december 2010 headquarters berlin germany key people yildan ates lukas pfeiffer website swabr.com swabr is an enterprise microblogging service for companies organizational and educational institutions located in berlin germany . the service launched in december 2010 . 1 swabr combines elements from facebook restricted network as well from twitter short messages merging into one single communication . 2 on swabr each company has its own closed and private network for employees 3 with a verified email address for internal corporate communication in real time . contents 1 features 2 history 3 see also 4 references 5 external links features edit the central elements of swabr are short messages the so called status updates . users answer the question what are you working on with short internal notifications . 4 employees colleagues and supervisors can keep each other up to date with minimal effort . 5 each member of a corporate network can read and comment on the messages . this internal corporate communication is originated in real time . swabr makes it possible to address a notification to one specific person . when entering the symbol all colleagues in the network are automatically suggested to the user . the feed is the activity stream of each user and displays all relevant or corresponding messages in chronological order . my feed is the main part of swabr . the entire corporate communication takes place there . 6 all messages published by the user as well as the participating colleagues notifications are shown there one below the other . status updates with the latest comment will automatically be displayed at the top of the page and therefore will be brought into focus . users can attach one or more files to a message . the separate area content clearly shows all files including the related comments that have been shared by all users of a corporate network . topics also known as tags are a way to organize and retrieve messages within a network . identification with keywords is done by a preceding sign . clicking on a topic displays all messages containing that keyword . history edit swabr was founded in december 2010 by ayhan kocak luis h fer and lukas pfeiffer . 7 after two successful tests the public version was presented in 2011 . 8 the name swabr is derived from the german term schwarzes brett 2.0 which means bulletin board 2.0 . swabr was crowd funded by companisto . as of august 2013 more than 2 500 companies from more than 100 countries worldwide are using swabr . 9 since 2014 yildan ates is the new managing director of swabr . 10 see also edit microblogging social network openmicroblogging enterprise social networking references edit interne kommunikation swabr ersetzt die e mail im b ro . basic thinking . retrieved 2011 08 19 . swabr lukas pfeiffer vom enterprise microblogging tool swabr im interview . gr nderszene . retrieved 2011 09 07 . swabr.com private company network . killer startups . retrieved 2012 01 04 . neustart swabr.com . fluxfm . retrieved 2012 01 20 . smart way to communicate with your employees via swabr . visionwiz . retrieved 2012 01 04 . swabr reseau social prive et collaboratif . les outils collaboratifs . retrieved 2012 02 10 . swabr.com crunchbase . crunchbase.com . retrieved 23 august 2016 . microblogging f r firmen swabr startet in die offene betaphase . deutsche startups . retrieved 2011 12 07 . swabr erreicht mit 2.500 unternehmensnetzwerken aus 100 l ndern wichtigen meilenstein . companisto.de . retrieved 23 august 2016 . yildan ates new managing director at swabr.com . swabr blog . retrieved 2014 10 29 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title swabr & oldid 735813435 categories social networking servicesinternet properties established in 2010companies based in berlin navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 august 2016 at 08 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view