Cyn.in

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cyn.in is an enterprise bliki^[1] service, created and managed by Cynapse^[2] that enables its users to store, retrieve and organize files and rich content in a collaborative, multiuser environment.^[3]^[4]

1 Concepts
2 Key Features
3 Applications
4 Pricing Model
5 References
6 External Links

[edit] Concepts

[edit] Application Convergence

The cyn.in collaborative information management system attempts to bring together the core concepts of:

Personal information management
Organization-wide knowledge and document management
Information and file collaboration
Knowledge transfer
Content publishing

[edit] Spaces

Information can be made available in four different location namespaces, called Personal Space, Shared Space, Intranet Space and Web Space within the cyn.in application. Each Space has distinct authorization and functionality rules, for example, the Intranet Space of a cyn.in site may only be accessed by members of it, in contrast to the Web Space, where public Internet access is allowed.

[edit] Notes

Information and files in cyn.in are stored together in a common container format called a Note. A user can create any number of Notes in the system, however a Note can only reside in one Space at a time.

[edit] Taxonomy and categorization

Notes can have one or more SlashTags. SlashTags is the name given to the hierarchical tagging system used in cyn.in to categorize Notes and is used for creation of navigation trees and dynamic pop-out menus. SlashTags offer taxonomical advantages when compared to traditional folder based systems because they enable:

direct navigational access to each Note
multiple presences of the same Note in the navigation system

[edit] Key Features

Due to the emergent nature of the hosted service model, the exact feature specification of the cyn.in service is updated regularly. The following core features are currently visible^[5]:

Integrated WYSIWYG Word Processor
WYSIWYG creation and editing of HTML content tables
Integrated Full Text Search (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF and other file formats)
Digital Business Dashboards
RSS syndication of content and files
Multi-file uploads
Granular rights based content editing and user-to-user collaboration
Access rights based AJAX user interface
Complete revision history of all content and files
Co - author rich content, files and documents
Verified public commenting access
Customizable change notifications by mail and RSS
Hierarchial, on-the-fly content structuring of information via SlashTags
Gallery and slideshow views of images
Move content from private to public spaces
Sensible, easy-to-remember URLs
Server based image resizing for preview and download

[edit] Applications

Designed to be used generically, the cyn.in bliki service can be applied in the following business applications:

[edit] Pricing Model

The cyn.in service is made available for purchase by businesses in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model at a flexible per user cost. cyn.in is a multi-tenant system; each customer of cyn.in may purchase one or more cyn.in sites each of which are located at a user selectable subdomain of the main cyn.in service. Each site allows a set of users to log in to it to access internal functionality; the service offers a central user authentication system and thus allows the same users to be members of different cyn.in sites as well.

A free version is also available for individual professionals with some limitations in storage and the maximum number of users that are allowed.