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Wikis are increasingly being used inside corporations. Wikis permit groups to:

Quickly and easily create a website
Eliminate series of e-mail exchanges with attachments among a group
Avoid dealing with complex and expensive groupware in collaborating with others

Many corporate wikis that are for internal use only are hidden behind a network firewall where access is limited. However, some corporate wikis are being hosted by wiki hosting services on the Internet, but are set up as "private" wikis with restricted access. Some corporations are using wikis to communicate to the public, as a key part of their branding.

Here's a short video from Get Connected on how wikis are used in business:

As posted on YouTube by getconnectedtvshow

Wikis are collaborative tools that can be used in a number of ways:

To co-author proposals
To communicate initiatives
To display static or dynamic information on a website
To display frequently-asked-questions (FAQs)
To facilitate online discussions of topics
To gather requirements
To get team members involved
To host an intranet or extranet site
To log client work
To log clients and contacts
To organize and manage projects
To organize events
To publish articles
To publish checklists (e.g., desk procedures, problem determination steps)
To publish FAQs about your products, services, or company
To publish operation manuals
To publish reference documentation
To record meeting notes
To record team or organization goals
To solve problems remotely
To track deadlines
To track invoices
For brainstorming

Here are some examples of corporate wikis, some which are available on the Internet that areand used to communicate with the public: