This is a tool that is used around the word, flexible, works with other systems; it is demonstrated as successful in many contexts.
Tool is only as good as how we use it - we are mostly using for knowledge management and sharing.
Cloud version is coming! Benefits: more secure.
How we use Confluence to support our work - Ray (outline below is just suggested - please design the demo as you wish!)
The tool you did not know you needed.
Up front: we are using SharePoint for file storage, we can use Teamwork.com another tool for Project Management. We are in the process of creating a tool but it is not plug and play.
This is a powerful collaboration tool that brings our partners in with us to co-create our work, make our collective work visible.
Replaces several other applications that cost money - Noddlepod, HealthCare Communities
Secure - you can set permissions for what people can see and what is only for your team.
In the chat or on screen - how many ppl have Wikipedia once? About once a month? Maybe once a week or more often? Ray!
To organize ourselves (to do lists, meeting notes)
Knowledge Repositories (files live in the file store-rooms SharePoint or OneDrive or DropBox, display window is Confluence), even Learning Mangement and Discussion - /wiki/spaces/PWM/pages/1880162757
Benefits - often hard to files in SharePoint/OneDrive/DropBox, SharePoint has a fixed structure, but you can use the same information in different places for different uses.
Relationship between Confluence and Jira - It's all Atlassian - we mostly use Confluence. Behind the scenes and for project management, ticketing systems like help desk, Jira)