Central Desktop Survey Reveals Customers Gain 30% Productivity through Web 2.0 Business Collaboration.Survey Supports Recent Labor Statistics Showing Increased Productivity, Despite Less Hours Worked PASADENA, Calif. -- Central Desktop, the Complete Business Collaboration platform An emerging category of computer software, collaboration platforms are unified electronic platforms that support synchronous and asynchronous communication through a variety of devices and channels. for business teams, today announced findings from a recent survey that reveals organizations using Central Desktop's business collaboration platform are enjoying a 30% increase in productivity while decreasing their total cost of doing business. The findings are in line with recent government labor statistics, which revealed an increase in worker productivity, yet a decline in hours worked. The Central Desktop survey, conducted in Q2 2008 polled over 160 SMBs across various industries found that: * Customers are seeking a low-cost, pure-play SaaS collaboration platform that does not require IT resources to implement, configure See configuration. (software) configure - A program by Richard Stallman to discover properties of the current platform and to set up make to compile and install gcc. Cygnus configure was a similar system developed by K. or manage. * On average, customers have increased productivity by 30% by using Central Desktop. * 36% evaluated MS Sharepoint, but choose Central Desktop for affordability and ease of use and management. "The findings are in line with what we've experienced over the years -- the successful organizations are the ones that use the latest technology to get more out of less, which is always important, but critical in a poor economy," said Isaac Garcia, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Central Desktop. "And if the economy continues to weaken, we expect businesses to push harder for virtual workers to keep costs down, which will catapult catapult (kăt`əpŭlt'), mechanism used to throw missiles in ancient and medieval warfare. At first, catapults were specifically designed to shoot spears or other missiles at a low trajectory (see bow and arrow). collaboration software See collaborative software. from a pure cost saving benefit to one that is more strategic in nature." Central Desktop, delivered as a pure-play web-based collaboration platform (SaaS) allows business teams of all sizes to work virtually and seamlessly without the IT hassle. Uniquely positioned to serve the mid-market, Central Desktop's platform delivers the richest set-of-tools available for business users with ease-of-use and at affordable price-points, leveling the playing field for small and mid-size companies wishing to do business with enterprise partners and customers. Its complete set of collaboration tools A collaboration tool is something that helps people collaborate. The term is often used to mean collaborative software, but collaboration tools were being used before computers existed, a piece of paper can for example can be used as collaboration tool. , all accessible from a single workspace, help teams connect, share and collaborate on business activities seamlessly and inexpensively. The technology is as simple as launching a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . About Central Desktop Central Desktop delivers a Complete Business Collaboration platform for the mid-market enabling business teams to connect, share, collaborate and manage business both internally and externally on customizable web workspaces. Its solution is delivered as a pure-play web-based platform (SaaS) that combines the most robust collaboration tools available with consumer-level service and afford-ability. Central Desktop enables teams of all sizes to work virtually and seamlessly without the need for IT resources, leveling the playing field for SMBs wishing to do business with the Fortune 500 through technology that is as simple as launching a browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used . Central Desktop was founded in 2005, and is a privately-held company located in Pasadena, California Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 133,936 and the 160th largest city in the United States. The California Finance Department estimates the Pasadena population to be 146,166 in 2005. . For more information, visit www.centraldesktop.com. (c) Central Desktop. All rights reserved. Central Desktop and the Central Desktop logo are all registered trademarks of Central Desktop. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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