AppDirect highlights Conductrus mobile field service scheduling software in “How to Manage Your Mobile Workforce with AppDirect”.
Conductrus is very proud to announce that the Conductrus mobile workforce scheduling and web-based work scheduling software application was featured by AppDirect in an article on 6 September 2011. See:
http://blog.appdirect.com/how-to-manage-your-mobile-workforce-with-appdirect/
The article noted that “over 75% of the entire workforce in the United States is mobile in 2011. Jobs all across the pay scale have a need for staying mobile, and it’s vital for a company to be connected if they want to succeed.”
AppDirect noted that the Conductrus scheduling app, along with the Yast employee management app and the FreeAgent invoicing app, provide crucial tools for managing a mobile service workforce.
AppDirect
In today’s business world there is a sometimes overwhelming array of options for small and large businesses trying to find high quality software solutions. The AppDirect Business Application Network was specifically developed to allow businesses to easily find ideal web-based enterprise grade software solutions at a single application marketplace. Businesses using AppDirect will benefit from one bill for all their applications and one portal to manage and use them. Better application integration, ease of use, and strengthened security are all part of the AppDirect package.
Once applications have been selected, AppDirect allows businesses to manage and use web-based software applications in a unified environment through their Business Application Manager.
Conductrus
Conductrus is a hosted on-line workforce scheduling software program that allows small and mid-sized businesses to easily schedule and dispatch field service personnel. You can take control of your service organization, stay on top of busy schedules, and make more informed decisions. Our intuitive, easy-to-use service dispatch software allows you to reduce phone calls and e-mails, keep your clients in the loop, get more done with less, and save you money.
Business application marketplace (and Conductrus service dispatch software app distributor) AppDirect receives “Best in Show” award at 2011 Under the Radar conference.
Conductrus service dispatch software distributor AppDirect was selected as the Audience Choice “Best in Show” and best “Small and Medium Business Tools” at the April 2011 Under The Radar conference. The spring edition of Under the Radar has an emphasis on cloud computing while in the fall the focus is on mobile technology and applications. The conference is set up for the founders of startups to be noticed by attending CIO’s who are looking to find innovations may play a role in keeping their enterprises on the leading edges of their industries.
From Under The Radar, 28 April 2011, see:
http://www.undertheradarblog.com/blog/announcing-the-winners-of-under-the-radar/
“Announcing the Winners of Under the Radar
Today’s Under the Radar was a smashing success. Over 350 people attended and watched over thirty bleeding-edge startups tell their stories and showcase their technology. With over half of UTR’s past presenting companies having raised funding or get acquired after hitting our stage, something tells me this batch of companies might bump this statistic up even higher. Every single startup hit it out of the park!
Judges included executives from Bank of America, Visa, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, HP, Tesla, Zynga, ING, Salesforce, ESPN, CBS Interactive, AT&T and more…and the winners are:
BEST IN SHOW
Judges’ Choice: Strobe
Audience Choice: AppDirect & PagerDuty (Tie)
Platforms:
Judges’ Choice: Strobe
Audience Choice: PHP Fog & Strobe (Tie)
Infrastructure:
Judges’ Choice: ScaleXtreme
Audience Choice: ScaleXtreme
Collaboration:
Judges’ Choice: SalesCrunch
Audience Choice: SalesCrunch
Scalability:
Judges’ Choice: Clustrix
Audience Choice: NimbusDB
SMB Tools:
Judges’ Choice: Recurly
Audience Choice: AppDirect
Stay Safe:
Judges’ Choice: CipherCloud
Audience Choice: CipherCloud
Dev Tools:
Judges’ Choice: CloudFlare
Audience Choice: PagerDuty”
(click on company names for Under the Radar conference slides and presentations)
AppDirect
The AppDirect Business Application Network was specifically developed to allow businesses to easily find ideal web-based enterprise grade software solutions at a single application marketplace. Businesses using AppDirect will benefit from one bill for all their applications and one portal to manage and use them. Better application integration, ease of use, and strengthened security are all part of the AppDirect package.
Conductrus is proud to be part of the AppDirect family of web-based software applications. Conductrus is a hosted on-line scheduling program that allows small and mid-sized businesses to easily schedule and dispatch field service personnel. You can take control of your service organization, stay on top of busy schedules, and make more informed decisions. Our intuitive, easy-to-use service dispatch software allows you to reduce phone calls and e-mails, keep your clients in the loop, get more done with less, and save you money.
Business application marketplace and Conductrus service dispatch software app distributor, AppDirect, has acquired significant seed round investment.
AppDirect, through the use of their seamless one-stop shopping Business Application Network, promotes the ease of use, security and capacity of web-based applications. Despite the current proliferation of web-based applications, it remains difficult to find solutions and integrate them for unified management and use. The AppDirect Application Marketplace makes it easy for businesses to find and compare web-based software applications. Once an array of software solutions have been identified, AppDirect helps customers manage and use web-based software applications, like the Conductrus services scheduling software app, in a seamless and coordinated manner. And, it does so in a unified environment with one bill for all their applications.
From PR Newswire, 28 April 2011:
“At the 2011 Under the Radar Conference today, AppDirect announced a $3.25M seed round and introduced a new way for businesses to find, buy and use web-based software. Through a network of branded application marketplaces, the San Francisco-based company aims to become a central hub in the rapidly growing community of distributors, developers, and users of business applications.” See:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/appdirect-raises-325m-to-reinvent-the-way-businesses-find-buy-and-use-web-based-applications-120883564.html
Question and answer session following the Under the Radar presentation, see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fo4OGfmGfg
The $3.25 million seed round is led by investment from iNovia Capital. AppDirect intends to use this new funding to expand their engineering team’s efforts and to extend their product to foreign markets.
"Hundreds of incredible web-based applications exist today that can help businesses operate more efficiently. However, many businesses have trouble finding the right web-based solutions and struggle to manage them across multiple sites." said President and co-founder Daniel Saks. "We believe our network will reinvent the way businesses find, buy, and use applications in one seamless experience."
With the AppDirect public beta launch now underway, users can now begin to sign up and browse through AppDirect's evolving inventory of applications. AppDirect has developed an intelligent recommendation engine to help businesses find the perfect solutions and guiding users towards the most relevant applications for their business.
Solution developers can easily distribute their applications through the network by connecting to the AppDirect API. AppDirect offers application developers greater reach to businesses through its branded Marketplace-as-a-Service platform. Their first white-labeled marketplace, the Bell Business Apps Store, was launched by Canada's largest telecommunications company to service their significant base of SMB clients.
Conductrus is proud to be part of the AppDirect family of web-based software applications. Conductrus is a hosted on-line scheduling program that allows small and mid-sized businesses to easily schedule and dispatch field service personnel. You can take control of your service organization, stay on top of busy schedules, and make more informed decisions. Our intuitive, easy-to-use service dispatch software allows you to reduce phone calls and e-mails, keep your clients in the loop, get more done with less, and save you money.
AppDirect Selects Conductrus Mobile Field Service Scheduling Software as "App of the Week"
Conductrus is very proud to announce that the Conductrus mobile workforce scheduling and web-based work scheduling software application has been selected by AppDirect as App of the Week for the week of 18 May 2011. See:
http://blog.appdirect.com/
Conductrus has previously been highlighted as an easy-to-use, highly collaborative online employee dispatch software application at sites like sCommerce and SaaS Directory. The Conductrus team is gratified that their product has achieved App of the Week status in the AppDirect Application Marketplace.
AppDirect
In today’s business world there is a sometimes overwhelming array of options for small and large businesses trying to find high quality software solutions. The AppDirect Business Application Network was specifically developed to allow businesses to easily find ideal web-based enterprise grade software solutions at a single application marketplace. Businesses using AppDirect will benefit from one bill for all their applications and one portal to manage and use them. Better application integration, ease of use, and strengthened security are all part of the AppDirect package.
Web-based technology, like Conductrus’s dispatch software program, overcomes the barriers to entry that software companies face in the traditional packaged software market. While this makes the software industry more competitive it also provides significant benefit to small businesses that can now take advantage of a greater range of products and services. It liberalizes software by allowing small businesses to access and afford enterprise grade solutions.
AppDirect promotes the ease of use, security, and reach of web-based applications. Despite the growth in web-based applications over the past few years it remains difficult to find solutions and integrate them for unified management and use. AppDirect addresses this problem with the Application Marketplace, which makes it much easier for businesses to find and compare solutions. Finding the right software solution is just half of the AppDirect solution. Once applications have been selected, AppDirect allows businesses to manage and use web-based software applications in a unified environment through their Business Application Manager.
Conductrus
Conductrus is a hosted on-line workforce scheduling software program that allows small and mid-sized businesses to easily schedule and dispatch field service personnel. You can take control of your service organization, stay on top of busy schedules, and make more informed decisions. Our intuitive, easy-to-use service dispatch software allows you to reduce phone calls and e-mails, keep your clients in the loop, get more done with less, and save you money.
"There are many management platforms built for service and maintenance companies that allow businesses to collaboratively create and use schedules, projects, and tasks. Conductrus, however, sets itself apart from the rest by providing location-specific tasks. This variation makes it idyllic for service companies that regularly have to visit different locations on a regular basis.
Each employee can have their own profile, which includes their contact information, qualifications, and a list of their upcoming events and active projects. There are also group-oriented calendars which can be viewed by multiple employees. The interface is clean (if a bit spartan), and is easy to set up without any prior experience using other SaaS offerings." (read full review)
SaasDirectory
"Conductrus is project management, which isn’t exactly a new idea. What is new is the way that this app does it. Or displays it, I should say.
Like most project management apps, the usual information you have to enter to track a job has to be input into the app. Once they’re in there, though, you’re shown a graphical spreadsheet that shows projects, tasks, and bars showing how far along those tasks and projects are.
Organizations, other project team members, and more are all tracked and included and anyone who’s authorized can update or change information on the projects or tasks they’re assigned to. For team work, this is awesome.
Comments and notes can be included and clicking on any project or task will show a link to those as well as other information, as needed, such as client information, URLs, other team members, and such.
Now for the other thing that sets this one apart: it’s focused on location-based tasks/projects rather than virtual ones. While this can be easily tuned towards websites or URLs, it’s meant to be aimed at buildings, addresses, cities, etc. Perfect for the professional who’s job is to go place and meet clients or do the work in real life.
Sales professionals, installers, service-based businesses, etc. will find this highly useful and a nice step away from the usual developer-oriented task management tools that proliferate the Web." (read full review)
sCommerce
"Conductrus is a new management platform built for service and maintenance companies that allows businesses to collaboratively create and use schedules, projects, and tasks. While similar SaaS solutions have existed for some time, Conductrus tries to separate itself from the pack by offering location-specific tasks. This distinction makes it ideal for service companies that frequently have to visit different locations on a regular basis." (read full review)
TechCrunch
"Several years ago Andy Wright uncovered a problem. Small and large businesses can have the same problem: Orchestrating to get a qualified person to perform a job. Who’s got the skills? Who’s available? What tasks have you offered/sold to your customers?
Its hard enough getting customers and finding great staff/contractors, but then you might spend many nervous hours juggling demand against availability. Then you need to keep a history of jobs and tasks performed. Did your staff do the work? Does anyone need to follow up?
The same types of jobs, the same set of qualified staff, the same process of orchestration. Every day. Bah. Fortunately Andy invested the last several years into solution towards automation: Conductrus.
Andy has brought together some of the best developers and designers in the world for this project, and it is so wonderful that at Mocra we can now proudly point to Conductrus as one of its growing number of world-class client projects." (read full review)
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