DeskAway

DeskAway
Developer(s) Synage Software (software)
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Collaboration platform
Website www.deskaway.com

DeskAway is a Software as a Service application for team-based project management and collaboration developed by Synage Software Pvt. Ltd.[1] located in Mumbai, India.[2] The company was founded by Sahil Parikh[3] and Sitanshi Talati-Parikh in 2005 and launched DeskAway as a public beta in late 2007 with a tagline that states 'simplify work'.

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History

DeskAway was developed in 2006[4], taking off on the concept that businesses function more efficiently using a central system to collaborate and track work as opposed to traditional methods like email or spreadsheets.[5] Finally, in late 2007 DeskAway was launched to the public. Since then it has been updated with new social features[6], user interface customizations and changes.

Features

DeskAway provides project and task management, milestone, issues, wiki-style document management, task lists, file sharing[7] , internal blogs, calendar, contacts, messaging, personal email reminders, reports, user interface customizations, security, and integration with FreshBooks and Google Apps. On August 2010 it was included on the Google Apps Marketplace[8].

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References

  1. ^ Deepti Chaudhary "Synage bets features will give first-mover edge to DeskAway", LiveMint.com & The Wall Street Journal, October 6, 2008, retrieved January 27, 2011
  2. ^ Padmini Copparapu "Startups usher in third IT wave", The Times Of India, October 11, 2010, retrieved January 27, 2011
  3. ^ Parikh, Sahil (November 2010). The SaaS Edge. India: Tata Mcgraw-Hill India. pp. 176. ISBN 9780070680746. http://www.tatamcgrawhill.com/html/9780070680746.html. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 
  4. ^ Sahil Parikh tells how DeskAway got started. http://iamstarting.com/2010/08/interview-with-sahil-parikh-of-deskaway. 
  5. ^ "About DeskAway". http://www.deskaway.com/about/. Retrieved 2011-01-28. 
  6. ^ [|Etherington, Darrell] (Dec. 10, 2008, 10:45am PDT). "DeskAway Embraces the Social Turn, Adds More Personalization Options". GigaOM. http://gigaom.com/collaboration/deskaway-embraces-the-social-turn-adds-more-personalization-options/. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 
  7. ^ [|Van Grove, Jennifer] (February 27, 2009). "DeskAway is a Project Management Tool Your Boss Will Love". Mashable. http://mashable.com/2009/02/27/deskaway/. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 
  8. ^ Shih, Harrison (Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 8:45 AM). "App Tuesday: nine new apps announced for the Apps Marketplace to help your business grow". Official Google Enterprise Blog. http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/08/app-tuesday-nine-new-apps-announced-for.html. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 

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