The
word "Wiki" comes from the Hawaiian language and means fast.
What a
Wiki is, in a nutshell, is a collaborative environment for the
publication of articles, which are able, or even highly encouraged, to
be crosslinked. The most well known example of a Wiki is Wikipedia, which
is a user-authored, dynamic encyclopedia growing as we speak at
astounding speeds. It's rapidly becoming the preferred source of
knowledge on the web, with its users contributing articles on past and
current events, persons, objects and anything else one would expect
from an encyclopedia.
Wiki is the framework upon which Wikipedia is built, and it allows for
the set up of a controlled environment for the publication of documents
by registered users, with the oversight of an editorial group or
committee.
Wikis are being used by more and more companies as storehouses of
knowledge regarding products, or well defined subject matter areas. Some
are accessible to a company's clients, while some are for a company's
internal use only, although they may allow outsiders read-only privileges. Examples of the former are the many product
knowledge bases that are quickly replacing manuals and even support
groups, with the products' users contributing articles on how to
resolve issues or enable added functions. Examples
of the latter are
the many knowledge bases being built by companies to replace
their static and outdated policies and procedures. Employees contribute
articles and update them to reflect changing conditions, thereby saving
millions of dollars a year, in some cases, according to statistics
published so far, not to mention the competitive advantages such a
dynamic environment brings to table.
The Wiki framework is Open Source, and distributed via a GPL license.
APCdev provides the expertise to quickly set up a Wiki for your
company, configuring it according to your needs. We'll also advise you
on the Do's and Don't's involved in this revolutionary technology, so
you can avoid any pitfalls.
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