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What is Silverpeas?

Silverpeas is a collaborative and social-networking platform designed to improve collaboration, communication, and connection in the workplace. According to the vendor, it is specifically tailored for small to large-sized companies and is utilized by professionals in various industries, including IT professionals, project managers, knowledge management professionals, content managers, and human resources professionals.

Key Features

Collaborative workspaces: According to the vendor, Silverpeas enables the creation of Intranets or Extranets, optimizing sharing and performance. It provides a collaborative bus for sharing documents, optimizing project management, content management, and knowledge and skills management.

Ready-to-use applications: The vendor states that Silverpeas offers over 30 ready-to-use applications, allowing users to develop personalized spaces to meet their specific needs. These applications include blog, wiki, forum, directories, project management, ECM, picture gallery, diaries, and more.

Transverse social network: According to the vendor, Silverpeas offers a user-centric access to information and activities through a social network feature. This is said to facilitate information sharing, collaboration, and communication among users, enhancing the creation and nurturing of social networks within the organization.

Graphical Installer: The vendor claims that the platform provides an easy way to try Silverpeas using IzPack with a pre-configured Wildfly application server and an H2 Database. It requires Java 8 JDK, ImageMagick, and LibreOffice installations. While not suitable for production, it allows users to start and stop Silverpeas using commands in the installation path's bin directory. It is accessible through a web browser at http://localhost:8000/silverpeas.

Docker image for testing: According to the vendor, Silverpeas offers a Docker image dedicated to tests, available in the Docker repository. It provides both stable and latest build versions for testing purposes.

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