Forrester Groundswell Awards announced the winners, with applications aimed at employees in the categories: Collaboration System, Innovation System and Employee Mobile Application.

Deloitte Australia Yammer Network by Yammer

The Australian affiliate of Deloitte, deployed Yammer in 2008 with no plans for mass adoption. But usage rapidly exploded, spreading to 5000 of the company's staff and 12 national offices. Yammer users have lower staff turnover and Deloitte says Yammer has reduced costs, broken down silos, and accelerated innovation. It also builds culture, improves connections for mobile workers, and makes it easier to leverage knowledge and expertise.

Innovation @ HCL: The Value Portal

All HCL employees have access to the Value Portal, a platform for innovation and collaboration. The key factor leading to the success of the system was management's encouragement of rank and file employees to contribute ideas. Employees using the Value Portal have generated 7,312 ideas so far, of which 860 have been implemented.

Enabling Medtronics' Global Sales Force with Mobile Content Management

Medtronic's Mobile Content Management System enables sales reps to download collateral into folders on their iPads. As a result, sales reps can quickly call up the latest videos, presentations and PDFs when visiting customers.

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