MindTouch has what’s called it’s Deki Wiki which is an open source wiki application that is free to download. It’s of course similar to MediaWiki with it’s basic fundamental features, however Deki Wiki appears to be trying to make it’s application a little more user friendly. Or easier to use, however you want to put it.
We have talked about before on this blog about the importance a Wiki can play in the workplace. My personal feelings are that it is essential for every small business owner to have his/her own custom Wiki for the business to document the processes and procedures of the business. Also to allow collaboration of those within the company to help make the business progressively better. I have always used MediaWiki as a solution but i’m looking for a more user friendly solution. That’s why MindTouch and their DekiWiki might be the answer.
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September 12th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
You’re absolutely correct that wikis are an invaluable tool for small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). When we began developing MindTouch Deki Wiki it was with the SMB in mind. We’ve made it very easy to install by packaging as a VMware certified image. This too was directly intended for the SMB. Don’t get me wrong though. Deki Wiki is a very robust enterprise application with features like enterprise search. Also our recent release of our new architecture (in the “Hayes” release) that allows external applications to be used to extend the platform via web-services and the release of our _complete_ REST API is more intended for our many large enterprise customers that are developing on top Deki Wiki.
Anyway, thanks for the mention. Let us know how things work out with Deki Wiki.
September 12th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
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