<s>
Confluence	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
web-based	O
corporate	O
wiki	B-Protocol
developed	O
by	O
Australian	O
software	O
company	O
Atlassian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atlassian	O
wrote	O
Confluence	B-Protocol
in	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
first	O
published	O
it	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Confluence	B-Protocol
Standalone	O
comes	O
with	O
a	O
built-in	O
Tomcat	B-Language
web	O
server	O
and	O
hsql	B-Application
database	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
supports	O
other	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
markets	O
Confluence	B-Protocol
as	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
licensed	O
as	O
either	O
on-premises	B-General_Concept
software	I-General_Concept
or	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
running	O
on	O
AWS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atlassian	O
released	O
Confluence	B-Protocol
1.0	O
on	O
March	O
25	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
saying	O
its	O
purpose	O
was	O
to	O
build	O
"	O
an	O
application	O
that	O
was	O
built	O
to	O
the	O
requirements	O
of	O
an	O
enterprise	O
knowledge	O
management	O
system	O
,	O
without	O
losing	O
the	O
essential	O
,	O
powerful	O
simplicity	O
of	O
the	O
wiki	B-Protocol
in	O
the	O
process.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
recent	O
versions	O
,	O
Confluence	B-Protocol
has	O
evolved	O
into	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
integrated	O
collaboration	B-Application
platform	I-Application
and	O
has	O
been	O
adapted	O
to	O
work	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Jira	B-Protocol
and	O
other	O
Atlassian	O
software	O
products	O
,	O
including	O
Bamboo	O
,	O
Clover	O
,	O
Crowd	O
,	O
Crucible	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
Fisheye	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Atlassian	O
released	O
Confluence	B-Protocol
Data	O
Center	O
to	O
add	O
high	O
availability	O
with	O
load	O
balancing	O
across	O
nodes	O
in	O
a	O
clustered	O
setup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
book	O
Social	O
Media	O
Marketing	O
for	O
Dummies	O
in	O
2007	O
considered	O
Confluence	B-Protocol
an	O
"	O
emergent	O
enterprise	O
social	O
software	O
"	O
that	O
was	O
"	O
becoming	O
an	O
established	O
player.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Wikis	B-Protocol
for	O
Dummies	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
wikis	B-Protocol
in	O
corporate	O
environments	O
,	O
"	O
"	O
easy	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
and	O
use	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
an	O
exception	O
to	O
the	O
rule	O
"	O
that	O
wiki	B-Protocol
software	I-Protocol
search	O
capabilities	O
do	O
n't	O
work	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eWeek	O
cited	O
in	O
2011	O
such	O
new	O
features	O
in	O
version	O
4	O
as	O
the	O
auto-formatting	O
and	O
auto-complete	O
,	O
unified	O
wiki	B-Protocol
and	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
,	O
social	O
network	O
notifications	O
and	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
integration	O
of	O
multimedia	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Use	O
cases	O
include	O
basic	O
enterprise	O
communication	O
,	O
collaboration	O
workspaces	O
for	O
knowledge	O
exchange	O
,	O
social	O
networking	O
,	O
Personal	B-Application
Information	I-Application
Management	I-Application
and	O
project	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
German	O
newspaper	O
Computerwoche	O
from	O
IDG	O
Business	O
Media	O
compares	O
it	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
and	O
finds	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
good	O
starting	O
point	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
social	O
business	O
collaboration	O
,	O
while	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
is	O
better	O
suited	O
to	O
companies	O
with	O
more	O
structured	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Confluence	B-Protocol
includes	O
set	O
up	O
CSS	B-Language
templates	O
for	O
styles	O
and	O
formatting	O
for	O
all	O
pages	O
,	O
including	O
those	O
imported	O
from	O
Word	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
relevant	O
as	O
an	O
outline	O
tool	O
for	O
requirements	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
linked	O
to	O
tasks	O
in	O
the	O
Jira	B-Protocol
issue	B-Application
tracker	I-Application
by	O
the	O
same	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
version	O
4.0	O
,	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
Confluence	B-Protocol
ended	O
support	O
for	O
wiki	B-Protocol
markup	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
,	O
Atlassian	O
provided	O
a	O
source	O
code	O
editor	O
as	O
a	O
plugin	B-Application
,	O
which	O
allows	O
advanced	O
users	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
edit	O
the	O
underlying	O
XHTML-based	O
document	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
wiki	B-Protocol
markup	O
can	O
be	O
typed	O
into	O
the	O
editor	O
and	O
Confluence	B-Protocol
's	O
autocomplete	O
and	O
auto-format	O
function	O
converts	O
the	O
wiki	B-Protocol
markup	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
real-time	O
conversion	O
,	O
content	O
can	O
not	O
be	O
edited	O
as	O
wiki	B-Protocol
markup	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Confluence	B-Protocol
Cloud	O
data	O
is	O
encrypted	O
in	O
transit	O
and	O
at	O
rest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2022	O
,	O
Atlassian	O
disclosed	O
a	O
zero-day	O
vulnerability	O
in	O
Confluence	B-Protocol
Server	O
allowing	O
remote	O
code	O
execution	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
present	O
for	O
over	O
a	O
decade	O
.	O
</s>
