Apollo (software)
Encyclopedia
Apollo is a web-based
project-management and CRM tool developed by Applicom. Apollo was launched as public beta in 2010; it was formally released (out of beta) on the 11th of April 2011.
Apollo has received considerable coverage for the fact that it's a one-page AJAX application based on the Dojo toolkit
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In terms of project management, it offers to-do lists, milestone management, file sharing, time tracking, calendar, and a messaging system. Users can import their data from Basecamp.
Its CRM side offers Cases&deals, notes on contacts, task on contacts, important dates, calendar, tags. Users can import their data from Highrise.
Apollo uses heavily AJAX technologies, with the aim of getting the application to look as much as possible like a native one.
Apollo is proprietary software
and it's only available in English. Translations into additional languages are planned: they will be community-driven and will be done through a web interface.
Web application
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project-management and CRM tool developed by Applicom. Apollo was launched as public beta in 2010; it was formally released (out of beta) on the 11th of April 2011.
Apollo has received considerable coverage for the fact that it's a one-page AJAX application based on the Dojo toolkit
Dojo Toolkit
Dojo Toolkit is an open source modular JavaScript library designed to ease the rapid development of cross-platform, JavaScript/Ajax-based applications and web sites. It was started by Alex Russell, Dylan Schiemann, David Schontzler, and others in 2004 and is dual-licensed under the modified BSD...
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Features
Apollo offers both project management and CRM.In terms of project management, it offers to-do lists, milestone management, file sharing, time tracking, calendar, and a messaging system. Users can import their data from Basecamp.
Its CRM side offers Cases&deals, notes on contacts, task on contacts, important dates, calendar, tags. Users can import their data from Highrise.
Apollo uses heavily AJAX technologies, with the aim of getting the application to look as much as possible like a native one.
Apollo is proprietary software
Proprietary software
Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
and it's only available in English. Translations into additional languages are planned: they will be community-driven and will be done through a web interface.
Competitors
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See also
- Project management softwareProject management softwareProject management software is a term covering many types of software, including estimation and planning, scheduling, cost control and budget management, resource allocation, collaboration software, communication, quality management and documentation or administration systems, which are used to...
- List of project management software
- Project managementProject managementProject management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end , undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value...
- Web 2.0Web 2.0The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web...