Smallbiztrends has featured and recommended DeskAway in its latest article on Project management tools that boost productivity.

Taking a vacation is often a catalytic event.  It jump-starts your work processes so you get more done in less time–all so you can get out of town on that much-needed holiday.  Of all the challenges I hear from entrepreneurs and business owners, “having more time to get the important stuff done” ranks at the top of a short list.

This list is dedicated to getting more done. Hopefully, you’ll complete tasks in less time, more effectively, and more efficiently with one or more of these 20 online project management tools. In the process, we hope you achieve greater profitability, too!

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BenefIT.com has featured and recommended DeskAway in its latest article on virtual teams and working away from the office.

Today, with people increasingly working away from their main offices, enabling them to remain connected is crucial to preserve the momentum of the business. Technology that helps remote workers connect, otherwise called remote working tools, simplifies the management of dispersed businesses.

A head popping out of a cabin calling out to team mates to assemble at the conference room in half an hour, was how meetings were announced when project members sat within shouting distance. Today, with the management head probably at the airport, the sales associate driving to a client’s office and other team members spread across cities, a call from a cabin would be meaningless. Managing teams in today’s globalised business environment has changed drastically with teams spread across geographies. And remote working tools enable employees to complete their work from locations other than their office base.

Working remotely – a rewarding experience
Remote working tools provide the three C’s – connection,communication and collaboration among colleagues, teams and peers. But, what perks does such ‘connectivity’ bring to the business? Lower operational costs, sidestepping geographical and time barriers, improved productivity, increased employee satisfaction and hence higher retention are some advantages of adopting remote working technology.

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Personal Development X recently mentioned DeskAway as one of the tools of choice for project management and lifestyle design. With so many tools and apps out there it is imperative that you choose the ones that best fit your lifestyle - something that is too simple might not work for all but could be heaven-sent for some. Read on…

The smallest thing can change your personal development effectiveness. The slightest tilt of an axis can completely change your orbit, like getting a Gmail account, for example. I was fortunate to get one back in the early days when Gmail was in early beta and you didn’t get several trigabytes of storage but you did get access to Google Docs. Suddenly all my documents and spreadsheets were available from wherever there was a computer – work, my brother-in-law’s house, the local café through a laptop.

You may consider Google to be the evil empire but for millions it opened up what for many has become a major lifestyle change through the growth of cloud computing. Other developers saw what Google had achieved and thought “what else can be transferred from the desktop to the cloud?”

Read all of it on Personal Development X

The world’s largest-selling English newspaper, The Times of India, today ran a story in their business section (pg 23) on Startups usher in 3rd IT wave in India. The first waves were in BPO and the IT services (think ‘outsourcing’). Today, we are witnessing the birth of product companies from India harnessing Software As A Service (SaaS) and Cloud Computing - the 3rd wave.

We are very excited to read that DeskAway is one of these startups. In fact, this is exactly in line with my vision - of building a successful global product company from India. This is what we have held onto since 2006 - when we reluctantly phased out our service business and jumped into product development. I am happy to see other companies take the tough route to build something that will ‘build to last’.

What a better way to start a Monday morning!

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!