DekiWiki beyond content management into a full-featured application platform that can host mashups and execute code. It also introduced new features that allow several people to edit the same document simultaneously. Deki Wiki is a collaboration platform for creating mashups with Web services, widgets, legacy systems, and other Web 2.0 applications on the Web or behind the firewall.The new version of DekiWiki supports Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft ADO.NET Data Services (code-named "Astoria"), and new Windows Live services for enterprise wiki users and mashup makers.
MindTouch also introduced Wik.is, a new free online-hosted offering of Deki Wiki for enterprise teams, workgroups, and power users who need an online tool for sharing information, creating dynamic reports, and building complex mashups of disparate applications. A user registers at Wik. and instantly creates a new Deki Wiki site for authoring and sharing content. Wik.is is free with 100MB of storage, unlimited users, unlimited pages, unlimited access to the API, and is without advertising. A "Pro" upgrade is available for US$99 a year and unlocks 10GB of storage and full site customization.
In addition, MindTouch in January added open-source leaders Larry Augustin and Matt Asay to its board of advisors. Augustin invests and advises early stage technology companies, and was founder of and chief executive officer of VA Linux (now SourceForge) and Asay is vice president of development and general manager of the Americas for Alfresco Software Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif. and the U.K.. MindTouch's other advisor is Doug Levin, president and chief executive of BlackDuck Software Management of Waltham, Mass. and author of CEO Blog.
MindTouch, which employs 12 people, is self funded and is currently is trying to raise about $5 million for a series A strategic investment round, Fulkerson said.
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