The internet web services have become more and more crowded these days. During our reviews, we’ve seen many great applications built using Ajax. Emails, To-Do list, Calendar, and Web Collaborations have amongst the best applications line up we’ve seen so far, with LycosMail, Mail2Web, TimeBridge, Jotlet, Orchastrate, WallNote, XDrive and many more on the list. What if there’s a way to have those services in one web application? Say no more, because there’s BlueTie now.
BlueTie is a web2.0 ajax-based web service that handles your business’ communications needs without the expense and complexity of buying and maintaining your own dedicated hardware or software. It offers up to 20 users with their own emails, to-do list, file storage and sharing, and more. With the control panel, you (as the administrator) will have the ability to add/remove users, set global preferences including anti-spam preferences, set access privileges for each users and create divisions. Even a small business will find the Divisions concept useful: you might have a division for Sales, HR, technical, etc.
Unlike single user free webmail accounts like Gmail, Hotmail or YahooMail, BlueTie has the capability of having multiple users (up to 20 for the free service) in your account. Furthermore, BlueTie lets you associate a domain name with your email, so rather than using the default e-mail addressing scheme user.yourbusiness@bluetie.com (for example, brett.worldtechlogic@bluetie.com), your addresses can look like user@yourbusiness.com. You can also set up aliases for addresses such as sales@mycompany.com and have any mail sent to that address routed to any of your users. Via the Enterprise Manager, an administrator can quickly create, lock, or deactivate users, group them into Divisions, and assign Division administrators who can carry out tasks that require no tech experience, such as disabling accounts.
When you log in, the clean, streamlined interface shows new e-mail, the day’s appointments, tasks due or overdue, and account management features. Clicking on icons at the top of the screen brings up the main task areas. Another welcome feature is the ability to upload files (both shared and personal) to the service, so you (and, in the case of shared files, others) can access them from any PC. Each person gets 1GB of file storage, and you can purchase up to 9GB more for each individual. BlueTie offers 2 kinds of plans, the Free and the Paid Pro one ($4.99 per user / month). The primary differences between the two is that Pro adds 5 more GB of storage for a total of 10 GB, the Pro version integrates with Outlook and other desktop mail apps and live support is included. It also supports an unlimited number of users per enterprise.
Overall, BlueTie has been a very impressive web application. Truthfully, we have never been this excited to use a web application we have reviewed before. It trully is a new breakthrough in the internet industry. With its easy-to-use User Interface, multiple users capability, and clean-professional design, BlueTie definitely has the biggest potential to be the winner in the never ending battle of online business applications. We would definitely recommend you to use BlueTie for your business needs.
To signup for a FREE BlueTie account, you can click HERE!
