Central Desktop Buzz

We'd like to direct your attention to a quick profile on Central Desktop by the good folks over at The Alarm Clock.

Read it here. Thanks for the buzz guys.

Central Desktop Presenting at Under The Radar

Look for us at Under The Radar tonight and tomorrow. (Its being held in Mountain View at the Microsoft Campus.)

This year's theme is "Enterprise Technologies." The two co-founders of Central Desktop (Isaac Garcia and Arnulf Hsu) will both be at the VIP Mixer tonight and presenting tomorrow in the "Messaging and Collaboration" Forum. We'll be presenting along sides of: Zimbra, GroveSite and Pandora Networks.

If you see either of us at the event we'd love to meet you.

Oh, and I guess we are one of only four presenters who keep a corporate blog; atleast, as (parenthetical) noticed. That is a shocking stat!

Central Desktop November Release

Its been a little over a month since our last 'major' code-release here at Central Desktop. This particular release was more focused on the layout and functionality of Workspaces, with a primary focus on the process and creation of new Workspaces.

Below is a quick review of what the new release contains:

Look and Feel

'Behind the scenes' changes as well as some changes to the look and feel of Central Desktop. We consolidated some menus and provided you with some additional customization functions. These changes were necessary as part of a larger vision and additional functionality that we will be providing at a later date.

Navigation Bar

A Navigation Bar was added to each Workspace. The Navigation Bar (page) provides a more natural feel to navigation and orientation throughout the Workspace. You have the option of placing the Navigation Bar on the Left or Right panels of the Workspace. You can also customize and edit the Navigation Bar just like any other page in a Workspace.

Templates

When creating a New Workspace you will be prompted with a few more questions and will have the option of selecting from pre-formatted Templates along with some sample content. This is meant to help you get started. Feel free to suggest other templates here. (You need to be logged in to Central Desktop for the link to work)

Colors : Style Templates

We've added the ability to select different color schemes as well as creating your own themes. You can also select from different Style Templates that effect the layout and appearance of the Workspace.

Dashboard And Daily Digests

All Tasks and Milestones across Workspaces are now consolidated on the Dashboard. We also improved the Workspace Digests to reflect a more visual and meaningful summary of what changed in each Workspace. These changes are reflected in the Email Digests for each Workspace too.

RSS Feeds (More Security)

We now support Secure RSS. All RSS Feeds have been modified to require Username and Password Authentication. All Workspace RSS Feeds have been modified to force HTTP Authentication. This means you will need to use a feed reader that supports this security method. Here are a few feed readers that support this: NewsGator, Newzcrawler, Feedreader. (We apologize in advance for all of you needing to reset your RSS Feeds.)

Workspace Backup / Export Feature

Under the SETTINGS TAB, we've added a BACKUP Function so that you can download a zipped file your Workspace Contents.

Lastly, we want to thank each and every one of you for your evaluation, adoption, feedback and patience with our product. We are working hard to develop the best collaboration software.

Central Desktop Webinar

Tuesday, November 15th is our first scheduled Webinar for you to learn more about Central Desktop.

Join us for a 1 Hour Webinar to learn how Central Desktop can help:

* You organize your team projects into Workspaces
* Your team share files, documents and project information
* Your department collaborate on projects, research and events (without IT involvement)

Learn how others are using Central Desktop to collaborate with their team, their vendors and their customers.

Click here to sign-up!

Get a closer look at how Central Desktop's online collaboration tools can transform your team into a productive business unit without the high costs and red tape of a typical software deployment.

Dates for Online Collaboration Tools Webinar:

Current Webinar Dates:

Tuesday, November 15th, 11:00am PST
and
Tuesday, November 22nd, 11:00am PST

(we'll be scheduling other Webinar's to accommodate our international friends as well in the near future)