Socialtext Unplugged -- An Offline Wiki Solution

WebKnowHow
Tuesday, December 12, 2006; 07:07 AM

Socialtext, a leading provider of Enterprise 2.0 solutions, announced Socialtext Unplugged, a new offline wiki product for the "sometimes connected user." Developed in collaboration with UK-based Osmosoft, Socialtext Unplugged continues Socialtext's commitment to making Enterprise 2.0 tools practical by making them accessible and adaptive to the way people actually work.

"Last year, we helped to make enterprise wikis more practical by making them more accessible to the mobile user," said Ross Mayfield. "With Socialtext Unplugged, we crafted a practical solution for the majority of professionals who often are not connected to the Internet. There is no such thing as 'always on', and we have designed this new offering with this reality in mind."

Socialtext Unplugged was created using Socialtext's Wiki Web Services and Osmosoft's open source TiddlyWiki Ajax application. TiddlyWiki is a resuable personal Web notebook that thousands of users rely on to record, organize and share their information. The combined Socialtext/TiddlyWiki product enables users to make changes to their wiki pages when not connected to a network. Later, when connected to the Internet, those pages can be synched back to the origination server.

"Our vision is for TiddlyWiki to be a universal personal digital hub that exploits its unique nature as the only Web application that can function equally effectively without being connected to a server. Socialtext is the ideal partner to help us bring that vision to an enterprise audience thanks to the way that they embrace the open source development model. We're looking forward to seeing how end-users respond to this powerful new technology," said Jeremy Ruston, Inventor of TiddlyWiki and Founder of Osmosoft Limited.

Availability

Socialtext Unplugged is platform independent, available in open source and usable immediately at the Le Web Wiki http://www.socialtext.net/leweb3. For more information, contact [email protected].

About Socialtext

Socialtext is the first wiki company, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, enabling enterprises to be more productive with a wiki, a commons-based knowledge tool. Socialtext makes secure wikis used daily by global companies for daily project communication and intranet-like needs. A wiki is a group-editable website that is private, linkable and searchable. Socialtext offers several deployment options, including hosted service, open source, on-premise and appliance-based solutions to suit customers' security, integration and configuration needs. 2,000 enterprises use Socialtext, including Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, IKEA, Kodak, Nokia, and Symantec. http://www.socialtext.com.

About Osmosoft

Osmosoft is the publisher of TiddlyWiki, a popular and well-regarded free tool that is relied on by hundreds of thousands of people around the world to record, organise and share their information. Osmosoft enables enterprises to exploit the unique nature of TiddlyWiki to integrate enterprise and web applications into custom business task based tools that work without requiring a web connection and without requiring software installation.

Osmosoft provides consulting services for companies wishing to create custom user interfaces without putting additional demands on existing IT infrastructure. Osmosoft also offer support services for customers wishing to deploy custom TiddlyWiki solutions, with online and live support, upgrade management, and collaboration support.

TiddlyWiki is published under an open source license that allows anyone to use and share it freely. It has a vigorous community of developers and users who help each other to get the best out of using TiddlyWiki. Osmosoft works with this community to help deliver commercial products and services to its corporate customers.