ThoughtFarmer
| Developer(s) | OpenRoad Communications Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 3.6 / January 13, 2010[1] |
| Written in | ASP.NET |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Intranet Knowledge management Blog Wiki |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | http://www.ThoughtFarmer.com |
ThoughtFarmer is a commercial social intranet software[2] product developed by OpenRoad Communications Ltd. in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
ThoughtFarmer is collaborative enterprise 2.0 software built on ASP.NET, for on-premise use behind the firewall[3]. ThoughtFarmer is designed to be a turnkey solution to reduce implementation time. ThoughtFarmer is recommended for Microsoft environments that can take advantage of its single sign-on with Windows Authentication, integration with Microsoft Exchange, and synchronization with Active Directory[3].
ThoughtFarmer appeared in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Social Software in 2008 and has appeared in Forrester analyst reports on social software and enterprise 2.0[4][5].
Early versions
ThoughtFarmer was originally created in 2005 as an intranet solution for Intrawest Placemaking, a division of Intrawest[6]. The goal of the project was to replace the existing static intranet with a site that would "turn every user into a contributor", inspired by Wikipedia[7]. Since then, ThoughtFarmer progressed through several iterations and was developed into product that has been adopted by organizations around the world including MEC[8],Electronic Arts, eHarmony, Guardian Media Group, Penn State University, and WATG.[9][10]
Early versions of ThoughtFarmer included features such as profiles, commenting, tagging, search, recent activity tracker, news feed on the home page, document management, wiki-style content editing and revision control, Microsoft integration, organizational chart, rich-text editor, and an employee directory[11].
Version 3.0
ThoughtFarmer version 3.0 saw the addition of blogs, discussion forums, calendars, and RSS feeds. Multilingual support with a localized interface and automatic translation features were also added.[12][13]
Version 3.5
ThoughtFarmer 3.5 added a Microsoft Exchange integration[9] feature that supported archiving of e-mail distribution lists on the intranet, as well as an improved employee directory with filters, and tree-view navigation.[14] As of June 3, 2009, the latest supported languages for ThoughtFarmer 3.5 are English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Dutch.[3]
Version 3.6
ThoughtFarmer 3.6 released on January 13, 2010 and is the latest stable version of ThoughtFarmer. 3.6 saw the introduction of three new enhancements: Personalized Home Pages, Search Filters and customizable Groups.
System requirements
According to the ThoughtFarmer home page, basic server requirements[15] are as follows:
- Windows Server 2003 or 2008
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or 2008
See also
References
- ↑ "ThoughtFarmer What's New in 3.6? (January 13, 2010)". http://www.thoughtfarmer.com/products/new/.
- ↑ "CMSWire.com - Social Intranet Software to Get Your Company Collaborating (June 1, 2009)". http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-20/social-intranet-software-to-get-your-company-collaborating-004722.php.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "WikiMatrix - ThoughtFarmer Record (August 17, 2009)". http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/ThoughtFarmer.
- ↑ "Gartner - Magic Quadrant for Social Software (October 31, 2008)". http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?id=789812.
- ↑ "Forrester - Seven Steps to Selecting a High Value Enterprise Wiki (December 17, 2008)". http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,47563,00.html.
- ↑ "Vancouver Sun - It's veni, vidi, wiki at Intrawest (October 31, 2006)". http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=7562656b-0d0a-4b7a-8287-ec10bd062de4.
- ↑ "Socialtext Cases 2.0 - Intrawest Wiki Intranet Case Study (August 17, 2009)". http://www.socialtext.net/cases2/index.cgi?intrawest_wiki_intranet.
- ↑ "ThoughtFarmer powers Mountain Equipment Co-op intranet". http://www.techvibes.com/blog/thoughtfarmer-powers-mountain-equipment-co-op-intranet.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "ReadWrite Enterprise - ThoughtFarmer, Cultivating Social Intranet Software (June 3, 2009)". http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2009/06/thoughtfarmer-cultivating-social-intranet-software.php.
- ↑ "ThoughtFarmer Client Page (August 17, 2009)". http://www.thoughtfarmer.com/clients/.
- ↑ "LLRX.com - Collaboration Through Wikis at Hicks Morley (January 29, 2009)". http://www.llrx.com/features/lawfirmwikis.htm.
- ↑ "the app gap - ThoughtFarmer -- Intranet 2.0 (July 1, 2008)". http://www.theappgap.com/thoughtfarmer-%E2%80%93-intranet-20.html.
- ↑ "Workplace Magazine - ThoughtFarmer Intranet 3.0 Multilingual now available (August 17, 2009)". http://www.workplace-mag.com/HR-Mall/HR-Mall/HR-Software/ThoughtFarmer-Intranet-3.0-Multilingual-now-available.html.
- ↑ "Intranet Journal - Harvest Good Ideas with ThoughtFarmer (August 3, 2009)". http://www.intranetjournal.com/articles/200908/ij_08_03_09a.html.
- ↑ "ThoughtFarmer System Requirements Page (August 17, 2009)". http://www.thoughtfarmer.com/products/requirements/.
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