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| Type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | On-demand software |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
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| Products | Professional Services Automation Software |
| Website | www.ProjectorPSA.com |
Projector PSA, Inc. is a developer of cloud-based professional services automation (PSA) software. On July 12, 2022, the company was acquired by BigTime Software. [1]
Projector PSA was started in 2002 by a group of employees at Agency.com. Their self-developed application used to manage Agency.com became the prototype for Projector PSA's main software offering, Projector. In 2003 Projector PSA, Inc. was formed and in mid-2004 they released the first version of Projector. [2]
Projector is a business application that is intended to be used by project-based organizations. Projector is considered Professional Services Automation, or PSA software. Projector is designed to help companies with project management, resource scheduling, and project accounting.
Projector is a cloud-based application [3] that allows users to access the application anywhere they have an internet connection. Projector has two main interfaces, one called the Employee Portal and a second called the Management Portal. The Employee Portal is a browser-based application that has functionality for time entry, expense entry, document management, issue tracking, and viewing schedules. The Management Portal uses Window's Smart-Client technology and is where users go to manage projects, schedule resources, run reports, create invoices, and administer the application.
Projector has a mobile web application for time and expense entry that can be accessed on most smartphones. [2]
Projector's software is sold using the Software-as-a-Service or SaaS licensing model, [4] and is being used by more than 19,000 users across 180 companies worldwide. [5]
Projector PSA runs a user group called the Projector e3 Community. [6]
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