& programming founded providence ri 1996 headquarters providence rhode island key people gregory lloyd and christopher nuzum co founders products traction teampage teampage attivio search module teampage attivio plus teampage social enterprise web teampage feed reader revenue unknown website www.tractionsoftware.com traction software inc. is a software company headquartered in providence ri . it is the creator of traction teampage software for action tracking and collaboration . traction software products are used as project management software quality management software knowledge management software competitive intelligence software as well as other collaborative software applications . contents 1 history 2 funding 3 products 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded in 1996 by chris nuzum and gregory lloyd who were heavily influenced by the work of douglas engelbart s on line system the first hypertext journaling system and other hypertext pioneers including andy van dam s hes and ted nelson s xanadu . the company was first to the enterprise 2.0 software market with releases dating back to 1999 and a commercial market launch in 2002 when 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 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 was included in fuld & company intelligence software report in 2008 2009 6 2006 2007 7 and 2004 2005 . 8 funding edit the company was initially funded by 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 edit traction software products include traction teampage teampage attivio search module teampage attivio plus teampage social enterprise web teampage feed reader references edit infoworld july 2002 test center product review . navy team evaluates weblogs government computer news nov 2003 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 weblogs weave a new communication hub signal magazine may 2004 kmworld 100 companies that matter in knowledge management fuld and company intelligence software report 2008 and 2009 fuld and company intelligence software report 2006 2007 fuld and company intelligence software report 2004 and 2005 in q tels traction software portfolio company page june 2002 press release describing in q tel s expansion to an enterprise license . slater fund external links edit traction software retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title traction software & oldid 711385716 categories software companies based in rhode islandcomputer companies of the united stateshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 march 2016 at 15 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view