Connectbeam Spotlight Connect for Confluence
Atlassian's ConfluenceTM is one of the leading enterprise wiki applications in use today. Wikis contain a rich source of user generated content, and valuable information provided by subject matter experts. One of the often desired outcomes of wiki users and businesses who have deployed them is to quickly and effectively make the information captured inside the wiki available to others in the organization. While the active users of wiki can find and collaborate on information, often times someone who is not an active user of wiki would also benefit from the information that resides in the wiki if presented with it.
Connectbeam Spotlight Connect for ConfluenceTM solves this problem by automatically synchronizing the information from the wiki into its central social workstream repository. This information is then presented to users wherever they search for information, without specifically logging in to the wiki.
Spotlight Connect for Confluence automatically creates references to the content in the Confluence wiki and stores them in the Connectbeam workstream repository. Spotlight Connect for Confluence is built using Confluence's plugin framework. When it is installed for the first time, references to existing content are mapped into Spotlight. From then on, the references are created dynamically as new content is created.
For example, if a user creates a new page in Confluence and labels it, that label shows up as a tag in Connectbeam Spotlight and the item link is added into Spotlight which points to the page on the wiki. In addition, the user profile inside Connectbeam is updated to reflect the user's new activity on the wiki. The mapping can be configured to trigger off Confluence labels or page titles. With Connectbeam Spotlight Connect for Confluence in place you can extend the reach of your wiki content to users outside of Confluence. These users can now discover valuable information that is too often trapped inside the wiki.
