After blogs and RSS feeds, Wikis have opened new avenues of collaborative working both in the knowledge industry and in individual intellectual pursuits. A Wiki is a way of creating interlinked web or HTML pages by using simple mark-up language with a web browser. After the success of ‘Wikipedia’, an online public encyclopedia, Wikis have become very popular and are used in commercial organizations, research agencies and universities. This book brings to light the concept of the Wiki, its history, applications and issues.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR B.Ravi Kumar Jain
Ravi Kumar Jain B holds an MBA degree (Finance) from Osmania University, Hyderabad and PGD ITM (E-commerce & EDI) from AIMA, New Delhi. He has worked as Assistant Professor in a B-school affiliated to Osmania University for four years in Hyderabad. Presently, he is working as a senior faculty member at Icfai Research Centre, Head quarters, heads Special projects team and also teaches at Icfai Business School, Hyderabad. He has presented several research papers in national and international conferences in India and abroad. He has got many of his articles published in several refereed journals. He has received an award, 'Researcher of the Year', from the Vice President of India, for the best contribution in an international conference on Enhancing Global Business Competitiveness in November 2004, at New Delhi. He has authored a book titled "Open Source Software: A Revolution in the Making" and has edited several books on the themes related to Internet and business management, the latest being "Internet Governance: An Introduction" and "IT Governance: An Introduction". His areas of interest include outsourcing, e-commerce, strategic management, technology in business and financial management.
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