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'''JotSpot''' was the first company to provide an application wiki. It provided secure wiki hosting with applications that can be installed into the wiki.<ref>[http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/JotSpot wikimatrix]</ref> In February 2006, it got listed in InfoWorld's "15 Start-ups to Watch" in May 2006.<ref>[http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/jotspot-delivers-enterprise-wikis-and-mashups-327 infoworld]</ref>

'''JotSpot''' was the first company to provide an application wiki. It provided secure wiki hosting with applications that can be installed into the wiki.<ref>[http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/JotSpot wikimatrix]</ref> In February 2006, it got listed in InfoWorld's "15 Start-ups to Watch" in May 2006.<ref>[http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/jotspot-delivers-enterprise-wikis-and-mashups-327 infoworld]</ref>

The company provided structured wiki software for small to medium-sized businesses. It launched several applications such as JotSpot Tracker which is a wiki like online spreadsheet, a simple, web-based bug tracking database called Bug Reporter and a server appliance that runs the JotSpot Application Wiki named JotBox.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/company/jotspot crunchbase]</ref>

The company provided structured wiki software for small to medium-sized businesses. It launched several applications such as JotSpot Tracker which is a wiki like online spreadsheet, a simple, web-based bug tracking database called Bug Reporter and a server appliance that runs the JotSpot Application Wiki named JotBox.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/company/jotspot crunchbase]</ref>

==Google Sites==

==Acquisition by Google==

Google silently acquired JotSpot in October 2006 without disclosing the amount paid.<ref>[http://www.pcworld.com/article/127718/google_buys_jotspot_offers_free_wiki_pages.html pcworld]</ref> It was relaunched in February 2008 as part of the Google Apps team, renaming JotSpot to Google sites.<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2008/02/27/it-took-16-months-but-google-relaunches-jotspot/ techcrunch]</ref> The service is totally free for its users now and it provides various widgets like calendar, blogs, spreadsheets, forums and much more. It provides different templates, file up loaders and announcement pages for sites.<ref>[http://www.sites.google.com google]</ref>

Google silently acquired JotSpot in October, 2006 without disclosing the amount paid.<ref>[http://www.pcworld.com/article/127718/google_buys_jotspot_offers_free_wiki_pages.html pcworld]</ref> It was relaunched in February 2008 as part of the Google Apps team, renaming JotSpot to Google sites.<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2008/02/27/it-took-16-months-but-google-relaunches-jotspot/ techcrunch]</ref> The service is totally free for its users now and it provides various widgets like calendar, blogs, spreadsheets, forums and much more. It provides different templates, file up loaders and announcement pages for sites.<ref>[http://www.sites.google.com google]</ref>

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