DeskAway was reviewed by Socialbrite as one of the top 5 Web-based project management and collaboration tools that can help non-profits and other organizations to get stuff done.

The Google Wave came and went – what was that thing, anyway? — but here are some tools that maximize the collaboration and efficiency of your organization and are sure to stick. We took a look at five of the top Web-based project management and collaboration tools that can help nonprofits and other organizations get stuff done. These tools are productivity boosters, regardless of whether your staffers work in the same office or if your team wants to engage supporters in far-flung locations.

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Thanks Jessica & Socialbrite  team!

SaaS is growing rapidly in the Asia Pacific region and April’s 2010 issue of SmartTechie carries a mention of DeskAway and a quote from me when talking about SaaS in India. We are happy to be here at the right time. This is going to be the way forward for all software.

Gartner saw it as the one bright spot during recession. Traditional software is slowly but steadily making way for it. And India is estimated to register a 60 percent Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) in it from 2008 to 2012 according to Springboard Research. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has taken the IT world by storm and experts say this is just the beginning.

Read SaaS The Way Forward…

We have come a long way since 2005. From moving back to India to start a product company to being obsessed about leading the SaaS revolution here, today, we take pride in getting featured on Nasscom Emerge (an organization that represents the IT Industry here) as a ‘Made in India’ global product company. The interview was conducted very professionally over the phone. Here is an exerpt of my Interview with Nasscom…

Success quotient
“Success for us has come from a bunch of things,” details Parikh. “Right timing – we got a head start and now a lot of companies are jumping onto the SaaS bandwagon; a dedicated and talented team of 4-5 people that has been with us from the beginning; and the importance that we as a company give to design and user interface. In fact, a lot of our clients do not believe that we are an Indian company, given the clean and sleek look of our product.”

Read the entire Interview here…

We noticed that Techettes was reviewing project management tools and so we got in touch with them to see if they would be willing to do a review of DeskAway for their blog readers. Today, Meaghan from Techettes emailed me to let me know that the review was up…

You can’t wait to get on the road again, hopping from client meeting to seminar to conference to board meeting with ease. Business trips to Berlin, meetings in Madrid, client calls in California… it’s fun to be a jetsetter but every so often it’s hard to be away from your desk, collaborating with your coworkers and chatting around the water cooler.

Fortunately, in our digital age, even when you’re away from your desk you can take part in the important projects, day to day work and office chatter that you’re missing while you’re out of your normal workspace or working with someone outside the office.

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Thanks Meaghan and the Techettes team!

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   mjw1964 @DeskAway made presentation to my sr. mgmt. team this week…intro’ed DA as our PM tool of choice 08 Apr 2010 from TweetDeck in reply to DeskAway
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   stickerboy @ProjectLockerHQ @DeskAway - Just a quick thanks to you both. Without you guys, I couldn’t have finished this semester in Uni. Cheers 01 May 2010 from web
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   priyankawriting using @deskaway for @digiwhirl, so far so good.. I hope it helps with our startup first months! 08 May 2010 from web
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   adityarao310 @bongubharat I one fine day sent a mail to team - I will no longer reply to any internal stuff on mail. Every1 auto switched to @deskaway 19 May 2010 from web in reply to bongubharat
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   dhanunjayareddy @DeskAway its a good product. Using for my project now. 21 May 2010 from Snaptu in reply to DeskAway
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   amnigos @seoidiot : We moved from BaseCamp to DeskAway, loving it. What else? CC @deskaway 27 May 2010 from web in reply to seoidiot
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   abhishekrungta @sahilparikh just upgraded my @deskaway account to the topmost tier you guys rocked in simplicity and won our business! 29 May 2010 from web