Redbooth

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Redbooth
Developer(s)Redbooth, Inc. (formerly Teambox Technologies S.L.Teambox Technologies S.L.[1])
Written inRuby on Rails
Available inCastilian, English[2]
TypeProject management
LicenseSoftware as a service
Websiteredbooth.com

Redbooth (formerly Teambox) is a web-based workplace collaboration tool and communication platform.

History[]

Redbooth, previously known as Teambox Technologies S.L., who developed Teambox, was founded in 2008[3] and continued to serve commercial and free hosting for Teambox.[4] The company also offered installation and customization of the software.[2]

In February 2010, Teambox secured $193,400 (€140,000)[4] and an additional US$250,000 as part of a seed funding round in November 2010.[5] In April 2010, announced that it had been acquired by Teambox.[6][7] In June 2013, Teambox partnered with Zoom Video Communications to provide HD videoconferencing to its users.[8]

On 21 January 2014, after gaining 650,000 users, Teambox announced it has rebranded as "Redbooth", the company was renamed to "Redbooth, Inc.".[9][10] Later that year, on 18 November 2014, Redbooth announces a $11 million Series B round, led by Altpoint Ventures and Avalon Ventures. Redbooth's total funding was brought to $17.5 million.[11]

In August 2016, Redbooth released an exclusive app for Apple TV, it is now available in the Apple TV App Store.[12]

On 13 September 2017, Redbooth announced that it had merged with AeroFS, a company that develops collaboration applications. The new combined company is called Redbooth, and products from both companies will be supported going forward.[13]

Features[]

  • Status updates and conversations — Status updates are registered as projects' conversations. You can later organize conversations by giving them headlines. There are options to notify other project members via email and to attach files from one's computer or Google Docs.[14]
  • Task management – Tasks are organized into task lists under the projects. The task system is very closely related to the conversation system and conversations can be converted to tasks. Tasks' status can be changed when commenting it. There is time tracking, delegation and due date properties for tasks.[15]
  • File and content management: Easily share, find and work on current documents. Comes with free file storage and integrates with: Dropbox, Box, Google Drive
  • Real-time communication: HD Video conferencing for up to 100 people, screen sharing, and group chat to communicate with your team in real time.
  • Role-based permission to access to projects[16]
  • Integration with other systems (CRM, ERP, etc.)[citation needed]
  • HD Video conferencing[citation needed]
  • Pages — Pages are a wiki type documentation feature.[15]
  • Discussion forums[15]
  • Chat[15]
  • Contacts on the project[15]
  • Time tracking — Time spent on tasks can be tracked[citation needed]
  • Phone and tablet clients for iOS and Android[citation needed]
  • Language support for English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese.[citation needed]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "AppStore — Teambox". iTunes. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Garcia, Ignacio (21 December 2009). "Entrevista a Pablo Villalba de Teambox". . Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Company Overview". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Zaliznyak, Marina (1 February 2010). "Teambox for project management secures €140,000 funding". Techcrunch. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Teambox Closes $250k Seed Funding Round". . 16 November 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Talker acquired by Teambox". 20 April 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  7. ^ Fontgivell, Cristina (7 May 2010). "Teambox adquiere la compañía canadiense de Internet Talker" (in Spanish). Expansión. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Teambox Adds High-Definition Video Conferencing, Market Looks for Deeper Collaboration". TechCrunch. 18 June 2013.
  9. ^ "Teambox Emerges as Redbooth". Yahoo Finance, Marketwired. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  10. ^ "We ♥ Open Source". Redbooth. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  11. ^ Dorbian, Iris (18 November 2014). "Redbooth Snags $11 mln Series B". .
  12. ^ Ron Miller (18 August 2016). "Redbooth adds Apple TV app to bring project management to big screen". TechCrunch. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  13. ^ "AeroFS Merges with Redbooth to Enhance Collaboration". itbusinessedge.com. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  14. ^ Dachis, Adam (29 September 2010). "Teambox Is an Open Source, Social Network-Influenced Online Project Management App". Lifehacker. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Evans, Meryl K (17 August 2009). "Teambox: Collaborate Freely with Your Team". Gigaom. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  16. ^ Redbooth review by Getapp

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