Confluence
– Case Studies
How can Confluence help your organisation? Our case studies provide a detailed look at how some organisations use Confluence in their day-to-day activities.
Dow Jones & Company Digital media
- Manages and collaborates on all types of documentation and processes in the wiki.
- Simply turned on Confluence and saw adoption take off.
- Calls Confluence a more manageable audit trail than a document management system.
Wrycan, Inc.XML content management software
- Depends on Confluence as an internal knowledge base, with information ranging from documentation to the holiday schedule.
- Offers collaborative environment for partners and clients via the extranet.
- Uses the wiki to expand upon and connect specs managed and tracked within JIRA.
JavaPolisAnnual Java User-Group conference
- Uses Confluence as the JavaPolis website and communication portal for 92,000 unique visitors
- Created Parleys.com, a video-streaming site where the public watches and votes on technical speeches
- Annually designs a new Confluence site for each JavaPolis conference by customising it and developing plugins
GigaSpacesSoftware
- Reinvented technical documentation and online help by using a wiki instead of RoboHelp
- Dramatically improved the user experience of finding and reading documentation
- Uses Confluence internally as an intranet, too
GPC BiotechBiotechnology
- Confluence became the default knowledge base and a collaborative platform
- Records and reviews preliminary experimental results in the wiki
- Fine-grained permissioning schemes allow for collaboration between teams
Night Kitchen InteractiveDesign firm and Atlassian Partner
- Develops and designs professional knowledge collaboration sites and online learning environments using Confluence
- Created Constitution Day wiki
- Uses Adaptavist's Builder to redesign (re-theme) Confluence
National Constitution CenterNon-profit education
- Provides resources for educators, a content clearinghouse for partners, and a community hub for 50,000+ visitors per day
- Married the search engine with a customised rating system
- Re-themed Confluence with outstanding new design
Red AntWebsite design and development
- Created customer extranet to visually communicate complex design concepts
- Conducts interactive dialogue with clients in wiki instead of email
- Uses JIRA (the issue tracker) and Confluence, often together
Sabre HoldingsTechnology-powered travel solutions
- Confluence spreading organically with 1/5 of the company (2000+ users) using it before official rollout
- Every department has their own space to manage and share knowledge
- Customised Confluence by adding a single sign-on with Netegrity Site Minder
Johns Hopkins UniversityHigher education
- Cut down time of managing, writing, and collaborating on technical specifications
- Relies on information within Confluence to keep people up-to-date and informed
- Uses both Confluence and JIRA (the issue tracker), often together
CustomwareSystems integrator
- Runs their consulting business using Confluence and JIRA
- Uses JIRA for project management and customer support while using Confluence for all aspects of information sharing
- Sets up project management and intranet solutions for customers that differentiate their consulting projects
Near InfinitySystems integrator
- Builds secure information sharing systems for the defense and intelligence community
- Uses Confluence to run its consulting business
- Customizes Confluence for control and access sought by large commercial and government organisations
TelenorTelecommunications industry
- Replaced cumbersome document management system with Confluence
- Used by software development for knowledge management
- Leverages Confluence's open architecture for customisation
University of California BerkeleyResearch projects
- Uses for research in the Technology Enhanced Learning in Science (TELS) Center
- Uses for writing academic papers
- Supports collaboration across disparate institutions and departments
Our testimonials and customer list will also give you a sense of other organisations using Confluence.