activeCollab – open source project management and collaboration tool.
24 Jul 2006 - DaveEmail inherits the role of virtual filesystem when folks run into the boundaries of the company’s internal network. The question is how to share files with:
- Customers
- Vendors
- Road warriors
- Folks at home
As ugly as it looks from the system administrator’s perspective, the alternatives are equally unappealling to the folks trying to get work done.
37Signals, LLC, a web application company, has created a newer generation of web based tools for sharing information and files using the web. These guys are not alone. The market is very crowded trying to fill that need. The guys at 37Signals have put more effort in reaching out to regular folks though! There are free versions of their tools and the paid services are pretty reasonable as well.
activeCollab – open source project management and collaboration tool.
ActiveCollab is a new OpenSource project that is part of the new breed of web based tools. My main interest in ActiveCollab is that I have more control of the application. I am still a little nervous about handling over information to a hosted service like those provided by 37Signals and many others. Not that this is a reflection on their integrity but with the growing number of high profile security breaches by the government, banking industry and others, I’d just as soon handle it myself, thank you.
Below is a link to ActiveCollab hosted from my network.
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Similiar software from 37Signals, LLC