MindTouch Releases Deki Wiki `Itasca`; the Ultimate Software Developer Collaboration and Mashup Platform
Released on: March 18, 2008, 11:31 am
Press Release Author: Miiko Mentz
Industry: Internet & Online
Press Release Summary: Deki Wiki gives developers an extensible open source platform with bug-tracking and Subversion integration, syntax highlighting, dynamic mashups, and access to hundreds of Web services
Press Release Body: SAN DIEGO, March 18, 2008 - MindTouch today announced the release of Deki Wiki "Itasca" - the latest version of its award-winning open source collaboration platform. Deki Wiki "Itasca" adds new capabilities to meet the growing collaboration need for project managers and development teams.
Deki Wiki source code and VMware image are available for download at http://MindTouch.com for free and without restriction. Also new in "Itasca" is the ability to deploy Deki Wiki directly on Amazon EC2.
Deki Wiki project management features connect teams of developers, leads, and testers throughout the software development lifecycle. Developers now benefit from integration with Atlassian Jira, Trac, Mantis, and Subversion to get real-time reports of bugs and code check-ins, providing a unified interface to all systems.
Furthermore, Deki Wiki provides syntax highlighting for 15 programming languages, including PHP, Ruby, and C#, for sample code and documentation.
Deki Wiki "Itasca" also adds many improvements to the user interface making it easier than ever to access the power of the platform. Teams can instantly bring their content to life, by combining components and applications from across the Web - with access to hundreds of services from Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, and others. With Deki Wiki, users can collaborate instantly, share data across systems, and present information compellingly.
Other improvements include: . "Smart Linking" automatically suggests the most relevant pages and files for links . Improved performance, and more than 100 bugs squashed . Improved support for OpenLDAP, eDirectory, and ActiveDirectory . And more.
Deki Wiki is a free open-source collaboration platform for authoring, aggregating, organizing, and sharing content. With over 250,000 installations, Deki Wiki is the world's most popular vendor-backed enterprise wiki. To learn more, visit http://MindTouch.com or MindTouch's developer community at http://OpenGarden.org.
About MindTouch Founded in 2005, San Diego-based MindTouch (www.mindtouch.com) is an open-source collaboration and application platform company and developer of Deki Wiki, the world\'s most popular vendor-backed wiki.
MindTouch wiki communities and are deployed by small to large enterprises, research institutions, government agencies, media companies and online communities worldwide. Customers include Fujitsu, Siemens, Gazette Communications, British Petroleum, EMC2 and many more.
MindTouch is dedicated to cultivating ideas and solutions through: www.opengarden.org.
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