Established in 1997, Lithium Technologies provides solutions for building enterprise communities, including forums, chat and additional social networking tools. It monitors site content, bans malicious users, enforces access control at every level and audits administrative activities, as well as integrates community functionality into existing infrastructure. The company also generates various reports that measure community effectiveness and keeps visitors informed through e-mails and newsletters. Lithium Technologies operates an application engineering group that provides services in setting up, customizing and integrating applications. It additionally reviews posts for compliance with guidelines, resolve issues, use predefined protocols and escalate issues when required by client policy. The company is located in Emeryville, Calif.