Open Source TWiki.org Project Now Powered by Sun Microsystems
New release of Open Source TWiki with improved usability delivered with the support of Sun Microsystems
SUNNYVALE, Calif., August 28, 2008 TWIKI.NET, the leading provider of open source enterprise collaboration solutions, announced a new release of open source TWiki.
TWiki version 4.2 software includes a new WYSIWYG editor that is easy to use and can significantly reduce the learning curve for first time users. It also offers support for a SQL like query language to aide the end-user in building wiki applications.
This software release coincides with the open source project migration to a new Sun FireTM T5220 server, a Sun Fire X4450 server and a Sun StorageTekTM 5320 NAS Gateway System contributed by Sun Microsystems.
"The development community and TWiki users everywhere are benefiting from Sun's support and participation of the project. The improved performance we are delivering is very helpful to the open source developers and TWiki users around the world who are working on this Web 2.0 project," said Peter Thoeny, Community Leader, Founder and CTO of TWIKI.NET.
"As a company, Sun is committed to open source and understands the important role TWiki plays within any organization looking to transition to a Web 2.0 collaboration solution," said Dinesh Bahal, vice president, Web and Internet Industry Practice, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "The TWiki project is a leading open source enterprise collaboration wiki emulated by many others. We are pleased to support the community and the project by providing resources from Sun Startup Essentials program, web servers and a new Network Attached Storage backend for storage of the development code."
Several million people and sixty thousand organizations worldwide, including Fortune 1000 corporations, individuals, universities and non-profits use TWiki software to compete effectively in the information-based economy. The project has more than ten thousand downloads per month.
Sun uses TWiki to power the collaboration site for java.net developers: http://wiki.java.net/
The latest release of TWiki is freely available at: http://www.twiki.org/
TWiki.org is powered by Sun Microsystems.
About TWIKI.NET
TWIKI.NET was founded in 2007 to provide enterprise class software, support, and services based on open source TWiki, the world's leading open source enterprise wiki. The company offers behind-the-firewall solutions and an enterprise class hosted services called TWiki OnDemand. The company is committed to supporting the development of open source TWiki and empowering collaboration within organizations around the globe. To learn more, please visit http://www.twiki.net/
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