<p>Melbourne-based REA Group (ASX:REA), operator of property website realestate.com.au, has used a collaboration software platform to help its employees participate in projects and cut down on the use of email.</p><p>REA Group IT delivery service manager Damian Fasciani told Computerworld Australia that more than 600 employees use the company's Jive Software social intranet.</p><p>"The return on investment is measured around tools being embedded in the organisation, collaboration and sharing of information inside the business over the past four years," he said.</p><p>"As a platform it has helped productivity and throughput. It gets people talking from a social networking point of view. We've been able to measure that through productivity and engagement between staff in different areas of the business."</p><p><a href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/456411/rea_group_gets_jive_talkin_/?fp=4&fpid=1398720840">Keep reading...</a></p>