Sometimes, we work on projects that get paused for various reasons. They are still active but no work is done for some time - whether it is delay on the client’s end, you leave for a vacation, or a change in the scope of the work. We still want these projects to be there but just in a ‘paused’ state. Hence, we came up with the ‘On Hold’ functionality where the project is fully functional but no activity within this project shows up on the Dashboard page, no notifications are sent out, they don’t show up on the daily personal email reminders and due dates from this project are not seen on the Calendar page either.

‘On Hold’ projects can be changed to ‘On Going’ at anytime.

Hope you like this new addition…

PROMANA, a small business software blog has featured and recommended DeskAway in its latest article on ‘What is DeskAway?’

If you are a project manager trying to manage a team and clients that are distributed far and wide, you may be looking for an online solution that will let you both manage your project activities and timescales and provide a means of collaboration for sharing project information and documents.  There are several projects that will fit the bill on the market at the moment, some better than others. DeskAway, from the Indian company, Synage Software, is one of them.

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I occasionally contribute to BusinessInsider.com and here is an excerpt from my new book ‘The SaaS Edge’ on how online tools can help you save money in times of a recession. Hope you like it! Do join us on the Facebook page for the book - www.facebook.com/thesaasedge

It explains software-as-a-service, commonly known as SaaS, and how companies can gain competitive advantage using online tools for marketing, building a brand and running their day-to-day business. Shaw runs a hypothetical company that is ready to take the SaaS plunge. At this point Shaw and his team are slowly falling in love with SaaS and are learning how online software can help their business even during a recession…

Recession Friendly

“What do you think of when the recession looms over you? Automatically, we start thinking of lowering costs first. With SaaS, you get access to powerful features, can get started immediately, pay a small monthly subscription fee, and you don’t need to invest in expensive hardware. Seems like Utopia!

So, then when you are looking to slash costs, why would you buy software, servers, and spend money setting them up?

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We wanted to formally blog about the release of Sahil Parikh’s book - The SaaS Edge (published by Tata Mcgraw-Hill, India). The main theme of the book revolves around how businesses can harness the power of Software As A Service, Web 2.0 and on-demand computing to lower cost, increase efficiency and productivity. Everything is moving to the Web and so should your business!

We believe that the book is in line with what we have been working on in the last 3 years - bringing a simple yet powerful tool (DeskAway) to businesses to help them work smarter.

If you are still not convinced about moving to online tools then here is an excerpt from Sahil’s book that you must read - SaaS Myths.

We have created a dedicated Facebook Fan page to talk about the book, post announcements and reviews. Do join us at www.facebook.com/thesaasedge

You can get in touch with Sahil Parikh via Twitter @sahilparikh or by visiting his blog sahilparikh.com.

Have a great weekend!

A quick video showing how you can create your new Project by using the Templates inside your DeskAway account…