1. Confluence by Atlassian to be Listed as a top player in the Collaboration
Software Market on 360Quadrants
Confluence by Atlassian will be listed as a top player in the Collaboration Software segment on
360Quadrants.Confluence collaboration software program is developed by Australian software
company Atlassi an. Confluence is a workspace provider where users can create and collaborate their
workforce in one place and meet their expected results without any obstruction.Confluence stand-
alone adds with a built-in Tomcat web server and HSQL database. Confluence also supports to other
databases. Confluence produces an efficient and effective flow of work and meetings in less time and
energy. The software helps in carrying out important work such as enabling the users to share
announcements, company activities, and feedback without any obstruction. Confluence is licensed as
either on-premises software or software as a service running on AWS.
Recently, Atlassian has acquired Good Software, a company that produces analytics tools for
Confluence users and admins. The new version of Confluence has added up with 15 new features
including the feature of analytics. With this feature, Confluence users can see how others in their
company engage with their content. Another new feature included as an updated editor tweaked for
individual products. Other new features include the ability to easily create well looking tables of
content, action items, roadmaps, due dates and smart links. With this acquisition, Confluence has
become a universal content collaboration tool for developers that can be used by any team, technical
or non-technical. Confluence pricing details can be found on 360Quadrants.
360Quadrants, the most granular comparison platform, is working on releasing a quadrant on
Collaboration Software to help businesses make quicker and more informed decisions.
360Quadrants combines inputs from various industry experts, buyers, and vendors, and conducts
extensive secondary research inclusive of annual reports, company press releases, investor
presentations, white paper, and various directories and databases in order to rate the companies in
every quadrant.
360Quadrants covers 92 companies in the Collaboration Software space and will place the top 25 of
them in a quadrant based on their quality, reliability, and business outcome. These 25 companies will
be categorized as Visionary Leaders, Innovators, Dynamic Differentiators, and Emerging Companies.
Along with the listing of Confluence Collaboration Software 360Quadrantshas worked on listing
Evercoder Software, Codemotion, Imperative Group, IBM Corporation, Inkling Systems, VTM Group,
Symphony Communication Services, Tata Consultancy Services, Nifty Technologies and Notion Labs
among others as the top vendors in the Collaboration Software. The platform will also provide the
most granular Collaboration Software comparisons between vendors.
Collaborative software is an application software help people to work on a common task to attain
their goals. Collaboration software helps the companies to improve their communication, organize
information and projects, provide structure to tasks, and develop ideas to improve employee
efficiency. The concept is extended with computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW).The use of
collaborative software in the business atmosphere can create a collaborative working environment.
The collaboration software comprise many categories such as field activity management, online
appointment management, social collaboration, and web conferencing software.
360 Scoring Methodology
2. Top Companies in Collaboration Software will be rated using the following methodology -
1. A highly experienced team of researchers and senior analysts conduct extensive research
to generate a list of vendors (competitors).
2. A patent-pending algorithm is used to collect inputs from key stakeholders—industry
experts, buyers, vendors, and 360Quadrants analysts—based on criteria for Product
Maturity and Company Maturity.
a) Criteria under Product Maturity include breadth and depth of product/service
offering, product features and functionalities, product differentiation, and their
impact on customer value.
b) Criteria under Company Maturity include geographical footprint, partner
ecosystem, financial stability, and client coverage or sector footprint.
3. Approximately 20+ in-depth parameterswill be considered for research for the
Collaboration Software market. These parameters will be updated every 6 months to
ensure latest developments are taken into consideration.
4. A weight is assigned to each stakeholder based on information gathered pertaining to the
above criteria as well as inputs from stakeholders. These inputs follow the order of
priority given below:
a) Buyers
b) Industry Experts
c) 360Quadrants Analysts
d) Vendors (Competitors)
5. The inputs are analyzed, and a final rating is assigned to each vendor (competitor).
6. After the finalization of ratings, each vendor is placed in the most relevant quadrant
based on their score.
About 360Quadrants
360Quadrants is the largest marketplace looking to disrupt US $3.7 trillion of technology spend and is
the only rating platform for vendors in the technology space. The platform provides users access to
unbiased information that helps them make qualified business decisions. 360Quadrants enables
vendors to influence the business decisions of potential clients. Vendors get to win ideal new
customers, customize their quadrants, decide key parameters, and position themselves strategically
in a niche space, to be consumed by giants and start-ups alike. Experts get to grow their brand and
increase their thought leadership. The platform targets the building of a social network that links
industry experts with companies worldwide.The platform has around 400 total buyers across various
markets.
360Quadrants will also be launching quadrants in fields like Photo Editing Software, e-Commerce
Platforms, CRM Software, EHR Software, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Identity and Access
Management and Commercial Vehicle Telematics.