Central Desktop

Central Desktop

Infobox Software
name = Central Desktop



caption = A dashboard view, seen within Central Desktop
developer = Central Desktop
operating_system = Cross-platform
genre = Project Collaboration
website = [http://centraldesktop.com www.centraldesktop.com]

Central Desktop, Inc. is a privately held collaboration software company that produces Central Desktop. The company's primary focus is building simple tools for teams and workgroups of all sizes. The company is a pioneer in merging wikis with newer traditional collaboration tools (see key feature list below). The company and its products are most often compared to other wiki-based and project-centric solutions such as Sharepoint and Basecamp. As of January, 2008, the company serves more than 200,000 users worldwide.

The company was founded by two veteran entrepreneurs, Isaac Garcia and Arnulf Hsu, who founded and sold two prior companies together - Upgradebase and Vendorbase, to [http://www.cnet.com/ CNET Networks, Inc.] in 2002.

[http://blog.centraldesktop.com/index.php?entry=entry061206-010627/ In December of 2006] , the company accused Google of unfairly competing against its own customers by bidding on keywords that Google held an interest in. In a rare moment of interjection, Google responded to the accusations on its own AdWords blog.

Central Desktop is a wiki-based software service that supports small group collaboration features such as:
* WYSIWYG editing
* Integrated Lucene Search (full text searches for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files)
* Document management
* Discussion Threads
* Task & Project management
* RSS syndication
* Authorization control
* Real-Time Collaboration (web conferencing)
* Real-Time Online Spreadsheets

ee also

* Comparison of wiki software
* List of collaborative software
* Comparison of wiki farms
* Online office suite

External links

* [http://www.centraldesktop.com/ Central Desktop official website]
* [http://forum.centraldesktop.com/ Central Desktop official forum]
* [http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0003356.html Interview with Isaac Garcia, CEO of Central Desktop in socalTECH]
* [http://www.intranetjournal.com/articles/200508/ij_08_31_05a.html/ Intranet Journal Profile]
* [http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2062662,00.asp/ eWeek]
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200705/fallows-technology/ Atlantic Monthly Article]


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