Binfire
Encyclopedia
Binfire is a privately held web-based collaboration and project management
software company. The company's focus is providing Software as a service
collaboration tools to small and medium-sized businesses working with remote teams.
at Polaroid Corporation
with a $500,000 investment from angel investors. Binfire was originally developed as an online file hosting service with collaboration features. At the end of 2010 the product evolved into a project collaboration software with project management components. Binfire is based in Boston, Massachusetts with developers in Israel and Romania.
(WBS) methodology for project management. Binfire's features include hierarchical tasks and milestones with the ability to assign dependencies, the ability to tag milestones for quick searching and organization, the ability to follow and unfollow tasks, group chat, an interactive whiteboard
for brainstorming and presentations, status reporting, an online project folder and the ability to track any file or element within the workspace.
Project management
Project 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...
software company. The company's focus is providing Software as a service
Software as a Service
Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...
collaboration tools to small and medium-sized businesses working with remote teams.
History
Binfire was founded in 2008 by David Robins, former director of software engineeringSoftware engineering
Software Engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering to software...
at Polaroid Corporation
Polaroid Corporation
Polaroid Corporation is an American-based international consumer electronics and eyewear company, originally founded in 1937 by Edwin H. Land. It is most famous for its instant film cameras, which reached the market in 1948, and continued to be the company's flagship product line until the February...
with a $500,000 investment from angel investors. Binfire was originally developed as an online file hosting service with collaboration features. At the end of 2010 the product evolved into a project collaboration software with project management components. Binfire is based in Boston, Massachusetts with developers in Israel and Romania.
Features
Binfire uses Work Breakdown StructureWork breakdown structure
A work breakdown structure , in project management and systems engineering, is a deliverable oriented decomposition of a project into smaller components. It defines and groups a project's discrete work elements in a way that helps organize and define the total work scope of the project.A work...
(WBS) methodology for project management. Binfire's features include hierarchical tasks and milestones with the ability to assign dependencies, the ability to tag milestones for quick searching and organization, the ability to follow and unfollow tasks, group chat, an interactive whiteboard
Whiteboard
A whiteboard is a name for any glossy, usually white surface for nonpermanent markings. Whiteboards are analogous to chalkboards, allowing rapid marking and erasing of markings on their surface...
for brainstorming and presentations, status reporting, an online project folder and the ability to track any file or element within the workspace.
Competitors
- Basecamp (software)Basecamp (software)Basecamp is a web-based project-management tool developed by 37signals and launched in 2004. The Ruby on Rails framework was extracted from the Basecamp project.-Features:...
- DeskAwayDeskAwayDeskAway is a Software as a Service application for team-based project management and collaboration developed by Synage Software Pvt. Ltd. located in Mumbai, India...
- LiquidPlannerLiquidPlannerLiquidPlanner, Inc. is a project management software company based in Washington. The firm was founded in 2006 and launched their first release to a public beta in 2008....
- WrikeWrikeWrike is an online tool and application service provider for project management and collaboration developed by Wrike Inc. The company was founded in 2006 and launched its first release to a public beta in 2007.- History :...
- Zoho ProjectsZoho Office SuiteThe Zoho Office Suite is a Web-based online office suite containing word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, note-taking, wikis, customer relationship management , project management, invoicing and other applications developed by ZOHO Corporation , a US-based company. It was...
- Huddle.netHuddle (software)Huddle is a web-based team collaboration and project management application developed in the UK.Huddle is privately held and funded by Eden Ventures and Matrix Partners.-Features:...
- Central DesktopCentral DesktopCentral Desktop, Inc. is a privately held collaboration software company that is headquartered in Pasadena, California. The company's primary focus is providing a Software-as-a-Service collaboration tool to small and medium-sized businesses. The company and its products are most often compared to...
See also
- Collaborative softwareCollaborative softwareCollaborative software is computer software designed to help people involved in a common task achieve goals...
- List of collaborative software
- 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
- 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...