Redbooth

Redbooth
Developer(s)	Redbooth, Inc. (formerly Teambox Technologies S.L.Teambox Technologies S.L. [1] )
Written in	Ruby on Rails
Available in	Castilian, English [2]
Type	Project management
License	Software as a service
Website	redbooth.com

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

History

Redbooth was previously known as Teambox Technologies S.L., which 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 US$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, Canadian internet company Talker announced that it had been acquired by Teambox. ^[6] In June 2013, Teambox partnered with Zoom Video Communications to provide HD videoconferencing to its users. ^[7]

On January 21, 2014, following the acquisition of 650,000 users, Teambox underwent a name change to Redbooth, Inc. ^[8] Later, on November 18, 2014, Redbooth disclosed an $11 million Series B funding round led by Altpoint Ventures and Avalon Ventures, bringing its total funding to $17.5 million. ^[9]

In August 2016, Redbooth released an exclusive app for Apple TV, available in the Apple TV App Store. ^[10]

On 13 September 2017, Redbooth merged with AeroFS, a company that develops collaboration applications. The new combined company is called Redbooth. ^[11]

Features

• Status updates and conversations — Status updates are registered as project conversations. Users 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. ^[12]
• Task management – Tasks are organized into task lists under the projects. The task system is closely related to the conversation system and conversations can be converted to tasks. Tasks' status can be changed when commenting on it. There are time tracking, delegation and due date properties for tasks. ^[13]
• File and content management: Easily share, find and work on current documents. Comes with free file storage and integrates with Dropbox, Box, Google Drive ^{[ citation needed ]}
• 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 ^[14]
• Integration with other systems (CRM, ERP, etc.)^{[ citation needed ]}
• HD Video conferencing ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Pages — Pages are a wiki type documentation feature. ^[13]
• Discussion forums ^[13]
• Chat ^[13]
• Contacts on the project ^[13]
• 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

• List of collaborative software
• Comparison of project management software

References

1. "AppStore — Teambox". iTunes. 30 January 2012. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
2. Garcia, Ignacio (21 December 2009). "Entrevista a Pablo Villalba de Teambox". TICbeat. TicBeat . Retrieved 12 January 2012.
3. "Company Overview". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
4. 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". FinSMEs. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
6. Fontgivell, Cristina (7 May 2010). "Teambox adquiere la compañía canadiense de Internet Talker" (in Spanish). Expansión . Retrieved 1 February 2012.
7. "Teambox Adds High-Definition Video Conferencing, Market Looks for Deeper Collaboration". TechCrunch. 18 June 2013.
8. jwagner (22 May 2014). "Redbooth Launches First-Ever Public API and New Portal for Developers". ProgrammableWeb. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
9. Dorbian, Iris (18 November 2014). "Redbooth Snags $11 mln Series B". PE Hub . Archived from the original on 24 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
10. Miller, Ron (18 August 2016). "Redbooth adds Apple TV app to bring project management to big screen". TechCrunch. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
11. "AeroFS Merges with Redbooth to Enhance Collaboration". itbusinessedge.com. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
12. Dachis, Adam (29 September 2010). "Teambox Is an Open Source, Social Network-Influenced Online Project Management App". Lifehacker . Retrieved 1 February 2012.
13. Evans, Meryl K (17 August 2009). "Teambox: Collaborate Freely with Your Team". Gigaom. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
14. Redbooth review by Getapp

External links

• Official website
• Teambox on GitHub