<p>Jive, the enterprise-focused software company that makes social communication and collaboration tools, has explored a sale during the last several months, sources familiar with the matter tell Re/code.</p><p>These sources say the company has retained Qatalyst Partners, the investment bank led by Silicon Valley dealmaker Frank Quattrone, to help the company find a buyer. The list of companies approached as potential buyers include enterprise software giants Oracle, SAP and Workday, the cloud-based human resources software firm. All three passed, the sources say.</p><p>Jive shares rose by more than eight percent to $9 on the Nasdaq shortly after Re/code published the report.</p><p>"Quattrone has been shopping Jive around for about five months," one source at a company that had been approached told Re/code.</p><p><a href="http://recode.net/2014/03/11/collaboration-software-maker-jive-explores-possible-sale/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/jive-software-might-be-putting-itself-on-the-market-7000027218/">Jive Software might be putting itself on the market</a> (ZDNet)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dFmh64gYj7ZKHuM2ZaW8dCU8BRvZM&authuser=0&ned=us">16 additional articles.</a></p>