WebStorm by Brightidea, Inc. is an Idea Collection and Ranking Portal that facilitates the innovation process by allowing organizations to:

- Collect ideas from employees on cutting costs, new products and new work processes.

- Solicit feedback & suggestions from customers.

- Run open innovation contests and competitions - open to the public or existing users.

- Gather & manage feedback on new product features.

- Efficiently record and manage input from thousands of stakeholders.

- Use the power of "crowd sourcing" to rank ideas and allow the best ideas to rise to the top.

- Quickly establish a feedback channel with customers and partners.

- Solicit immediate input from employees at any level and from any organization.

Senior leaders of all types of corporations are pointing to innovation as being critical to the growth and survival of their firms. Yet all too often, internal processes for fostering innovation are lacking. With the release of WebStorm 5.0 software, BrightIdea has engineered a class-leading open innovation social network that provides a powerful tool for accessing the creativity and experience of your customers and employees. It can be configured for internal company use or opened up to customers and partners.