An interesting solution has surfaced lately with respect to how wiki’s are being used; and that is using the Wiki as File Sharing Software.  This is not a common use for a Wiki … or is it?

Many of our clients are realizing that it’s very easy to simply upload a file to a Wiki Topic and share it with others.  This type of solution is much easier and much faster than some of the traditional File Sharing Software out on the market today.  It is certainly better than e-mailing the files, especially if they are very large.

CoActLive has a very easy upload manager solution that makes this process more streamlined.  We don’t use any special downloads or plugins to the browser to achieve this; rather we use all native flash technology to stream the files up to the server securely and with astonishing speed.

As a file sharing solution, CoActLive is proving to be a viable package for businesses that have large files or files they frequently need to share.

Additional Benefits

Many of our clients are saying that once the file is uploaded to a topic and they share it with a colleague, they naturally begin to collaborate about the file on that very same topic page - i.e. they use the Wiki ‘as a Wiki’.  This is a very interesting phenomenon; The power and usefulness of the Wiki is surfacing as a result of another activity.

The CoActLive WebDrive Micro App is ideal for this purpose.  It enables our clients to create a virtual library of files organized with the familiar ‘file manager type’ look and feel.

Undoubtedly, this is the reason for such a broad adoption of this solution among our clients.  We look forward to more creative uses for a CoActLive Wiki.

If you have a similar need, take a look at our Free Wiki Plan as a File Sharing Software Solution.