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<p>Have you been looking for an online diagramming tool that allows you to collaborate with others in your <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence">enterprise wiki</a>? Well, your search is over. Get rid of Visio and take a look...
<p><a href="https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence">Confluence</a> 3.3 is just around the corner. Since the the <a href="http://atlassianblog.wpengine.com/confluence/2010/03/confluence-32-page-editing-just-got-a-lot-faster.html">last release</a>, we've been working really hard on making the it even faster to build content rich wiki pages using the Rich...
<p>Wikis for enterprise use, both those available commercially as well as those available in open-source contexts, have become quite sophisticated. This article introduces and evaluates possible requirements as well as decision-making criteria. An article...
<p><a href="http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/">Confluence</a> is a great <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/tour/documentation-software.jsp">technical documentation</a> solution. A few weeks ago I created a tutorial using Atlassian's public wiki, where Confluence users can learn how to <a href="http://confluence.atlassian.com/x/vYQCDQ">become a wiki ninja</a>. It...
<p>TaskDock lets people engage using the tools they use on a daily basis to get their work done; email, Confluence, Jira or any combination of the three. Now you can easily <a href="http://www.taskdock.com/product/index.jsp#jira">add TaskDock...
<p>In the summer of 2008, <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/">NASA</a> completed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Ares I Rocket, the launch system designed to replace the Space Shuttle. What most people don't know is that...
<p>It's with great pleasure that we bring you version 1.2 of the SharePoint Connector. <b>Available for download today</b>, you can now <b>connect Confluence to Microsoft SharePoint 2010</b> as well as SharePoint 2007. You'll also...
<p><a href="http://www.e2conf.com/boston/conference/">Enterprise 2.0 Boston</a> is just around the corner. Come and see <a href="http://www.atlassian.com"> us</a> June 14th to 17th at the Westin Boston Waterfront and have a chat with <a href="http://www.atlassian.com">Atlassian</a> staff and see...
<p><a href="https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/22008">RefinedWiki Mobile Interface</a> is a theme that optimises <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence">Confluence</a> for viewing on smart phones, including phones with mobile web browsers like Android, Safari, Opera Mini and mobile WebKit. Rather than forcing users...
<p>This is the final post in a three part series about Confluence permissions. In part 1 we focused on <a href="http://atlassianblog.wpengine.com/confluence/2010/04/enterprise-wiki-essentials-confluence-permissions.html">Global Permissions</a> and in part 2 we looked at <a href="http://atlassianblog.wpengine.com/confluence/2010/04/enterprise-wiki-essentials-confluence-space-permissions.html">Space Permissions</a>. In this...
<p>Last week I blogged how <a href="http://atlassianblog.wpengine.com/confluence/2010/04/enterprise-wiki-essentials-confluence-permissions.html">permissions are a key point of difference</a> between a general purpose wiki like Mediawiki and an <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence">enterprise wiki</a> like Confluence. We looked at Confluence's <a href="http://confluence.atlassian.com/x/1R0C">Global Permissions</a>...
<p>Are you using your <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/tour/documentation-software.jsp">wiki for documentation</a>? Atlassian developer extraordinaire, Jen Schumacher, announced the availability of the Confluence Documentation Theme back in December last year. With the release of <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/whats-new.jsp">Confluence 3.2</a>,...
<p>Wikis are increasingly being adopted by the enterprise. When people hear the word wiki, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia</a> often comes to mind. Based on the free platform, Mediawiki, Wikipedia is undoubtedly the world's most well known...
<p>Encouraging adoption of an <a href="http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence">enterprise wiki</a> can be a challenge. One way to <a href="http://confluence.atlassian.com/x/KRW6D">increase adoption of your wiki</a> is to provide some templates to your users to give them a head start...
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