Confluence (software)
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| Developer(s) | Atlassian |
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| Initial release | 25 March 2004 |
| Stable release | 4.1 / December 13, 2011 |
| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Finnish, French, German, Russian, Swedish, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish [1] |
| Type | Wiki |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/ |
Confluence is enterprise wiki software. Written in Java and mainly used in corporate environments, Confluence is developed and marketed by Atlassian. Confluence is sold as either on-premises software or as a hosted solution. Its license is proprietary, but a zero-cost license program is available for non-profit organizations and open source projects.[2]
Confluence is used by over 10,700 organizations in more than 108 countries. Notable customers include Adobe Systems, Bloomberg LP, Cisco Systems, IBM, Johns Hopkins University, SAP AG, Sun Microsystems, United Nations and Weill Cornell Medical College.[3]
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[edit] History
Confluence 1.0 was released on March 25, 2004. The stated purpose of Confluence 1.0 was "to build an application that was built to the requirements of an enterprise knowledge management system, without losing the essential, powerful simplicity of the wiki in the process." [4]
In recent versions, Confluence has evolved into part of an integrated collaboration platform.[5] Confluence has been adapted to work in conjunction with other Atlassian software products: JIRA, FishEye, Clover, Crucible, Bamboo and Crowd.[6]
[edit] Controversy
In Late 2011 Confluence version 4.0 was released.[7] Up to this point Confluence stored its pages in a wiki markup language. Content could be edited as raw wiki markup, but also in a rich text editor (RTE). As of version 4, the wiki markup language was dropped in favor of XHTML. Only the RTE remains. This move has been controversial with a number of Confluence users.[8] [9] [10]
[edit] Features
Atlassian states that the main features and use cases of Confluence are as follows:[11]
- Serving as an intranet
- Documentation platform to publish, organise, search and maintain documents
- As a knowledge management tool create, share, comment and edit content
- It integrates with SharePoint and Microsoft Office documents are searchable, viewable and editable
- Confluence is extensible, with over 400 plugins available [12]
[edit] Awards
In 2008 ReadWriteWeb named Confluence as one of the "Top 10 Enterprise Web Products of 2008".[13]
[edit] See also
- Atlassian Seraph
- Comparison of wiki software
- List of applications with iCalendar support
- List of content management systems
- List of wiki software
[edit] References
- ^ "Language Pack Translations". Atlassian Documentation. Confluence User Community. http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/Language+Pack+Translations/. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ^ Atlassian. "Licensing and Pricing". Atlassian.com. http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/licensing.jsp#nonprofit. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ^ Atlassian. "10,700 Customers and Counting". Atlassian.com. http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/customers.jsp. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ^ "Atlassian releases new wiki: Confluence 1.0". Theserverside.com. http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=24701. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ^ "Wiki tools are not all the same". KMWorld.com. 2009-10-28. http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/PrintArticle.aspx?ArticleID=57533. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ^ Atlassian. "Technical Writing & Documentation Software". Atlassian.com. http://www.atlassian.com/better-together/project_documentation.jsp. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ^ Atlassian. "(Press Release) Atlassian Confluence 4 Sets the Standard for Content Collaboration Through Usability, Social Features". Atlassian.com. http://blogs.atlassian.com/2011/09/press_release_atlassian_confluence_4_sets_the_standard_for_content_collaboration_through_usability_social_features/. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ Atlassian. "Confluence 4.0 Editor - Customer Feedback". Atlassian.com. http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+4.0+Editor+-+Customer+Feedback. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ Atlassian. "Confluence Wiki Markup". Atlassian.com. http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Wiki+Markup. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ Atlassian. "Confluence 4.0 Editor FAQ". Atlassian.com. http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+4.0+Editor+FAQ. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ Atlassian. "Enterprise Collaboration and Wiki Software". Atlassian.com. http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ^ Atlassian. "Atlassian Plugin Exchange". Atlassian.com. https://plugins.atlassian.com/search/by/confluence. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ^ Lunn, Bernard (2008-12-16). "Top 10 Enterprise Web Products of 2008". Readwriteweb.com. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_enterprise_web_products_2008.php. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
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