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Notes from Gilbane Boston

Here are my notes from the Gilbane Enterprise Wiki CEO/CTO Panel this afternoon (Poor Internet access in the hotel prevented me from live-blogging). The panel featured leaders of several wiki companies discussing their perspectives on how the wiki is changing [Read more]

Gilbane Boston conference underway

The Gilbane Boston conference is underway and runs through Thursday at the Westin Copley Place in Boston. Here’s the Conference Program, and detailed Session Information. I’ll be blogging from the Enterprise Wiki Idol demo and contest tomorrow night!

Gilbane Report: Near-Time adds enterprise permissions to wiki/blog collaboration tool

From the Gilbane Report:
Near-Time Brings Enterprise Class Collaboration to a Wider Audience Near-Time, Inc. announced the addition of enhanced roles and permissions functionality to its namesake hosted collaboration platform that deliver an increased [Read more]

Gilbane Report: DekiBox, Wiki Widgets

From the Gilbane Report:

  • MindTouch DekiBox
    MindTouch has announced DekiBox, an on-site smart appliance that allows organizations to host the MindTouch wiki & collaboration tools locally. “The appliance also features the MindTouch Connector for Microsoft Outlook, a tool for publishing messages and attachments from the email platform directly into wiki pages. MindTouch DekiBox is available for pre-order. Introductory pricing starts at $995 with flexible service plans available.” http://www.mindtouch.com
  • CustomerVision Launches Wiki Widgets
    Intended to enable users to easily customize their CustomerVision wiki, “widgets support features such as mini-dashboards, expert routing, threaded discussions, and a dashboard builder that makes it easy to create and place widgets on a page. CustomerVision’s approach allows users to create enhancements to their wiki without the need for programming or HTML. The built-in widgets such as the mini-dashboards make it easy for wiki users to keep up with activity on the site without the need to manually update a list of links. Users can also use the expert routing widget to present an “Ask the Expert” page that uses an email-style conversation as the basis for new wiki pages. In addition to supporting new Enterprise 2.0 application functionality, Wiki Widgets enhances CustomerVision’s existing ability to create custom themes” that match an organization’s brand and visual styleguide. http://www.customervision.com

Gilbane Report: Near-Time builds wiki functionality into hosted collaboration service

From the Gilbane Report: Near-Time, Inc. announced enhancements to their hosted collaboration platform that deliver improved collaborative capabilities. The new features include the addition of a dashboard overview of activities, improved group file management, tools to automatically organize Wiki content, and podcasting enhancements. [Read more]

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