Currently, there is a large number of Intranet-based KM solutions in the market. Both established firms and newer niche players have entered the market in a promise of growth and increased profits.

Established players include companies such as Lotus Development Corp. [R10] who are leveraging the existing Lotus Notes user base. Lotus views such applications as a natural extension to their expertise in groupware product line. Lotus unveiled its KM platform at Lotusphere, the company's annual partners conference. Other established players such as Banyan Systems Inc. [R11] are trying to push into the field in order to enhance their performance.

More specialized niche players include:

Dataware Technologies Inc.	www.datatware.com
Intraspect Software Inc.	www.intraspect.com
KnowledgeX Inc.	www.knowledgex.com
Inference Corp.	www.inference.com
Fulcrum Technologies Inc.	www.fulcrum.com
Verity Inc.	www.verity.com
Molloy Group Inc.	www.molloy.com

Each one of these companies offers a variety of solutions with different, sometimes unique, features and different pricing schemes.