The two merged their ASP businesses, which provide hosted discussion and community solutions to web sites such as Hasbro, Wall Street Journal Interactive, Fox and the Warner Music Group.
Interaction includes message boards, chat, voice conferencing, newsletters, polls and stores.
Integration services include a configurable user interface, universal registration so users only have to register once to access any Prospero-powered forums and a single point of management for companies with more than one forum to manage. The information provided includes regional and demographic reports, which can include data across multiple properties for comparison purposes and detailed traffic and domain reports. It's also looking to partner with content management firms to integrate community capabilities as a site is built out, rather than stick them in as an add-on. Bruns also mentioned a possible IPO later this year. The company wants to expand internationally, with sales efforts underway in English-speaking parts of the world.