2006
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!
December 6th, 2006 at 4:04 pm
[…] Overall, Cyn.In has managed to create a very good collaboration application that is easy to use with a clean and excellent design. WorldTechLogic has posted several online collaboration applications, such as: BlueTie, ConceptShare, ProgrammerMeetDesigner, Eloops, yView, and many more. With BlueTie currently on top of our list (with 20 users, email, and online sharing capability), Cyn.In has definitely got some catching up to do. Currently, in the online web collaboration industry, Cyn.In is ranked 2 in our list. We’ll be coming up with the list shortly after in the near future. […]
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:13 pm
[…] Overall, Wrike is easy to use, and it does save managers’ time a lot. Wrike allows everyone involved in task fulfillment to have the same access to its details, so all of you are on the same page. WorldTechLogic has posted several onine collaboration services in the past, such as: BlueTie, Cyn.In, ConceptShare, ProgrammerMeetDesigner, Eloops, yView, and many more. Compare to a similar niche application, BlueTie, Wrike does have a lot of catching up to do, as BlueTie offers a more complex application and features. The difference with BlueTie lies in the fact that Wrike focuses more on managers instead of the overall corporation like BlueTie. […]
December 29th, 2006 at 11:44 am
[…] CentralDesktop offers amazing features for people working together as teams, or within a company. WorldTechLogicposted about a similar application in the past called Wrike. Unlike Wrike, CentralDesktop offers a more arrays of features. While Wrike only focuses on managers, CentralDesktop focuses morecollaboration of teams (including their managers). It took us a while to explore every features of CentralDesktop, and we’ve found that it is one of the best online collaborations and team / projectapplications out there. I can only think of BlueTie and Cyn.In as CentralDesktop’s competitors. If you’re in a team, or within a company, and would like to have a toolmanage your teams and projects, we would highly recommends CentralDesktop. However, if you want free applications with 20 users in default, you might want to go with BlueTieinstead, or even Wrike with its unlimited amount of users. […]
December 29th, 2006 at 6:53 pm
[…] As we all know, the industry has been swarmed with applications such as BlueTie, Cyn.In, CentralDesktop, and more, and as we’ve pointed out before, there are still rooms for more innovations and improvements. We certainly hope that BrainKeeper Enterprise Wiki will have such points, and from what we’ve heard so far, we’re quite optimistic that they do. Chad Ganske, the Director of Technology and co-founder of BrainKeeper, Inc. has this to say: One of these features is also something that we have kept under wraps, but are now ready to announce: BrainKeeper will offer an API that can be used to pull Page and Workspace content into other systems. This can be used to export content into existing knowledge repositories, backup systems, or corporate portals. Another new feature will be Workflow, which will allow Workspace Admins to monitor and meter the content that is added, edited, and deleted from the site. […]