Beyond blogs and wikis?

Traction Software, developer of web-based collaboration products, today announced Traction TeamPage Release 3.7. New features touted in this release include extensible widgets, edit history and rollback, inline sections, flexible outputs to any format, and upgraded mobile device support.

Under the umbrella of a mini-campaign of theme “Beyond Blogs and Wikis,” Traction co-founder / president Greg Lloyd stated that “Traction’s products combine the group editing of a wiki, the simplicity of a blog, and a unique access control and comment model.”

Traction 3.7 seeks to simplify the creation of widgets that show, list or link to internal and external web resources. Widgets include inline sections to show lists of links or content driven by any Traction query; mashup-style widgets that show text and graphics from external sources; and live text widgets that turn a text pattern into an automatically live link.

In real terms, Traction 3.7 seeks to allow customers or partners to program Traction live text widgets to recognize invoice numbers and link to an ERP page, or recognize a customer code and show it as a customer name that automatically links to sales history in a CRM system.

Traction can also work in tandem with Blackberry, Treo and Pocket PC browsers and, in a sign of the times, company PR notes that Traction 3.7 “adds Wikipedia-style display of differences between any two page versions.”

Best of all, Traction states its TeamPage software can be installed in an hour and is claimed to be easier than ever. I wonder how difficult it would be for the Chump.

Based in Providence, R.I., Traction Software Inc provides web-based communication and collaboration software. The firm was recently named to KMWorld’s “100 Companies that Matter” list and is a winner of the RedHerring 100 and eContent 100 awards. The company distributes its products directly and through global partners. Traction Software is a privately held corporation with financing from investors including In-Q-Tel and Slater Interactive.