Finally a Collaboration Solution for SMBs
Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by search_junkie in SEO
I was introduced to a fantastic SaaS solution for online collaboration today. The service is called OpenACircle. It is targeted towards small and medium sized businesses but it is so robust that I fell it would be great for large firms as well.The solution is from Dallas based VUELIVE, a video technology company.
The idea is that you can invite up to 50 people, I believe, to join your circle. And from within your circle you can video conference, chat, share files, and collaborate virtually. With today’s workforce becoming increasingly virtual, mobility and collaboration are crucial. You hold your meetings in the “Live Room” where you can stream live video of each other, desktop share, audio, IM chat, and take notes all from within a dedicated meeting environment!
A well laid out dashboard holds all of you data, meetings, messages, and connections making it easy to keep track of everything. The dashboard also has a calendar and a status feature that allows you to let your circle be aware of exactly what you are working on at the moment. I think that this would be a great feature for teams of programmers or developers that are all working on the same project at the same time. In this type of situation it is typically easy to overwrite each others work or just not be in sync, causing projects to take much longer than they should. But a service like this would eliminate those issues.
And there is a “Library” area that houses all of your documents, articles, meeting notes, images, etc. Basically all of your files can be housed here like a virtual network drive. You can create custom folders and even a personal vault that is secured. The library feature alone makes this service totally worth it!
Go ahead and give it a try, I have a feeling that you will fall in love with OpenACircle.
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