http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/03/open-source-social-app-server.html Ringside Networks provides the industry's first Social Application Server, allowing any website to harness the power of social networking. The free and open source platform is designed for companies to enable their global communities to interact and communicate like never before. Funded by Matrix Partners, the private company was founded in 2007 in Marlton, NJ by former executives and developers from Bluestone Software and JBoss. Ringside Social Application Server is the first open source platform that enables website owners to build and deploy social applications that operate with existing website content and business applications while seamlessly integrating with social networks such as Facebook.