Central Desktop is a heavy-hitter in the online collaboration arena. It’s used by companies such as Sony, Adobe, J.D. Power and Associates and Greenpeace… just to name a few of their 275,000+ customers. It’s not difficult to understand why with it’s list of impressive features and affordable pricing plan.
What sets Central Desktop a notch above, in my opinion, is it’s quick setup on the user end. There’s virtually no learning curve and it seems as though user feedback must have figured heavily in it’s development. I’ve used similar solutions that fell short in the usability department, seemingly developed by IT people for IT people, leaving the average user bewildered.
Central desktop offers real-time collaboration for your team members. With the web meetings and audio conferencing features you can also collaborate with customers or partners by voice, sharing screens or remote presentation. Central Desktop also integrates with Skype (with voice supported), Yahoo, MSN Messenger, AIM, ICQ and Jabber, centralizing all your communication. If you’re an Outlook junky like me you’ll like to know that Outlook calendar integration is an option.
For your team’s document needs you can create, edit and store online docs and spreadsheets in a secure workspace environment. You can even collaborate on documents in real-time. Central Desktop also offers the ability to track document history and revisions. Their extensive search feature allows for full text and document search so you can find what your looking for fast, even if it’s in a document, a conversation thread or a different workspace.
Very important for me is the ability to access my workspaces form anywhere. Whether I’m at home or on the road, as long as I have an internet connection I can quickly and easily access my workspaces with no difficult setup process. Although mobile browser-based access is possible with a smartphone, it’s a bit cramped and not techincally supported so I have to knock the rating down half a star.
