# Traction Software

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**Traction Software, Inc.** is a software company headquartered in [Providence, RI](/source/Providence,_Rhode_Island). It is the creator of [Traction TeamPage](/source/Traction_TeamPage) software for action tracking and collaboration. Traction Software products are used as [project management software](/source/Project_management_software), [quality management](/source/Quality_management) software, [knowledge management software](/source/Knowledge_management_software), [competitive intelligence](/source/Competitive_intelligence) software, as well as other [collaborative software](/source/Collaborative_software) applications.

## History

The company was founded in 1996 by Chris Nuzum and Gregory Lloyd who were heavily influenced by the work of [Douglas Engelbart](/source/Douglas_Engelbart)'s [On-Line System](/source/On-Line_System) (the first hypertext journaling system) and other hypertext pioneers including [Andy van Dam](/source/Andy_van_Dam)'s [HES](/source/Hypertext_Editing_System) and [Ted Nelson](/source/Ted_Nelson)'s Xanadu.

The company was first to the [Enterprise 2.0](/source/Enterprise_2.0) software market with releases dating back to 1999 and a commercial market launch in 2002 when [Traction TeamPage](/source/Traction_TeamPage) Version 2.8 was the first platform to be called an Enterprise Weblog in a review by Jon Udell of InfoWorld.[1]

In 2003, the US Department of Defense CIO office funded a Rapid Acquisition Incentive-Net Centricity (RAI-NC) pilot program, titled the "Liberty Project," to study the business case for using social software for net-centric project communication and information management. The study involved funding to add the [WebDAV](/source/WebDAV) extension to the Traction platform and to support the following Liberty Project participants: Traction Software, The Office of Naval Research, the Army Night Vision Lab, Defense Acquisition University, Naval Underwater Warfare Center, Marine Corps, Ford Motor Company, and the New York City Police.[2][3][4]

Traction Software was named to KMWorld’s 100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management for nine consecutive years through 2013.[5] In the Competitive Intelligence market, [Traction TeamPage](/source/Traction_TeamPage) was included in Fuld & Company Intelligence Software Report in 2008/2009,[6] 2006/2007,[7] and 2004/2005.[8]

## Funding

The company was initially funded by [In-Q-Tel](/source/In-Q-Tel) (the venture arm of the US Central Intelligence Agency) in May 2000.[9] In-Q-Tel followed through in June 2002 with a customer agreement that represents the first significant enterprise site license of a blogging platform.[10]

Traction Software raised a second round in 2002 with participation from In-Q-Tel, the Slater Fund,[11] and private investors.

## Products

Traction Software's primary product is [Traction TeamPage](/source/Traction_TeamPage). TeamPage options include:

- TeamPage Cloud Option - Managed AWS TeamPage cloud instance includes daily backups, software updates, Solr search, AWS security and encryption.
- TeamPage Azure AD Cloud option - Microsoft Azure AD provides cloud-based identity and access management services to both cloud and on-premises resources
- TeamPage Quality Management Solution - Provides TeamPage based core Quality Management Documentation, Tracking, and Reporting services

## References

1. [InfoWorld July 2002 Test Center Product Review.](http://www.infoworld.com/article/2670256/application-development/getting-traction.html)

1. [Navy Team Evaluates Weblogs, Government Computer News, Nov 2003](http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/24041-1.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194903/http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/24041-1.html) 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

1. [Defense AT&L Magazine, "Weblog Technology for Acquisition Program Management," by McVay and Brown, March-April 2005. An overview and opportunity analysis written by participants from the US Navy and US Defense Acquisition University](http://www.dau.mil/pubs/dam/03_04_2005/bro-ma05.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203324/http://www.dau.mil/pubs/dam/03_04_2005/bro-ma05.pdf) 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

1. ["Weblogs Weave a New Communication Hub", Signal Magazine, May 2004](http://www.afcea.org/signal/articles/anmviewer.asp?a=130)

1. [KMWorld 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management](http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/Editorial/Features/KMWorld-100-Companies-That-Matter-in-Knowledge-Management-87872.aspx)

1. [Fuld and Company Intelligence Software Report 2008 and 2009](http://www.fuld.com/Products/ISR2008/HomePage.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090311035546/http://www.fuld.com/Products/ISR2008/HomePage.html) 2009-03-11 at the Wayback Machine

1. [Fuld and Company Intelligence Software Report 2006/2007](http://www.fuld.com/Products/ISR2006/HomePage.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090415031546/http://fuld.com/Products/ISR2006/HomePage.html) 2009-04-15 at the Wayback Machine

1. [Fuld and Company Intelligence Software Report 2004 and 2005](http://www.fuld.com/Products/ISR2004/HomePage.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090107043207/http://www.fuld.com/Products/ISR2004/HomePage.html) 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine

1. [In-Q-Tels Traction Software Portfolio Company Page](http://www.iqt.org/technology-portfolio/traction_software.html)

1. [June 2002 Press Release describing In-Q-Tel's expansion to an enterprise license.](http://traction.tractionsoftware.com/traction/permalink/Public71)

1. [Slater Fund](http://www.slaterfund.com/cms/index_new.asp) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090420175811/http://www.slaterfund.com/cms/index_new.asp) 2009-04-20 at the Wayback Machine

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