Social wiki-blog platform comparison and overview

1. Social platforms

2. wikis
• collaborative documents
• shared online workspaces
• searchable knowledge (text, images, tags,
docs)
• anyone can post or edit (controllable)

3. • A wiki is a collection of web pages designed to enable
anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify
content, using a simplified markup language[1][2].
Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites
and to power community websites. For example, the
collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia is one of the
best known wikis.[2] Wikis are used in businesses to
provide affordable and effective intranets and for
Knowledge Management. Ward Cunningham,
developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb,
originally described it as quot;the simplest online database
that could possibly workquot;.[3]
• quot;Wiki Wikiquot; (/wiːkiː wiːkiː/) is a reduplication of
quot;wikiquot;, a Hawaiian word for quot;fastquot;. It has been
suggested that quot;wikiquot; means quot;What I Know Isquot;.
However, this is a backronym.

4. blog platforms
• chronological posts about anything
• taggable and searchable
• Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
• every GCI user is an author
• get the content you want, when you want

5. • A blog (an abridgment of the term web
log) is a website, usually maintained by
an individual, with regular entries of
commentary, descriptions of events, or
other material such as graphics or
video. Entries are commonly displayed in
reverse chronological order. quot;Blogquot; can
also be used as a verb, meaning to
maintain or add content to a blog.

6. why go social at GCI?
• Improve communication among teams
• Share knowledge past natural boundaries
• Reduce knowledge transfers via email
• Corporate knowledge base can supplant
intranet
• Watercooler in a virtual world

7. Social platform needs Apr 30, 2008
Open-source
Clearspace Movable Type 4.1 Confluence Socialtext Traction Wetpaint Drupal Wordpress
25 user cost $1,500 $13,125 $1,200 $250 $7,500 $0 $0
120 user cost $7,500 $14,000 $4,400 $4,950 $12,000 $0 $0
1,300 user cost $78,000 $45,000 $8,000 $4,950 $30,000 $0 $0
NOTE: $59/user with 25 minimum
Wiki yes no yes yes yes yes yes
multi-user permissions yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Active Directory yes yes yes yes yes yes yes (authenticated
Blog yes yes yes no yes yes
Sexy? no no no yes no yes yes
Support included yes yes yes no no no no
Easy yes no yes yes ? yes
RSS yes yes yes no yes yes
Support
User-create? yes auto yes yes yes self no
Maintenance? included included yes yes yes self no
Support community yes yes yes yes yes yes YES! YES!
Group management yes yes yes yes yes no yes
clustering available
sharepoint integration yes yes yes no
Infrastructure needed
Web Server Apache 1.3 waiting
6.xSun Java Server
Apache, BEA, Weblogic or 2x, WIndows IIS 5.x and 6.x Apache (Microsoft IISor great
* PHP 4.3 okay)
Database Server MySQL Oracle, all
Oracle 9.x or better 4.0 or greater DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL
waiting MySQL 4.1 or 5.0 4.0 or gre
* MySQL
IBM DB2 v7 orPostgreSQL 7.x, PostgreSQL 8.x
better
SQL Server 2005SQLite
PHP Sun Java 6, IBMand 5 6
4 Java all waiting 5.2 (>4.3 OK) mod_rewrite
* The

11. Clearspace
• $1500 for 25 user minimu ($59each
• $7500 for 100
• $78,000 for 1,300
• most exciting platform
• wiki + blog (+ Spark IM in future release)
• sexy, includes maintenance

14. Movable Type
$13K for 50
$14K for 100
$45K for 1300
king of blogs
blogging only - no wiki
sexy, includes maintenance

19. Confluence
• $1,200 for 50
• $4,400 for 100
• $8,000 for 1300
• looks like Sharepoint, integrates with
• clustered deploy options
• includes support

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28. Socialtext
• $250 for 25
• $4950 for 100
• $TBA for 1300
• well established, wiki and blog
• not sexy out of box
• good support, permissions, SP integration

35. Traction
• $7,500 for 25
• $12,000 for 125
• $30,000 for 1,300
• wiki + blog, full function
• not sexy AND sort of expensive

40. Wetpaint
• free 25 users
• custom partner pricing TBA
• hosted only - not installable
• wiki only
• no RSS
• lots of skinning, sexy to use

47. Drupal
• Open-source (FREE)
• Active Directory support
• Sharepoint integration
• massive, global support community
• easy admin, lots of themes

52. Wordpress
• Open-source (FREE)
• Active Directory support
• No Sharepoint integration
• massive, global support community
• easy admin, lots of themes

53. Social platform needs Apr 30, 2008
Open-source
Clearspace Movable Type 4.1 Confluence Socialtext Traction Wetpaint Drupal Wordpress
25 user cost $1,500 $13,125 $1,200 $250 $7,500 $0 $0
120 user cost $7,500 $14,000 $4,400 $4,950 $12,000 $0 $0
1,300 user cost $78,000 $45,000 $8,000 $4,950 $30,000 $0 $0
NOTE: $59/user with 25 minimum
Wiki yes no yes yes yes yes yes
multi-user permissions yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Active Directory yes yes yes yes yes yes yes (authenticated
Blog yes yes yes no yes yes
Sexy? no no no yes no yes yes
Support included yes yes yes no no no no
Easy yes no yes yes ? yes
RSS yes yes yes no yes yes
Support
User-create? yes auto yes yes yes self no
Maintenance? included included yes yes yes self no
Support community yes yes yes yes yes yes YES! YES!
Group management yes yes yes yes yes no yes
clustering available
sharepoint integration yes yes yes no
Infrastructure needed
Web Server Apache 1.3 waiting
6.xSun Java Server
Apache, BEA, Weblogic or 2x, WIndows IIS 5.x and 6.x Apache (Microsoft IISor great
* PHP 4.3 okay)
Database Server MySQL Oracle, all
Oracle 9.x or better 4.0 or greater DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL
waiting MySQL 4.1 or 5.0 4.0 or gre
* MySQL
IBM DB2 v7 orPostgreSQL 7.x, PostgreSQL 8.x
better
SQL Server 2005SQLite
PHP Sun Java 6, IBMand 5 6
4 Java all waiting 5.2 (>4.3 OK) mod_rewrite
* The

54. Social platform needs Apr 30, 2008
Open-source
Clearspace Movable Type 4.1 Confluence Socialtext Traction Wetpaint Drupal Wordpress
25 user cost $1,500 $13,125 $1,200 $250 $7,500 $0 $0
120 user cost $7,500 $14,000 $4,400 $4,950 $12,000 $0 $0
1,300 user cost $78,000 $45,000 $8,000 $4,950 $30,000 $0 $0
NOTE: $59/user with 25 minimum
Wiki yes no yes yes yes yes yes
multi-user permissions yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Active Directory yes yes yes yes yes yes yes (authenticated
Blog yes yes yes no yes yes
Sexy? no no no yes no yes yes
Support included yes yes yes no no no no
Easy yes no yes yes ? yes
RSS yes yes yes no yes yes
Support
User-create? yes auto yes yes yes self no
Maintenance? included included yes yes yes self no
Support community yes yes yes yes yes yes YES! YES!
Group management yes yes yes yes yes no yes
clustering available
sharepoint integration yes yes yes no
Infrastructure needed
Web Server Apache 1.3 waiting
6.xSun Java Server
Apache, BEA, Weblogic or 2x, WIndows IIS 5.x and 6.x Apache (Microsoft IISor great
* PHP 4.3 okay)
Database Server MySQL Oracle, all
Oracle 9.x or better 4.0 or greater DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL
waiting MySQL 4.1 or 5.0 4.0 or gre
* MySQL
IBM DB2 v7 orPostgreSQL 7.x, PostgreSQL 8.x
better
SQL Server 2005SQLite
PHP Sun Java 6, IBMand 5 6
4 Java all waiting 5.2 (>4.3 OK) mod_rewrite
* The

55. Social platform needs Apr 30, 2008
Open-source
Clearspace Movable Type 4.1 Confluence Socialtext Traction Wetpaint Drupal Wordpress
25 user cost $1,500 $13,125 $1,200 $250 $7,500 $0 $0
120 user cost $7,500 $14,000 $4,400 $4,950 $12,000 $0 $0
1,300 user cost $78,000 $45,000 $8,000 $4,950 $30,000 $0 $0
NOTE: $59/user with 25 minimum
Wiki yes no yes yes yes yes yes
multi-user permissions yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Active Directory yes yes yes yes yes yes yes (authenticated
Blog yes yes yes no yes yes
Sexy? no no no yes no yes yes
Support included yes yes yes no no no no
Easy yes no yes yes ? yes
RSS yes yes yes no yes yes
Support
User-create? yes auto yes yes yes self no
Maintenance? included included yes yes yes self no
Support community yes yes yes yes yes yes YES! YES!
Group management yes yes yes yes yes no yes
clustering available
sharepoint integration yes yes yes no
Infrastructure needed
Web Server Apache 1.3 waiting
6.xSun Java Server
Apache, BEA, Weblogic or 2x, WIndows IIS 5.x and 6.x Apache (Microsoft IISor great
* PHP 4.3 okay)
Database Server MySQL Oracle, all
Oracle 9.x or better 4.0 or greater DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL
waiting MySQL 4.1 or 5.0 4.0 or gre
* MySQL
IBM DB2 v7 orPostgreSQL 7.x, PostgreSQL 8.x
better
SQL Server 2005SQLite
PHP Sun Java 6, IBMand 5 6
4 Java all waiting 5.2 (>4.3 OK) mod_rewrite
* The

56. Social platforms