This document defines a wiki and discusses their uses and benefits. A wiki is a website that allows users to collectively create, structure and edit its content and pages. Wikis enable features like document sharing, editing, communication and storage. They are useful collaboration tools that are inexpensive and easy to use. However, companies must consider security, professional appearance and maintaining corporate culture when using free wiki software.

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2.  Open-source online software developer Ward
Cunningham in 1994 describes Wiki as:
 “The simplest online database that could possibly work.”
 Penny Edwards (2007) defines Wiki:
“A wiki is a website whose page(s) and content can be
collectively created, structured, viewed, and/or edited, by
users with corresponding permissions, removing the
distinction between author and reader. “
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4. Chat
Announcements
Document sharing
Editing
Saving
Email

5.  Pros
Free
Commercial wiki software
relatively inexpensive
Simple to use
Allows for readily accessible
documentation storage and
retrieval
Many-to-many communication
Open collaboration
Transparency
User only permission controls
 Cons
Free wiki software
Lack security
Look non-professional
Mgmt:
Maintain corporate
culture-top-to-bottom
Cost to implement &
maintain
IT Fear loss of Control
“Geek” factor new users
scared by the technology
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6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_software#General_information
Organized visual listing of MediaWiki
Software
General Information:
Creator, Cost, Open source, Multilingual
Target Audience:
Public, Private, Corporate. Educational
Features:
File uploading, SPAM prevention, User-customizable interface,
Web Feeds, Plug-ins

7. Wikis In the Workplace by Ezra Goodnoe
http://ww.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=180207589
The Business Wiki: Wiki in the Workplace by Daniel Nations
http://webtrends.about.com/od/office20/a/enterprise.20.htm
How Wikis Work by Marshall Brain
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/wiki.htm
Why Wikis Should be a Standard Workplace Tool
www.gilyehuda.com/2009/06/04/why-wikis-should-be-a-standard-work-place-tool/
Media Wiki Limits Enterprise 2.0
http://www.gilyehuda.com/2009/09/25/mediawiki-limits-e20/

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