March/April 2009 | Intranets - TeamPage at KUKA Systems as Solution for Managing (and Maximizing) Change
Carolina Reid's Solution for Managing (and Maximizing) Change is a case study covering KUKA Systems deployment of Traction® TeamPage as a means to track and collaborate on process improvement. She wrote:
29 January 2009 | Top Enterprise 2.0 Tips for Improving Workforce Collaboration in 2009
David Booth's four part CEO series quotes Traction Software's Greg Lloyd offering top Enterprise 2.0 tips for improving collaboration in 2009 and thoughts on where Enterprise 2.0 technology is heading. » Read More
December 2008 | the{app}gap reviews TeamPage Live Blog
Bill Ives recaps a conversation about revenue growth records and offers a quick review of the new Traction® TeamPage Live Blog interface. Ives writes "Because the interaction is supported in Traction, conversations you might otherwise have in IM or Twitter can take place securely within a TeamPage context with a robust content, tagging and discussion model." » Read the Full Story
Forrester Research | Social Computing Changes the Enterprise Collaboration Landscape
Rob Kopolowitz states that "wikis are providing a valuable piece of the overall (Social Computing) strategy" in his April 2008 report titled "Social Computing Changes the Enterprise Landscape." The report profiles Traction® TeamPage customer Enel North America and their use of Traction for collaboration and corporate communication on their Intranet. Get on the bandwagon, Koplowitz explained that 64% of enterprises surveyed have already started to invest in Wikis. » Read the full report (fee required)
13 November 2008 | Computerworld - Wikis that work: Four IT departments get it right
Beth Stackpole's article examines Enterprise wiki technology moving into IT Departments. Two of her four case studies are Traction® TeamPage deployments at Enel North America and Shorebank. Comparing Enterprise Wikis versus other technologies for discussion and collaboration, Stackpole says:
Fuld & Company Intelligence Software Report - 2008/2009 Edition
When it comes to Collaborative Intelligence, Traction® TeamPage makes the grade. Traction TeamPage stood apart in Fuld & Company's Intelligence Software Report which rated TeamPage's support as Very Good or Excellent in four out of five stages of the intelligence cycle. Fuld's Intelligence Software report offers insight into the CI process and technology preferences of "CI Super Tech Users" and then rates 13 software platforms that are used most often by Competitive Intelligence teams.
3 November 2008 | Web Worker Daily: Traction TeamPage Goes Beyond Blogs & Wikis
Scott Blitstein's review of Traction® TeamPage 4.0 says: "TeamPage incorporates all of the standard features you would expect from a wiki / blog like linking, journaling, edit history, tagging and categorization, threaded comments and moderation. (But) It’s the advanced features that make it stand out though...The challenge for Traction is to balance a very powerful feature set with ease of use, and for the most part I think they pull this off."
November 2008 | EContent - Web 2.0 Security: Getting Collaborative Peace of Mind
Marji McClure writes: "Most companies don't want to inhibit the collaborative flow that Web 2.0 has brought to the marketplace; don't want it to hinder their overall operations and they want to continue to build on their Web 2.0 platforms. Yet as the use of these collaborative applications becomes integrated into business processes, the need for them to be secure becomes imperative. [The problem as, Traction® Software's Jordan] Frank points out is that some people trust such systems just because their friends do, and because sites such as Facebook haven’t let people down—yet. He cautions that a breach could cause a backlash against such networks. 'Ensuring success in Web 2.0 means that trust doesn’t get broken,' says Frank." » Read Full Story at EContent. Subscription is required for on-line access. Another version of the story is published at CIO Today.
24 October 2008 | Intranet Journal -- Putting Hypertext to Work for You
Paula Gregorowicz wrote a thorough review of Traction® TeamPage 4.0. Gregorowicz leads off the review by presenting the challenge E2.0 systems face in an effort to provide emergent freedom while also offering control and structure:
6 September 2008 | LinuxInsider - Wikis Within the Enterprise: Serious Collaboration
In Wikis Within the Enterprise: Serious Collaboration, Vivian Wagner of LinuxInsider explains how "New features are giving wikis the business chops to thrive as an indispensable enterprise solution." About Traction® TeamPage, she says "Traction TeamPage uses a wiki model, complete with tags, revision history, and other features that wiki users have come to know and love. But it also gives businesses the ability to organize, sort and categorize the information in creative and unique ways." Jordan Frank, VP of Marketing and Business Development, Traction® Software says: "It's a new cognitive model. It's not just the features across the board, though all of those in Traction are best in class. What makes this product do exceptionally well is the way these features work together to solve business problems."» Read Full Story
9 July 2008 | SC Magazine - Web 2.0: Sign up for Enterprise 2.0
Barry Mansfield's article Web 2.0: Sign up for Enterprise 2.0 argues "Simply blocking applications means disgruntled staff and missed opportunities. Businesses need to change tack." His article reviews the motivation for organizations to adopt rather than eschew E2.0 applications. It also profiles the UK's National Health Service (NHS Orkney) Traction® Software Customer. » Read Full SC Magazine Story » Read NHS Customer Story
10 June 2008 | Bill Ives Reviews Traction TeamPage 4.0 | AppGap
In his review of Traction® Software's recently announced Traction® TeamPage 4.0, Bill Ives says: "TeamPage has been a highly rated Enterprise 2.0 platform for some time... The upgrades with Team Page 4.0 will only make it better." » Read Full Review at the AppGap
4 June 2008 | eWeek - Traction Digs in for Enterprise Wiki Control
Clint Boulton's review of Traction® TeamPage 4.0 highlights the benefits of moderation and page name history: "Another area where the more discerning enterprise users will take pleasure in TeamPages 4.0 is in the software's enhanced moderation tools... These moderation tools create what is essentially an audit trail that shows a great deal more than the edit history in most wikis. Now that's what we call control." The article also quotes the UK National Health Service's use of TeamPage 4.0 to allow them to "work collaboratively and to fine-tune your posts before letting everyone else see them." » Read the Full Story
2 June 2008 | GCN Lab Review: Traction TeamPage 4.0
Traction® TeamPage 4.0 earns top grades for Performance (A), Ease of Use (A-), Features (A), and Value (A-) in John Breeden's GCN review: A tool for smart sharing: TeamPage Helps You Manage and Make Good Use of Wikis and Blogs. After rating the new 4.0 release with A's in all categories, Breeden concludes that TeamPage is just the kind of wiki platform which can make an impact in Government: "Beyond the important matter of permissions, TeamPage's ability to handle data is impressive. If more wikis were designed this way, they probably would be more widely used in government, either as internal tools or for public comment." » Read the Full Story
22 Feb 2008 | Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check - Traction TeamPage goes "Beyond-the-Basics" with Hypertext Collaboration
In a post congratulating Traction® Software for its fourth consecutive selection as one of KMWorld's "100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management," Burton Group Analyst Peter O'Kelly writes: "I consider TeamPage the market-leading beyond-the-basics collaborative hypertext solution; it's a compelling example of the power of moving beyond files, to a world of hypertext information items/content components." » Read Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check Blog Entry. » Read Full KM 100 Press Release
21 February 2008 | Traction Software Named to KMWorld's "100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management"
For the fourth consecutive year, KM World recognized Traction® Software's market leadership by naming the company to their list of 100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management. "Traction Software continues to demonstrate leadership in delivering Enterprise 2.0 wiki and blog software that matches enterprise IT realities," said Hugh McKellar, Editor-in-Chief of KMWorld Magazine. "Their unique social tagging model, discussion threading technology, deep audit trail and permission filtering capabilities demonstrate a clear focus on meeting customer requirements in the real world." » Read Full Release
24 January 2008 | Projects@Work - Micro to Macro PM: the Wiki Way
Jordan Frank's article published in Projects@Work this month describes how Wikis fit in the center of project management collaboration, or alongside a traditional group scheduling and resource management system. Within the article, he points to two sites ( ShoreBank
and National Health Service Orkney who have reached exceptional success in using the Traction® TeamPage to do project management the wiki way! » Read Full Story
13 November 2007 | eWeek - Google Wiki, Where Art Thou?
Clint Boulton's column asks "What happened to Jotspot?" since they were bought by Google in October 2006. Traction Software's Jordan Frank is quoted: "The large volume of Google account holders, and the ease
with which consumers and professionals can use Google Apps for informal
file sharing and calendaring, would put wiki technology into the hands
of many user groups who wouldn't have considered trying to use one for
day-to-day information management... The result would greatly expand the prosumer market (Company employees using Wikis and other internet tools outside the firewall) and, as a result, put more pressure on enterprises to deploy best of breed Enterprise Wiki and Blog offerings such as Traction TeamPage." » Read Full Story
12 November 2007 | CMS Wire - TeamPage 3.8 Weds Blogs to Wikis and Other Dubious Enterprise Stuff
Angela Natividad offers a synopsis of the 3.8 features and benefits. She points out that Release 3.8 "makes it easy to blog in the same context at which you conduct
wiki-style page editing. Your blog and wiki can live under the same
name space, or you can create unique spaces for each." She also discusses the easy linking GUI, draft moderation, compliance and page name history features. » Read Full Story
November 2007 | The 451 Group - Can Traction Software gain traction with latest wiki release?
Senior 451 Group analyst Kathleen Reidy published her second review of Traction Software and Traction TeamPage (first report published Feb 2007). Reidy's November 9, 2007 report describes Traction Software's new TeamPage 3.8 release, the implications of the release, and Traction Software's position in the market. » Read Full Story (Subscription Required)
12 November 2007 | EWeek - Wiki Maker Looks for 'Traction' in Software Market
Clint Boulton reviews Traction TeamPage Release 3.8: Traction is jazzing up TeamPage Release 3.8, a piece of software that
is used to help businesses collaborate on projects in an online
workspace, with new draft moderation and linking utilities. » Read Full Story
2 October 2007 | Building a Culture of Collaboration
Bill Roberts' article in CIO Today investigates the culture challenge to collaboration, even when Enterprise 2.0 software is used as a platform. He interviewed a Senior Product Manager from Saba, where Traction® TeamPage was deployed at Centra Software (later acquired by Saba) to harness collective intelligence about customers and competitors. Saba reached 70% adoption across the relevant group of 200 employees. Furthermore, they've proven that the platform and process around it is durable, as it was sustained for over 2 years and through the acquisition process when Saba bought Centra Software. It's a great start, though they are looking to do better. » Full Story
19 September 2007 | Chris Nuzum Presents Traction at Providence Geeks Dinner
From Providence Geeks, Digital Innovators in the City-State: This Geek Dinner was a heavily-attended double header (RI Nexus and Traction Software). Chris Nuzum, CTO of Traction Software, spoke about their award-winning enterprise wiki… it’s actually much more than a wiki.
22 August 2007 | KMWorld: Traction TeamPage a Trend Setting Product of the Year
Recognizing Traction Software's consistent technology leadership in the enterprise wiki and blog software market, for the 4th consecutive year KMWorld recognized Traction TeamPage as one of their selected 2007 Trend Setting Products of the Year. Hugh McKellar, Editor-In-Chief, and his team of analysts, integrators, editors and users selected the trend setting products from a list of more than 650. » Read More
August 2007 | Gilbane Group Interview: New solutions for a multilingual world
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Kaija Poysti of the Gilbane Group's Globalization Blog interviews Traction Software's Greg Lloyd. Kaija says that in companies the "multilingual environment is not only about translation, but about working with customers and colleagues whose native language is different from one's own. That can lead to a lot of miscommunication, and I think that nobody has even started to measure the real costs or missed sales arising from it."
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