Comparison of enterprise bookmarking platforms
This article needs to be updated.(May 2014) |
The following tables compare Enterprise bookmarking platforms.
General
The table provides an overview of Enterprise Bookmarking platforms. The platforms listed refer to an application that is installed on a web server (usually requiring MySQL or another database and PHP, perl, Python, or some other language for web apps).
Software | Developed by | Latest stable release | Cost ( USD )
|
Contract support offered | Community website support | Open source | Multilingual | Programming language | User Interface | Notes |
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Connectbeam | Connectbeam | Spotlight 3.1 (2008-6) | per instance | Yes | No | No | No | binary only | browser | none |
Dogear
|
IBM Corporation | 2.0.1 (2009-3) | per instance | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | binary only | browser | does not run on mySQL, requires IBM DB2 9.1 FP5, Oracle Database 10g 10.2.0.3, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition |
Jumper 2.0
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Jumper Networks | 2.0.1.7 (2010-7) | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes - GPL | Yes | JavaScript & PHP | browser | runs on mySQL database for storing tag profiles. Can also be configured to run on Oracle Database 10g or Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition |
Knowledge Plaza
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Knowledge Plaza | 2.3.18 | free trial, starts at €35/month/instance | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | JavaScript and Python (programming language) | browser | Software-as-a-Service |
Scuttle | Scuttle | 0.9.0 (2013-04) | Free | No | No | Yes - GPL | No | JavaScript & PHP | browser | still in alpha stage |
Date and content types
This table lists the types of data that can be tagged.
Software | Web pages | Documents | Images | Video | Emails | Contacts | Book references | Discussions | Wiki pages | Database tables | Flat-files | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Connectbeam | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | none |
Dogear
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Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | none |
Jumper 2.0
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | none |
Knowledge Plaza
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Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | none |
Scuttle | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | none |
Content enrichment capabilities
Tags and metadata can be used to enrich previously described types of data and content. This table lists the default capabilities each platform provides.
Software | Keywords | Descriptions | Custom Tag Fields | Metadata | Knowledge Tags | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Connectbeam | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | none |
Dogear
|
Yes | No | No | No | No | none |
Jumper 2.0
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | none |
Knowledge Plaza
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | none |
Scuttle | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | none |
Tag management capabilities
Software | Faceted classification | Restricted facets | Mandatory facets | Predefined tags | Related/synonym tags | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Connectbeam | No | No | No | No | No | none |
Dogear
|
No | No | No | No | No | none |
Jumper 2.0
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | none |
Knowledge Plaza
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | none |
Scuttle | No | No | No | No | No | none |
Platform and security capabilities
Security abilities at the platform level:
- On-premises, refers to an application that is installed on a web server behind the corporate firewall.
- Hosted, refers to a centrally-hosted website that is outside the corporate firewall
- Encryption level, refers to the level of encryption enforced by the application server
Security abilities at the application level:
- Access permissions, refers to the ability to define a list of users who have access to the application.
- Information-level permissions, refers to the ability to define per data/content item (e.g. a document) its accessibility/visibility within the application (invisible, downloadable, etc.)
- Workspace-level permissions, refers to the ability to create team spaces with different accessibility/visibility settings.
- Role-level permissions, refers to the ability to assign roles to users (e.g. administrator, guest, workspace expert) which will also affect accessibility/visibility settings.
Software | Hosted Platform | On-Premises Platform | Encryption level | Multi-user support | Access permissions | LDAP integration
|
Information-level permissions | Workspace-level permissions | Role-level permissions | Notes |
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Connectbeam | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | none |
Dogear | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | The Lotus Connection Suite with Dogear runs on the AIX (Unix) operating system |
Jumper 2.0
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No | Yes | HTTPS optionally available | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | LDAP integration is available |
Knowledge Plaza
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Yes | Yes | HTTPS with high-grade 256-bit AES | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | none |
Scuttle | No | Yes | HTTPS optionally available [1] | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? | none |
Server operating system support
In the case of web applications, this describes the server OS. For centrally-hosted websites that are proprietary, this is not applicable. Any client OS can connect to a web service unless stated otherwise in a footnote.
Software | Windows | Mac OS X
|
Linux | BSD
|
Unix | IIS | Apache | Notes |
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Connectbeam | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | none |
Dogear | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | requires IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.13 for the web server |
Jumper 2.0
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Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | none |
Knowledge Plaza
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No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No OS management required. Infrastructure-as-a-Service for on-premises installation. |
Scuttle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | none |
See also
- List of social bookmarking websites
- Comparison of reference management software
- List of social software
References
- ^ Scuttle with server certificate Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine without registration