May 2007 | Computerwoche.DE - Enterprise Wikis erlauben zwanglose Teamarbeit

English Abstract: Hearing the term Wiki most contemporaries think just of the success of the free encyclopedia Wikipedia. While almost nobody doubts the benefits of these tools for Web Communities, still skepticism prevails over the advantages for enterprises the tools can offer in the professional areas. Wikis are still considered as primitive tools, promoting an anarchic way of working: Since each coworker can change existing documents even from his superiors. Whereas the analysts of Gartner prognoses that Wikis will develop to a commonly used tool for collaboration and up to 2009 more than 50 percent of all companies will use them. This article contains a german version of the Wiki comparison in the InfoWorld Wiki Roundup » Read Full Story (in German)