Atlassian Confluence wiki

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Confluence is a web-based corporate wiki written in Java and mainly used in corporate environments. It is developed and marketed by Atlassian Software Systems. Confluence is sold as either on-premise 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.^[1][2] Confluence is used by over 6,700 organisations in more than 90 countries. Notable customers include Adobe Systems, Sun Microsystems, IBM, Bloomberg LP, Johns Hopkins University, United Nations and Weill Cornell Medical College.^[3] The current version is Confluence 2.10, launched on December 3, 2008. Confluence 2.10 features a Widget Connector for embedding web widgets from other web sites into a Confluence page. Supported web sites include YouTube, Flickr and SlideShare. ^[4]

[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." ^[5]

[edit] See also

• Comparison of wiki software
• List of content management systems
• List of wiki software

[edit] Notes

1. ↑ See page on Community and Open Source licenses on official website.
2. ↑ Quoted in the wiki of the OpenSymphony project.
3. ↑ http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/customers.jsp
4. ↑ http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%202.10%20Release%20Notes
5. ↑ http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=24701