multinational companies like Danone, Starbucks and Booking.com, international nonprofits such as Oxfam, and regional leaders such as YES Bank in India and the Government Technology Agency of Singapore have all embraced Workplace. People work in different ways, around the world, and Workplace’s mission is to help them stay connected.
The Best of Facebook, Plus New Features
it’s basic infrastructure such as News Feed, or the ability to create and share in Groups or via chat, or useful features such as Live, Reactions, Search and Trending posts.
This means you can chat with a colleague across the world in real time, host a virtual brainstorm in a Group, or follow along with your CEO’s presentation on Facebook Live.
companies can benefit from such as a dashboard with analytics and integrations with single sign-on, in addition to identity providers that allow companies to more easily integrate Workplace with their existing IT systems.
Facebook announcing also today Multi-Company Groups, shared spaces that allow employees from different organizations to work together, to extend collaboration beyond your company in a safe and secure way. These will be rolling out to all customers in the coming weeks.
Scaling the Solution: Introducing the Workplace Partner Program
To help more companies get started with Workplace, Facebook is announcing the Workplace Partner Program, a group of technology and professional service organizations such as Deloitte who will work with us to bring Workplace to even more businesses across the globe. This means that companies will have more ways to access Workplace.
For more information,or to get Workplace by Facebook for your company,visit: workplace.fb.com.