ProjectSpaces
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ProjectSpaces is an extranet
Extranet
An extranet is a computer network that allows controlled access from the outside, for specific business or educational purposes. An extranet can be viewed as an extension of a company's intranet that is extended to users outside the company, usually partners, vendors, and suppliers...

 tool developed in March 2000, by Forum One Communications. It is offered as a hosted 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...

 tool and is often compared to other products like Basecamp and SharePoint. ProjectSpaces is built on the LAMP (software bundle)
LAMP (software bundle)
LAMP is an acronym for a solution stack of free, open source software, referring to the first letters of Linux , Apache HTTP Server, MySQL and PHP , principal components to build a viable general purpose web server.The GNU project is advocating people to use the term "GLAMP" since what is known as...

 platform and can also be installed and run by organizations on their own servers.

Features

ProjectSpaces is not as fully featured as some other competitors out there that include time trackers, invoicing, databases, etc. Instead, ProjectSpaces claims to forgo some functionality to be simpler and more intuitive to use. In terms of features, ProjectSpaces is similar to many other collaborative software
Collaborative software
Collaborative software is computer software designed to help people involved in a common task achieve goals...

 / services on the market, offering a document library, task and workplan management, announcements, discussions, and group calendars. It allows commenting on various content, and users can sign up for RSS
RSS
-Mathematics:* Root-sum-square, the square root of the sum of the squares of the elements of a data set* Residual sum of squares in statistics-Technology:* RSS , "Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary", a family of web feed formats...

 feeds or push e-mail
Push e-mail
Push email is used to describe email systems that provide an always-on capability, in which new email is actively transferred as it arrives by the mail delivery agent to the mail user agent , also called the email client...

notifications to other users.

Further Reading / External Links

Article about ProjectSpaces on Mashable blog

Article about ProjectSpaces in Web Worker Daily

ProjectSpaces official web site
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