DALLAS, October 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Recent Expansion Follows US$20 M Intel Capital Funding

Despite the turmoil surrounding the nation's economy, Telligent today announced the opening of a new office in London, England. Along with the new international headquarters comes the announcement of domestic expansion.

Telligent, an innovative social software and solutions company headquartered in Dallas, recently received US$20 million in funding from Intel Capital and has started growing its sales team and global reach.

-- Steve Poncini, an enterprise software veteran (Oracle, BEA and Plumtree), was hired to manage the London office, which is located at 271 Regent Street, London, W1B 2ES (+44-0-759-0030098) -- The new office supports the company's strategic aim of growing business in the region and positioning itself -- both domestically and abroad -- as the leading provider of enterprise social software -- Telligent has also expanded its domestic presence in major metropolitan areas and now has account managers on the ground in Chicago, New York City, Seattle, Detroit, and San Francisco -- Telligent is based in Dallas, Texas, and employs over 140 people

"The London addition adds to our solid growth and expansion efforts, both domestically and abroad. As the business grows, we'll continue to look for different areas to open new offices." Rob Howard, CEO, Telligent.

"The opening of our new London office will enable us to develop even more of a presence in EMEA and beyond. A key element of the new office will be immediate support of our customer base overseas." Tom Edwards, VP of Sales & Marketing, Telligent.

"This exciting endeavor comes as the demand for our wide range of social computing solutions continues to gain momentum outside the U.S. In an otherwise challenging business environment, we are discovering that organizations are increasingly turning to Telligent to harness the value of what Web 2.0 can bring to the enterprise." Steve Poncini, Director of International Sales, Telligent.

Press Contact: Ken Vernon, Director of Marketing +1-214-420-1373 kvernon@telligent.com

About Telligent

Telligent is a leader in enterprise-proven solutions for online communities and social networks. Telligent's flagship offering, Community Server, provides a fully-integrated platform that utilizes social media to increase brand engagement. Along with extensive service offerings, Telligent empowers collaboration for many of the world's largest brands. Clients include: Associated Press, Conde Nast, Dell, Electronic Arts, Honda, Intel, Microsoft, MSNBC, MySpace.com, and Visa. For more information, visit http://www.Telligent.com.

Web site: http://www.telligent.com

Ken Vernon, Director of Marketing of Telligent, +1-214-420-1373, kvernon@telligent.com