Ubidesk is a web-based software that provides an online workspace for project collaboration. Provided as Software as a service

Software as a Service

Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...

, Ubidesk is platform independent and accessible via a web-browser without installing any application on the client side. Ubidesk offers file sharing, document collaboration, task management, and group scheduling. Multiple projects can be created with a separate access control for each project, which enables multi-level security clearance within a workspace.

Features

• Online document editing, with the ability to see who wrote what, revision history and comparisons, and to lock documents.
• Task management, with group calendars and Gantt chart
  Gantt chart
  A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project. Terminal elements and summary elements comprise the work breakdown structure of the project. Some Gantt charts...
  
  , along with the ability to assign and track tasks, and to link documents/files to a specific task. Calendars can be imported/exported via ICalendar
  ICalendar
  iCalendar is a computer file format which allows Internet users to send meeting requests and tasks to other Internet users, via email, or sharing files with an extension of .ics...
  
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• User management, allowing administrators to set up project leaders and members for each project.
• Slide-out Sidebar, which allows users to view other pages or create notes while editing a document
• Email notifications, with the ability to allow users to select on what occasion an email is to be sent.
• Help that is easily accessible, well-written and useful..

Background

Palbridge, Inc headquarters are in San Jose, CA while its R&D team is located in South Korea. Kwanghyun Paek and Jokyun Jeong established Palbridge, Inc in March 2008, and started the Ubidesk project in May to address the communication and collaboration challenges between the headquarters and the R&D team. Ubidesk has been used as the collaboration tool during its own development..

Reviews

• CMSwire - Hits Beta, Boosting Collaboration for SMBs
• Brighthub - A Review of Ubidesk
• PCQuest - Work Together on the Same Page
• OnlineTechTips - Online Business Team Collaboration Software
• MakeUseof - Fresh & Comprehensive Online Team Collaboration
• CMSwire - Ubidesk, Web Based Team Collaboration Comes out of Beta

See also

• Collaborative software
  Collaborative software
  Collaborative software is computer software designed to help people involved in a common task achieve goals...
  
  
• List of collaborative software
• Project management software
  Project management software
  Project management software is a term covering many types of software, including estimation and planning, scheduling, cost control and budget management, resource allocation, collaboration software, communication, quality management and documentation or administration systems, which are used to...
  
  
• List of project management software
• Project management
  Project management
  Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end , undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value...
  
  
• Web 2.0
  Web 2.0
  The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web...
  
  
• Extranet
  Extranet
  An extranet is a computer network that allows controlled access from the outside, for specific business or educational purposes. An extranet can be viewed as an extension of a company's intranet that is extended to users outside the company, usually partners, vendors, and suppliers...
  
  
• Cloud computing
  Cloud computing
  Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....