ShareMethods
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ShareMethods is a Web 2.0
document management and collaboration service with a focus on sales, marketing, and the extended selling network. It offers a Software as a Service
(SaaS) subscription service to companies that is available as a stand alone application or integrated with CRM tools such as Oracle CRM On Demand or salesforce.com
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Type II data center owned by Sungard. In March 2009, ShareMethods launched "ShareSpaces" to provide on-demand portals or workspaces.
ShareNow: Integrates ShareMethods with salesforce.com providing Single Sign On for salesforce.com users and easy access to files related to accounts opportunities, etc. including custom objects.
ShareMethods for Oracle CRM On Demand: Integrates ShareMethods with Oracle CRM On Demand providing Single Sign On for Oracle users and easy access to files related to accounts opportunities, etc.
ShareOffice
: Teams can create, edit, and share documents online. This tool allows users to automatically generate sales documents such as proposals, contracts, quotes, and letters in a single browser interface using customer data from salesforce.com or Oracle CRM On Demand.
ShareSpaces: Independent workspaces or portals where users can collaborate with business partners, teammates, or individuals to work together on content and documents.
to provide online document and spreadsheet editing. The integration with EchoSign
allows users to send files for signature directly from ShareMethods.
In addition, developers can make use of the ShareMethods API
based on WebDAV
to integrate document management functionality.
Web 2.0
The 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...
document management and collaboration service with a focus on sales, marketing, and the extended selling network. It offers a 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...
(SaaS) subscription service to companies that is available as a stand alone application or integrated with CRM tools such as Oracle CRM On Demand or salesforce.com
Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is an enterprise cloud computing company headquartered in San Francisco that distributes business software on a subscription basis. Salesforce.com hosts the applications off-site...
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History
ShareMethods was launched in 2004 to provide collaboration and communication services for sales and marketing teams, business partners, and customers. The founders have a background of building software-as-a-service applications and creating digital media applications. September 2005, ShareMethods launched "ShareNow" as one of the first applications on the salesforce.com AppExchange. In September 2006, ShareMethods moved its operations into a SAS 70SAS 70
Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70: Service Organizations, commonly abbreviated as SAS 70 and available by permission of the AICPA, is an auditing statement issued by the Auditing Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants with its content codified as...
Type II data center owned by Sungard. In March 2009, ShareMethods launched "ShareSpaces" to provide on-demand portals or workspaces.
Products
ShareMethods: Combines document management, collaboration, analytics, and CRM integration into a single solution. Key content can be centrally managed and delivered to sales channels, while providing feedback to marketing. ShareMethods is often used as a sales portal for internal sales and a partner portal for external partners.ShareNow: Integrates ShareMethods with salesforce.com providing Single Sign On for salesforce.com users and easy access to files related to accounts opportunities, etc. including custom objects.
ShareMethods for Oracle CRM On Demand: Integrates ShareMethods with Oracle CRM On Demand providing Single Sign On for Oracle users and easy access to files related to accounts opportunities, etc.
ShareOffice
ShareOffice
ShareOffice is an online office suite built on top of the open standards known as OpenSAM . Launched in May 2007 by ShareMethods, the application incorporates, through partnership, a word processor from iNetOffice, a spreadsheet from EditGrid, and a presentation application from Preezo...
: Teams can create, edit, and share documents online. This tool allows users to automatically generate sales documents such as proposals, contracts, quotes, and letters in a single browser interface using customer data from salesforce.com or Oracle CRM On Demand.
ShareSpaces: Independent workspaces or portals where users can collaborate with business partners, teammates, or individuals to work together on content and documents.
Integration and interoperability
ShareMethods is available on Salesforce.com's AppExchange platform. ShareMethods also integrates with Oracle CRM On Demand to provide document management within the CRM application. As part of ShareOffice, ShareMethods integrates with iNetOffice and EditGridEditGrid
EditGrid is a Web 2.0 spreadsheet service. It offers both a free-of-charge service to personal users and a subscription service to organisations and is available on a number of partner sites and channels....
to provide online document and spreadsheet editing. The integration with EchoSign
EchoSign
EchoSign is a Web 2.0 electronic signature and enterprise content management system with specific focus on the document management and verification life-cycle. Its major features centre in document signing, tracking and filing. It supports signing by email or by fax.EchoSign maintains a global...
allows users to send files for signature directly from ShareMethods.
In addition, developers can make use of the ShareMethods API
Application programming interface
An application programming interface is a source code based specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other...
based on WebDAV
WebDAV
Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning is a set of methods based on the Hypertext Transfer Protocol that facilitates collaboration between users in editing and managing documents and files stored on World Wide Web servers...
to integrate document management functionality.