Monthly Archives: June 2010

10 questions to answer when evaluating enterprise wiki software

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 based off of this will then compare and contrast the proprietary wiki system Confluence with its open-source competitors Foswiki and MediaWiki.

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I've been playing with Appfire's Firestarter, a portable wiki appliance. That's Confluence on a stick. What's more, you can sync your Firestarter Confluence with a server-based Confluence, and even sync one Firestarter Confluence with another. This will be great for people who want to work remotely or offline, and then update their corporate wiki when they are able to connect again. At Atlassian Summit a couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to get hold of an early adoption release of Firestarter.

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How to build a kick-ass wiki page in 10 minutes

Confluence is a great technical documentation solution. A few weeks ago I created a tutorial using Atlassian's public wiki, where Confluence users can learn how to become a wiki ninja. It was so popular that I decided to make it the focus of my lightning talk at Atlassian Summit 2010. In this post you'll learn how to build the page below, from scratch, in just 10 minutes.

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Task management in your wiki and bug tracker with TaskDock

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 add TaskDock tasks to specific JIRA projects and versions from Confluence. This new feature enables you to leverage both tools to communicate and manage content creation across a team or organisation.

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Confluence wiki helps NASA plan and communicate rocket reviews

In the summer of 2008, NASA 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 all of the planning for this review, including communication of information to thousands of review participants, was managed with Atlassian's own enterprise wiki, Confluence.

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