Conscious Web Solutions provides business consulting and web solutions. Some time back they had recommended DeskAway to their users.

“Some of my contract staff prefer working together on DeskAway instead of via email or Skype.” James Welsh, Owner.

Some insights into how they use DeskAway.

How are you using DeskAway and what value is it providing your team?
Team collaboration for project planning and completion.

Were you using any other tool before DeskAway?
Yes. Dotproject and Storm for Drupal.

Was there a learning curve associated with DeskAway? How did your team adapt to a new application?
Very intuitive, however still learning about how to streamline my business using this system integrated with FreshBooks.

What features does your team use the most?
Trying to use it all to realize it’s power.

Are you emailing (sending tasks, attachments etc.) less because of DeskAway? How has DeskAway helped in lowering project costs, profitability or improving efficiency?
Still training my clients to use this system. Conversely some of my contract staffs prefer working together on DeskAway instead of via email or skype.

Are there any other thoughts that you would want to share with us regarding our service, product etc.?
Yes, I am wondering if it is possible to add two fields to tasks. Task status field with options such as: requested, estimated, approved, in progress, complete, archived. the second field would be estimated time to complete task.

Thanks CWS!

Do tell us how You use DeskAway @ priyanka.d(at)synage(.)com

DeskAway was chosen as one of the 10 best Indian web startups of 2009 by Indian Web 2 blog.

DeskAway is one of the best Project Management Tool available online, free as well as paid its one of the first such web start-up from India that made mark on web inspite of already available competitors such as BaseCamp, Collab, Zoho etc.

Read the article!

Thanks Indian web 2 team!

We are all geared up for 2010 and hope to feature in these lists for next year too!

We received a few more praises through the last few weeks, all mostly from Twitter. Love this tool to remain in touch with customers, generate buzz, connect & converse!

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Recently came across an article on Venture Beat which analyzes a survey where most businesses have already or are looking to opt for virtual/remote working options in the future.

Just 15 percent of the small- and medium sized businesses we spoke with utilize a traditional office model, where employees work from one central physical location. And 45 percent of survey respondents – including those traditionalists – spend more than three-quarters of their time conducting business out of the office. Read more…

The reasons for this shift towards virtual setups and remote working can easily be pegged at:

• large amount of information storage on the web using SaaS tools, apps and collaborative solutions.

• Business transactions taking place via email, chat, twitter etc..

• Wi-fi internet is accessible almost everywhere in the metro and big cities

• the new smart phones enable people to carry their office in their pockets

Businessmen are now more free with where they do their business. Going for a far off meeting does not mean losing out on the business at office. Inevitably virtual offices are an easy, low cost option.

What are your thoughts? Does your business have a virtual setup?

Interesting article on Mashable, by JR Johnson about how social media connects people with common ground. It promotes friendly relations and mutual trust amongst people of different cultures and thoughts a.k.a. world peace!

We are sharing unprecedented amounts of personal perspective through the online platforms mentioned above, as well as on blogs and user generated content sites like Twitter (Twitter), Wikipedia (Wikipedia), and YouTube (YouTube). This increased sharing, combined with the technological transparency and connectivity that the Internet provides, is exposing our points of common ground more than ever before. The stage is set for a positive change in the way we view “us” and “them.” The more we understand our common ground, the more likely we are to understand each other’s differences.

The online media allows people to voice their thoughts and opinions. It also allows other often unknown people to give feedback/suggestions, encouragement and support. People are connecting in a way that has not yet been possible!