Central Desktop, a leading SaaS-based social technology platform for next-generation business teams to interact, share and manage their daily work activities, today announced the mid-market’s first Microsoft Outlook plug-in. The new plug-in will address the millions of Outlook users who seek a pure SaaS-based approach to collaboration integrated with their existing business tools, applications and workflows. The new plug-in will enable the 70% of Central Desktop users who already use Outlook for email to synchronize tasks, calendars and share content between Central Desktop’s social technology platform and Microsoft Outlook.
Today’s release marks another step in Central Desktop’s vision to provide the most complete pure-SaaS alternative to SharePoint for mid-market businesses who continue to demand enterprise-grade functionality without enterprise-level resource requirements.
“We have found Central Desktop to be an excellent replacement to SharePoint for B2B communications and collaboration. The new Outlook plug-in is an example of the continued commitment to enhancing product usability that we have enjoyed since signing up with Central Desktop,” said Jason Eckersley, CIO, Employers Health Network. “We are excited about the potential it has to improve the critical link between our Central Desktop workspaces and individual email accounts by allowing direct attachment uploading and calendar/task synchronization. We believe these enhancements will be well received by both internal users and our partners.”
The new MS Outlook plug-in will be available for download for all Central Desktop users, free of charge, and can be up and running in under a minute with a simple browser re-fresh.
“Our primary focus is to make managing day-to-day business operations as simple as possible without disrupting the way business teams are already working,” said Isaac Garcia, CEO and Co-Founder, Central Desktop. “A good majority of our users come to us seeking a viable alternative to SharePoint, so deep Outlook integration was a critical requirement to successfully serving these customers who already manage their email and calendaring as well as some task management functions through Outlook.”
Central Desktop has successfully served the SMB market for the last four years with its pure SaaS social technology platform with over 270,000 users to date. Continuing to embrace the SaaS model, Central Desktop requires no software or hardware to install and delivers the most comprehensive set of social technology tools integrated into pure web-based single-sign-on workspaces that integrate with the most widely used office productivity tools and applications.
In related news, the content from Central Desktop’s free “Why SaaS Matters,” webinar is now available. Central Desktop CEO, Isaac Garcia was joined by special guest Mark Levitt, VP of Collaboration and Enterprise 2.0 Strategies from global market intelligence and advisory firm, IDC.
