There's been a lot of talk in recent years about leveraging the power of the wiki for team collaboration in the workplace. While traditional wiki products have proven to be excellent collaborative tools, they can be disruptive to existing business processes. BrainKeeper aims to bridge the gap between this wiki utopia and the requirements of existing corporate culture.

Structure

Businesses need more structure than most existing wikis provide. Knowledge cannot simply be thrown into a tangled web of interlinking pages, inevitably lost to the wiki ether. People who are new to the wiki concept often discover that finding the right information can be extremely difficult, especially when wiki pages are not interlinked correctly. BrainKeeper addresses this concern with a fully expandable hierarchy in addition to traditional wiki links. The added structure aids business users who may be accustomed to traditional folder/file hierarchies.

Business Process Integration

The issue of adoption is perhaps the most difficult challenge for next generation collaboration tools. This stems mainly from the fact that businesses are reluctant to change existing business processes. BrainKeeper's mission is to augment these existing processes, not change the way people do business at a fundamental level. This is accomplished primarily through a flexible Approval Workflow feature, which allows power users and knowledge experts to monitor content within their respective spheres of knowledge.

You can learn more about our products at our website: www.brainkeeper.com

It has been awhile since our last post, but trust us- there is a good reason for it: we have been working nonstop on the features you have been asking for.  These enhancements have already been well received by our subscribers.  For an example, look no further than the Law Office Technology Blog. 

If you have never seen BrainKeeper, we hope we can convince you to give us a look.  If you have tried BrainKeeper before- these new features certainly warrant another free trial... 

Corporate Identity Package

We have combined all of our Enterprise Wiki look and feel customization features together to create a complete branding solution.  This obviously appeals to the Marketing folks, but if you work with partners, contractors, etc.- you now have a way to promote yourself with your BrainKeeper Enterprise Wiki. The features in the Corporate Identity Package include: a custom login page, a custom 'landing' page after login, complete CSS customization, custom logos, and a fully customizable domain (so that you can point http://wiki.yourCompany.com to your BrainKeeper Enterprise Wiki).  We will even help you with your design if you need it! 

Enhanced Tagging

We have expanded the number of items you can tag, and provided a number of new ways to view tagged content.  There are tag clouds on a number of levels- personal tags, company tags, workspace tags, etc.  We have more tagging options than any other wiki, and wait until you see what is coming next... 

Usability

We hate the phrase "bells and whistles" when it comes to our software, because we carefully develop each "bell" and "whistle" to make sure it is useful for you- nothing is developed just for the sake of developing it.  That being said, we have added a number of little things that will make your use of BrainKeeper that much more streamlined and intuitive. 

Stay tuned for some truly exciting features that we will be rolling out in the coming weeks and months.  To learn more about the features we already have, please visit our website: www.brainkeeper.com.