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Wiki-wild world.
Collaborative working can be an arduous process. The scenario is all too familiar: emails get lost or accidentally deleted; versions of spreadsheets or word processing documents are fuddled; a member of the project team goes on leave and no one can access their files.
Desperate for an effective alternative, companies are turning to an open-source online collaboration tool called the wiki. Taken from the Hawaiian word for "quick", a wiki is server-based software that enables users to create and edit content on simple web pages from any browser. Wikis solve many of the problems associated with traditional content management systems, yet they are simple enough for ...
- PBwiki Celebrates 3rd Anniversary and 500,000 Wikis With Special Wiki Giveaway.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 13, 2008 700+ words
...and educational hosted wikis, today announced that...crossing the 500,000 wiki mark by giving lifetime premium upgrades to wikis 499,999, 500,000...provider of on-demand wikis for business and education...let PBwiki redesign your wiki to match it). Everyone...
- What do you get if you cross a blog with a wiki? * Cyn.in mixes blogs and wikis.
- Magazine article from: Network World Gibbs, Mark November 8, 2006 700+ words
...Byline: Mark Gibbs What do you get if you cross a blog with a wiki? According to cyn.in (pronounced "sign in") you get a...definitely a powerful idea but as it falls between blogs and wikis I suspect it will take some serious marketing to get people...
- The WAN and the wiki generation, Part 1; * The emergence of wikis.(wide area...
- Magazine article from: Network World Taylor, Steve Metzler, Jim February 20, 2007 700+ words
...friends. This brings us to wikis. According to the best known wiki - Wikipedia, a wiki...and subtle effects on wiki usage. Allowing everyday...nontechnical users. We look at wikis as part of the larger...companies would use a wiki, which is based on open...
- Start-up aims to drive wikis into corporate collaboration; Start-up...
- Magazine article from: Network World Fontana, John May 1, 2006 700+ words
...The company has 30,000 customers. A wiki is a Web site that can be edited by anyone...typically is controlled with access rights. Wikis are deployed in workgroups, departments...Microsoft are introducing software for wikis, RSS and Atom automated-feed technology...
- Need a Wiki? Just Add Wetpaint; Wetpaint's technology will help businesses...
- Magazine article from: eWeek Boulton, Clint December 10, 2007 700+ words
...fresh coat. The consumer wiki company is trying a new...consumers connect via wikis, blogs and forums on...revenue derived from the wiki platform with Wetpaint...is unique among fellow wiki providers such as MediaWiki...more enterprise-focused wikis such as Socialtext and...
- Wikis can improve the utility of e-mail; * A better way to communicate is...
- Magazine article from: Network World Osterman, Michael July 10, 2007 700+ words
...is through the use of a wiki, a permissions-based...perform other tasks. Wikis make it easier for groups...of the group. Using a wiki to manage a project...document can be posted to a wiki with reduced impacts on...on Web 2.0 issues and wikis, sponsored by Socialtext...
- Wikis Mean Business - Socialtext Relaunches Product Line to Better Serve...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 21, 2005 700+ words
...third consecutive year it is providing a wiki-based event space for participants...at an exciting time for the enterprise wiki market, and the venue for this announcement...tools that have enterprise strength and wiki simplicity. We've built these simple...
- Let's talk: communicating with wikis and micro-blogs helps insurers keep in...
- Magazine article from: Best's Review Yeh, Chris April 1, 2009 700+ words
...insurance industry is the wiki. Wikis are specialized...most widely known wiki is the Wikipedia online encyclopedia, most wikis are actually used...company is using a wiki for disseminating...editing ability of wikis, being able to collaborate...
Source: HighBeam Research, Wiki-wild world.