Elium Explained
Elium, previously referred to as Knowledge Plaza, is a Software as a Service used for enterprise knowledge sharing within organisations. It supports use cases for knowledge management, social bookmarking, document management, wikis and internal social network. It was initially designed as an information management tool for knowledge workers and is often used for collaborative research projects, market intelligence, information brokerage, etc.
The vendor's company, Whatever S.A., has its headquarters based at the Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) and offices in Geneva, Switzerland. In September 2013, it announced the acquisition of Swiss social publishing company Hyperweek.[1]
In an annual benchmark carried out by French consultancy firm Lecko (previously named USEO),[2] Elium is referred to as the pioneer of social knowledge management tools amongst the more generic family of enterprise social software. The analysis concludes that Elium strikes a balance between a traditional document management system and more community-orientated environments such as Jive SBS.
In March 2017, Knowledge Plaza changed its name to Elium.[3]
In August 2017, Elium announced the closing of a Series A funding round for €4 million led by Serena Capital in collaboration with S.R.I.W.[4]
Awards
- In May 2011, Elium received the "Belgian Start-up of the year" Award from Belgian's leading ICT Magazine Datanews.[5]
- In October 2010, Elium was nominated KMWorld Promise Award 2010 finalist.[6]
- In June 2010, Elium won the prize for the most innovative knowledge management tool at KM Forum conference in Paris.[7]
- In 2008, Elium won the Prix Lionel Van den Bossche 2008 award given each year to a Belgian innovative enterprise.[8]
Features
Elium applies a collective classification mechanism to all information formats including websites (like Delicious), as well as documents, contacts, e-mails, book references and wikis – as underlined by the comparison of enterprise bookmarking platforms.
Feature set:
- Combined full-text social search and faceted navigation
- Bookmarklet for adding/sharing/organizing websites
- Pipelines for adding/sharing/organizing emails and their attachments
- Workspaces and communities for various security/visibility settings
- Collaborative content creation (wiki pages)
- Full export and summary of information packages
- Custom e-mail digests and alerts
- Custom vertical search engines based on shared bookmarks
- Tag management abilities that mix a company-defined taxonomy and user-generated folksonomy. KP's approach was described by Thomas Vander Wal as "working wonderfully".[9]
Notes and References
- Web site: Hyperweek Joins Knowledge Plaza. 4 September 2013.
- Web site: Useo Etude Rse Tome2 V1 . Useo . 2010-01-26 .
- News: Press release: Knowledge Plaza becomes Elium elium. 2017-03-09. elium. 2017-05-15. en-US.
- News: Elium announces funding round of 4 million euros with Serena Capital elium. 2017-03-09. elium. 2017-08-31. en-US.
- Web site: Data News Awards for Excellence 2011. Data News Magazine. 2011-06-01.
- Web site: Knowledge Plaza selected as a KMWorld Award 2010 finalist . Whatever Company . 2010-12-01 .
- I-Expo et KM/Forum : la veille et la connaissance à l'heure des choix . Usinenouvelle.com/ . 15 June 2010 . UsineNouvelle . 2010-06-15 . Nouvelle . L'Usine .
- Web site: Le Prix Lionel Van den Bossche 2008 pour l'entrepreneuriat attribué à la start-up Whatever (Louvain-la-Neuve) . Fondation Roi Baudhuin . 2010-06-15 . dead . https://archive.today/20120904023135/http://www.kbs-frb.be/pressitem.aspx?id=238898&LangType=2060 . 2012-09-04 .
- Web site: Optimize tagging UI for people search . Thomas Vander Wal . 2009-01-24 .
